ASHLAND, Ky. – Land is being prepped for construction of the Amy For Africa Christian Academy. It’s time to #BuildThatSchool. It’s an exciting time for the AFA mission that started six years ago as a one-time fundraiser and has blossomed into a non-profit international Christian ministry [...]
2019 AFA Wiffleball champions Kenner's Killers. Matt Vincent, Jason Rosen, Chris Compston and Kenner Bailey. Amy Compston is shown with them. ASHLAND, Ky. – A splendid defensive play ended the home run-dominated Amy For Africa Wiffleball Tournament on Saturday. Jason Rosen’s one-handed leaping snare [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – The seventh annual Amy For Africa Wiffleball Tournament is on deck. Forty teams will be taking their swings and 50 games played on the two fields at Unity Baptist Church on the corner of 29th Street and Blackburn Avenue on Saturday. Three-time [...]
NJERU, Uganda – It is with overwhelming sadness that Amy For Africa has severed ties with LifePoint Ministries and Pastor Cyprian Ilukol over philosophical and spiritual differences. However, the El-Shaddai Primary and Nursery School remains in the hearts of AFA so the organization will pay salaries [...]
NJERU, Uganda – Amy For Africa took a free-fall of faith on a sun-splashed Saturday afternoon in Uganda, clinging to God’s promises after years of praying for direction on building a Christian school for an impoverished area of Uganda. AFA co-founder Amy Compston signed a contract [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – Three-time champion Kona Krushers and former champion Greek Wiffology headline a 40-team field for the seventh annual Amy For Africa Wiffleball Tournament on Aug. 10 in the corner lots of Unity Baptist Church. The tournament has raised more than $20,000 in the first [...]
Watch Amy Compston share her testimony during a service at Fruit Cove Baptist Church in Jacksonsville, Fla., in April 2019. Click here to watch!
JINJA, UGANDA – Amy For Africa celebrates with each precious soul that comes to know Jesus. When 25 children come to that saving grace as they did on Saturday, well, it’s shoutin’ time! That’s what happened during AFA’s inaugural basketball clinic where squeals of delight could [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – Harold Cathey’s work and love for building God’s Kingdom had no borders. Most of his 50 years of ministry was in the United States, including 16 years at Unity Baptist Church in Ashland, Ky., where his expository preaching was well known. But he [...]
ASHLAND, Ky. – Six years ago this month, a website became live and so did the Amy For Africa ministry. What has transpired since boggles the mind. Amy Compston was 28, a registered nurse, wife and mother to four children and a determined marathon runner in [...]