Maury Kapsner

Regional Director for Africa

Maury Kapsner’s life has been one of a man searching for the Truth about Jesus Christ. He grew up around the church since he was a small boy, but never felt the peace of knowing his eternity was secure in Jesus Christ. He served in the military, married his high school sweetheart, Linda, had two sons, John and Peter, and experienced success in the workplace. Still something was not right. Finally, through other life experiences, the word of God became clear to Maury, and he opened his heart and his life to Jesus Christ.

After years of following Christ, at the age of 60, Maury Kapsner came to a crossroads in his life: “should I begin to prepare for retirement or should I refire for Jesus!” “Refirement” became the choice, which led him to Burundi in East Central Africa. Burundi has been involved in Civil War on and off since 1964 when they gained independence from Belgium. The climax of this strife culminated with the Genocide of 1993-94 where nearly 400,000 men, women and children were massacred.

The ministry began with a humanitarian project in 2003 to an orphanage in Kiremba in the Southern part of Burundi. During an International Conference in AZ, Pastor Elie and Sofanie from the Kiremba Pentecostal Church met with Maury and Linda Kapsner and their friends, Gary and Gretchen Buckmiller, and at the meeting they requested assistance with Bible Study material. Maury, being a Teacher Director for Community Bible Study sensed that this was a call to work with the International Ministry of CBS (CBSI) and make the study guides that CBS uses available for use in Burundi. Since then, CBSI has arranged for the translation and publishing of a 30 week study for the Book of Acts and Matthew, with the Book of Romans in process. Throughout the past three years, Maury has taken six trips to Burundi, training over 200 leaders and pastors who then have started more than 400 classes across the southern half of Burundi. This has also caused the ministry to spread to other countries in the region.

Maury looks forward with earnest to what God is doing and will continue to do through CBSI in Central-Eastern and Northern Africa.

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