Vidar Ligard, together with his wife Cathrine Ligard, is the founder of Safari Mission USA, Inc. As an ordained minister, Vidar Ligard’s main focus is to transform people’s mind and lives through the teaching and preaching of the Word of God. Having grown up in Norway, Vidar Ligard moved to Tulsa, OK when he was 15. After attending Rhema Bible Training College and Oral Roberts University, Vidar Ligard graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Master in Business Administration from Oral Roberts University.
From childhood, Vidar Ligard has always had a desire to minister in Africa. In 2000, the first door opened to travel to Kenya with a friend. Since then, Vidar Ligard would go back to Kenya to minister regularly until he and his wife, Cathrine Ligard, started Safari Mission in 2006. Safari Mission was started to help train church and community leaders in rural East Africa in order to help them become self-sufficient and to fix the broken systems in their communities. Initially, the Ligards started a traveling school, which today is still running on a more permanent basis. The school is now located in both rural and urban areas and continues to add new campuses almost every year. Vidar Ligard’s vision is to see the gospel affect people’s lives in Africa in a deeper way. There is a saying that “In Africa, the gospel is a mile wide but only an inch deep.” There has been extensive evangelism, and Christianity is the major religion in the Sub-Saharan Africa, but people are still living in poverty, dealing with corrupt government and leadership. Seeing how many non-profit organizations have failed to deal with the real issues in Africa, Vidar Ligard is working on changing the people’s thinking and teaching leaders about ethics and good leadership styles. Empowering people with knowledge is key to a changed Africa!
Vidar Ligard’s vision is to see the gospel affect people’s lives in Africa in a deeper way. There is a saying that “In Africa, the gospel is a mile wide but only an inch deep.” There has been extensive evangelism, and Christianity is the major religion in the Sub-Saharan Africa, but people are still living in poverty, dealing with corrupt government and leadership. Seeing how many non-profit organizations have failed to deal with the real issues in Africa, Vidar Ligard is working on changing the people’s thinking and teaching leaders about ethics and good leadership styles. Empowering people with knowledge is key to a changed Africa!
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