C-CAAL was initiated in 2000 by Christian and Phoebe Wabara and late Dr. A.J.Conyers. The Wabara's saw a need for people of various races and ethnic backgrounds to come together and dialogue on the Christian Idea of Human Community. Since then, C-CAAL has established a foothold in the community and has held seminars on the theme of social harmony and reconciliation at various churches and universities. C-CAAL also provided assistance and hospitality to many people affected by war and ethnic conflicts both in Houston and overseas.

Biblical Foundation:

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things are from God, who reconciled us to God through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.  [2 Cor. 5:17-18] For all you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourself with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.[Galatians 3:27]

Theological Foundation:

The resurrection of Christ does not mean a possibility within the world and its history, but a new possibility altogether for the world, for the existence, and for history.-- J. Moltmann.

About Rev. PHOEBE N. WABARA

Phoebe is a 46-year ordained minister, member of South Main Baptist Church, Houston, Texas. Phoebe was baptized at age 8 and confirmed in the parish led by her own father at 12. Since then she was involved in student ministries throughout her high school years. Phoebe grew up in a large and prominent family in Rwanda where her father is a retiree national pastor and leader in the Presbyterian Church. She is married to Christian Wabara from Nigeria, a Texas State employee and is the parent of three young children, Lydia (7), Hope (5) and Samuel (2).

Phoebe attended Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary and afterwards did doctoral level course work in the department of Religion at Baylor and taught as an adjunct professor at Houston Baptist University.  Prior to Baylor, Phoebe completed two degrees in the studies of Economics from the National University of Rwanda after which she worked for African Evangelistic Enterprise.  More recently, Phoebe completed three units of Clinical pastoral care serving as a Chaplain Resident with Memorial Hermann Hospital Systems.

Phoebe has an extensive background experience in ministry and a unique call for God’s people to live in social harmony.  She has served as children and youth minister in Arlington and Waco, Texas respectively.

Prior to coming to the United States, Phoebe was caught up in the genocide that took one of her siblings, Rose with her whole family; in the ensuing years, two more of Phoebe’s siblings died of illness. Phoebe remains close to her parents and surviving brothers and sisters living in different parts of the world.

Once in America, Phoebe struggled with how to make sense of such tragedy as had overtaken her country and her family. “The temptation was to bury herself in her studies, to concentrate upon the always invitation in theology to see things in terms of glorious distraction. In a word, she was tempted to allow her new life to distract her into a welcome forgetfulness of former days and past sorrows. But somehow her reading of the Bible revealed a history of humankind diagnosed with a violent life, while the Gospel is an invitation against it” (Conyers).

At the beginning of the millennium, helped by her mentor (the late professor A. J. Conyers), and an ecliptic group of friends, she and her husband, Christian Wabara launched Christian-Cultural Awareness and Assistance League.

Currently, C-CAAL partners with Global Women, St. Stephen Presbyterian Church of Houston, Texas and Reach the Un-reached Ministry based in Kampala, Uganda, working in prisons, hospitals and top African leadership. 

SOME PLACES WHERE REV. WABARA HAS SPOKEN

• September 2009, Global Women Summit, Knoxville, Tennessee.

• April 2009, St. Philips United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas.

• October 2008: St. Philips United Methodist Church, Houston, TX.

• November, 2008: Trinity University, San-Antonio, Texas.

• September 2008, Global Women Conference, Trinity Baptist Church, San Antonio, Texas.

• April 2008, Beloved Community Church, Birmingham, Alabama

• March 2007, Preacher, Watchman Christian Center, & Buwambo Prison, Kampala, Uganda.

• October 2006, Speaker, Chapel, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

• October 2006, KPRC Radio Guest Speaker.

• September 2006, Speaker, Minute for Missions, St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas.

• October 21-24, 2004, Session Leader on “Missions, Reconciliation and Justice,” Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, San Antonio, Texas.

• November 12, 2003, C-CAAL Guest Speaker, Highland Park Baptist Church, Austin, Texas.

• Labor Week-end 2003, Speaker, First United Methodist Church, Clifton, Texas.

• June 2003, Pulpit Guest, the Presbyterian Church of Rwanda, Kicukiro and Kiyovu Parishes.

• September 22^nd, 2002, & April 2001, Speaker, Red Oak First United Methodist Church, Lancaster, Texas.

• June 2002, Baptist Voices Guest, ‘Sharing the Experience of Rwanda,” Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Conference, Fort-Worth, Texas.

• December 2001, Pulpit Supply, St. Paul Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas.

• March 2001, Guest Respondent, ‘The Ethics of Forgiveness and Reconciliation,” George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Waco, Texas.

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