Associate Pastor

Bagudekia Alobeyo (Bagu) was born and raised in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in Africa.  The DRC is a country devastated by wars over the past three decades.  To this day, many young people, not having access to higher education, are being compelled to join armed militia groups.

At a young age, Bagu believed in Jesus Christ as his Savior.  He soon developed the habit of being engaged daily with the Scripture, and was called to serve the Lord as a minister while still a student in a Christian school established by missionaries to the DRC.  

He went on to receive a diploma in education and a master’s degree in theology from the “Faculté de Théologie Evangélique de Bangui in Central African Republic (CAR). 

He also holds a master’s degree in Arts of Religion and a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA.  He is fluent in five languages: French, Lingala, Swahili, Zande, and English.  Bagu has experience in pastoring, including counseling families and children in both Africa and the USA. 

He recently worked for the American Bible Society in Philadelphia, PA promoting national and global Bible-based trauma healing, Bible translation, and Bible engagement throughout U.S churches and global communities. Bagudekia and his wife, Suzanne, have five sons, six grandchildren in the USA, and five grandchildren who were orphaned and still live in Uganda. 

Bagudekia has witnessed firsthand in his own family the devastation and terror caused by the militia group the Lord’s Resistance Army.  In 2009 he had to arrange for his family’s evacuation from his hometown of Dungu.  He gratefully acknowledges that he was spared from the ravages of the war in Congo and provided for in the U.S. so that he could be an advocate for his people both in the USA and back in the DRC.

Bagu became SACC’s Associate Pastor in September 2020. He is helping the leadership team of our African congregation (Congolese) develop into an autonomous church. He also spends several months each year in Dungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where he serves as President of UBECA (Université Bâtissons l’Espoir au Centre de l’Afrique, translated as University of Building Hope in Central Africa). Bagu became SACC’s Associate Pastor in September 2020. He is helping the leadership team of our African congregation (Congolese) develop into an autonomous church. He also spends several months each year in Dungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where he serves as President of UBECA (Université Bâtissons l’Espoir au Centre de l’Afrique, translated as University of Building Hope in Central Africa). Bagu founded UBECA in 2018 as a Christian university that serves students from the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and eastern DRC.