A Feasibility Study for Establishing a Christian Leadership Magazine for Conseil Protestant Du Rwanda

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility and need for publishing a Christian leadership magazine in Rwanda and to investigate the organizational and management options that may make such a publication viable and effective. In this thesis, focus group discussions, and individual interviews with leaders and editors of Rwandese newspapers and magazines were used to get information on: the needs and interests of Rwandese Church leaders that would be met by a church magazine; the possibilities of production and distribution; the ways in which such a magazine could be published; and what resources were needed, and how they could be acquired. The research showed that there was need for a bimonthly interdenominational Christian magazine in Kinyarwanda, whose purpose would be to provide information and Christian education; facilities for production were available and distribution could be done through identified magazine representatives in various centres in the country; the magazine could be published under the auspices of Conseil Protestant Du Rwanda (CPR); sponsors for the production and distribution of the magazine were needed as churches expressed their inability to financially support the magazine. On the basis of this study, a proposal for Twubake, a Christian leadership magazine was written.