Nairobi Community Christian Church

Well, it's been a while since I've posted. Sorry for the lapse. But you know what that means...LOTS of posts in the next few days! Lord willing, I will get caught up this week. Joe is going out to Loita, where he used to live in the bush, to deal with some property issues. After contemplating a number of days, I decided to stay behind as we are short-handed here in Nairobi with our teammates being on furlough. Please pray for:

Joe as he travels out and has MANY meetings - that God would be glorified and people would be filled with the Holy Spirit as they discuss the property issues.

For me as I stay behind and get caught up.

On to the church opening...

Nairobi Community Christian Church had its opening service on June 7. We were excited to see the great turn out of both new folks and supporters from other CCC congregations in Maasailand.

Here is the main portion of the new space. If you look at the former pictures, you'll notice the wall with the door has been knocked down to create one large room. We had 50 seats set up in the hall - 48 of them were used that day.

James Sinkua gave the opening message about living in the Spirit, that it doesn't make us perfect, but it gives us the power to strive to be like Christ.


Here he is in the area that serves not only as the pulpit but as his office as Chairman of Community Christian Church throughout Kenya. During his message, he also presented the idea of cell church structure to those present. This seems to be a new concept in Kenya. Pray for further understanding as we move forward.


Here James is preaching with Simon Chirchir translating into Swahili. Another large emphasis of the day was the desire to see the church be accepting of all peoples in Kenya no matter what tribe they are. This is especially important after the post-election violence in January 2008 which was fueled by tribal divisions. Nairobi CCC seeks to be ministers of reconciliation and peace within Nairobi.

James also did a great job on spelling out the three "C"s of Nairobi CCC. The desire is for this church to be a place where people "Celebrate" the joy in Christ, "Connect" with others in fellowship, and "Contribute" to the body of Christ through their gifts and talents. Here you can see a few pictures of us enjoying the second "C."



Please continue to pray for Nairobi CCC as we grow. Tomorrow Joe will be presenting a message on the authority of Scripture and our role in it.