In Depth:  Kenya

Luke Randall

God answers prayer in amazing ways, and He did so in Kenya with just a few pens and pencils, as Robbie Toop of Mission Africa revealed.

The organisation has been sending mission teams to the African nation for ten years and sent Kathryn Lindsay, its first long-term worker, in 2023.

The story of Anglican growth in Africa and decline in the West is very familiar, but this is often spoken of as if it were simply the result of underlying social, economic and cultural forces, without giving sufficient attention to the role that leadership plays, for good or ill.

The Anglican Church of Kenya, which has just celebrated its 50th anniversary as an independent Province, is an interesting example. The current Archbishop and Primate, Jackson Ole Sapit, may not yet be as well known outside Kenya as some of his predecessors (such as David Gitari who was a prominent opponent of President Moi’s attempt to entrench one-party rule, and Eliud Wabukala, who was Chairman of GAFCON from 2011 to 2016), but he too is bringing courageous and creative leadership to the Anglican Church of Kenya.

A 21-year-old Christian woman from Somalia called Fozia was beaten unconscious by hardline Muslims in Isiolo, Kenya, it has been reported.

Fozia’s family had already fled Muslim persecution in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in the previous year. In the attack, Fozia’s 18-year-old brother’s hands and ribs were badly injured and her sister, Asha, aged 19, had two teeth broken.