The 2008 TWEM Prophetic Summit finally went down on Memorial Weekend in Dallas, Texas. The annual conference organized by the Teresia Wairimu Evangelistic Ministry (TWEM) attracted hundreds of participants from all over the world. There was a contingent of close to 60 people that travelled all the way from Nairobi, Kenya including the ministry's top brass. There were also dozens of people from Denmark and the UK, as well as hundreds of others from different states across the U.S. The main speakers for the 4-day conference that began on 22nd May 2008 included Evangelist Teresia Wairimu, Ghanaian-born Bishop Owusu A Bernard from Denmark, Bishop Walter Smith from the U.S and Pastor Dennis and Jackie Bambino. Pastor Allan and Kathy Kiuna of JCC, Nairobi were also in attendance. Musical guests for the main conference included Carol Mbithi, Lydia Njeri, Yvonne Makilya and Lillian Odera whereas Zaidi ya Mziki perfomed at the Youth Concert.

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TWEM Dinner

The conference started on Thursday as participants registered for the conference all day. Later in the evening, there was a formal dinner in honor of Evangelist Wairimu who had earlier received the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Award. The award was given by the Martin Luther King Jr Africa Foundation for her humanitarian efforts during the post-election violence as well as her vocal campaign among church leaders. Read more about the award. Radio personality Tina Nzuki was the MC of the night and wasted no time in cracking up the guests with her humorous anecdotes as she led the program for the night. (Want to know more about Tina? Check out an interview we had with her early last year at Hot96)

Tina Nzuki

Yvonne Makilya and Carol Mbithi entertained the guests as DJ Fresh played a mix of music during the African-theme evening. Producer FJ and his band as well as the praise and worship team ensured the guests got some spiritual nourishment too. There was also an all-you-can-eat buffet and the event ended a few minutes to 1am as guests got a rare chance to chat and get autographs / take pictures with Evangelist Wairimu.

Friday and Saturday had basically a similar structure with conference teachings by the main speakers. There were morning sessions from 8-10am, then a mid-morning session from 10:30am - 12:30pm and an afternoon session from 2-4pm. The speakers, who were in rotation during these sessions engaged guests in some powerful teachings. Where as these sessions were held at the Dallas - Addison Marriott Hotel, the evening sessions were held at the ultra-modern St John Baptist Church.

Ev Wairimu, Bishop Owusu and Bishop Smith

There was a special Youth Concert on Saturday night at the St John Baptist's Gymnasium. The event kicked off at 7pm with DJ Mixes from DJ Fresh and Badilika DJ's frontman DJ Jey, who had travelled with Zaidi ya Mziki from Kenya. ZYM's Lena was the MC for the night where as Radio presenter Tina Nzuki shared the word. There were performances from the Kansas Dance Team and the night's special guests, Zaidi ya Mziki, who started their second U.S summer tour that evening.

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Zaidi ya Mziki perform

On Sunday morning, most guests went to T.D Jakes' Potter's House Church for the morning service as the rest held an impromtu service at the hotel. In the afternoon, guests were free to make their own plans. However, at 7pm, the finale of the conference was held at St John's Baptist. The Evangelist and Bishops prayed for the sick and shared the word with powerful manifestations.

All-in-all, we would say that we were very impressed with the organization of this huge conference. All activities and sessions started right on time and everything seemed to run according to plan. Kudos to the TWEM team and hope you (reading this) will save the date for the next conference.