Kenya

North Carolina Baptist Men, working in partnership with the Baptist Convention of Kenya, will sponsor mission teams to the African nation of Kenya. The nature of the mission effort will be two-fold: 1) to partcipate in a house-building/church planting effort in Western Kenya, and 2) to assist the Kenya Baptist Theological College in Limuru with various projects, which may include construction and renovation, teaching and other instruction, library work, etc.

Houses of Hope Project in Kisumu

The Kenya Baptist Convention has undertaken a bold initiative of planting 1000 new house churches in the next several years. One of the strategies for doing this involves community service projects in which mission teams help build a house for four needy families in strategic church plant areas. These are usually widows, many of whom are forced to move back to their homeplace after their husband dies. They are often at the mercy of the community for any housing at all. The house building project brings the community together for service to one of its neighbors and exposes them to the gospel through a house dedication service. Local pastors are active in planning, conducting, and follow-up of the project with the goal of starting a Bible Study in the new homes, and eventually a new church in the area. Teams will also have great opportunity to minister with the many children who gather for the project, as well as one on one opportunity to witness to those who gather. Teams also often share at local schools. 

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Kenya Baptist Theological College (KBTC)

Located near the town of Limuru in the Kenyan Highlands, about an hour north of Nairobi, the Kenya Baptist Theological College (KBTC) is owned and operated by the Baptist Convention of Kenya. Students come from all over Eastern and Southern Africa to recieve theological preparation. Graduates of the school go on to provide leadership in churches throughout Africa. The college is undergoing a major transition in 2013 and will need mission teams to assist in both renovation/construction, as well as individuals and small teams to lead in teaching, discipleship, evangelism, etc. We forsee this being a long-term mission need.

NOTE: The projects listed below have been set up for specific teams that are already planning to go. If you would like to put together a team - or if individuals would like to add to a team - please contact Mark Abernathy at 1-800-395-5102 x 5607 or mabernathy@ncbaptist.org.

Key: Project has been Reserved   Project Name Project Type Start End Location           KY13-004 - Pastor's Conference/Health Clinics Evangelism, Training 6/13/2013 6/27/2013 Nyeri, None Kenya KY13-005 - Kenya Houses of Hope Construction, Evangelism 8/6/2013 8/16/2013 Nyeri, None Kenya KY13-006 - Kenya Houses of Hope Construction, Evangelism 7/23/2013 8/2/2013 Nyeri, None Kenya KY13-007 - Kenya Houses of Hope Construction, Evangelism 10/1/2013 10/11/2013 Nyeri, None Kenya KY13-008 - Kenya Houses of Hope Construction, Evangelism 10/15/2013 10/25/2013 Kisumu, None Kenya KY13-009 - Kenya Houses of Hope Construction, Evangelism 11/5/2013 11/15/2013 Kisumu, None Kenya NoFilter Contains DoesNotContain StartsWith EndsWith EqualTo NotEqualTo GreaterThan LessThan GreaterThanOrEqualTo LessThanOrEqualTo Between NotBetween IsEmpty NotIsEmpty IsNull NotIsNull Custom