By ODP
The Evangelical Alliance of Kenya (EAK), led by their Chairperson Bishop Philip Kitoto, held a dinner in Nairobi where they shared the vision of the alliance and plans ahead.
The Alliance members also convened to continue working and contributing towards acquiring an office space for their 49-years-old Alliance. The Alliance comprises more than 60,000 congregations and 650 denominations in the country.
In their presentation, the Alliance detailed how they were working towards raising equipped and trained pastors and ministers in the country and also their mission for evangelism and reaching communities.
“70 per cent of evangelical clergy remain untrained or undertrained in theology, and we are addressing this through the ‘Pastors Development Program’ where we target 10,000 pastors in urban slums and rural areas,” said EAK in their presentation.
Among the guests, was the spouse of the Deputy President Pastor Dorcas Rigathi who commended the Alliance for the ongoing success in their work, but reminded them that there was still a lot of work in the country that needs the participation of the church.
“There is a generation out there, lost, waiting for you and I to speak to them. Unfortunately, many of us, including I are within our four-walled church; busy preaching to the preached, healing the healed and delivering the delivered and working in a fish pond that you feed from January to December who never move to the ocean,” said Pastor Dorcas.
She called on fierce and deliberate evangelism to kill the giants of poverty, drunkenness, drug addiction, and also reduce the number of those living in the streets in the country. She added that the death of the boy child was resulting in an increasing population of widows in the country.
Pastor Dorcas added that sadly some churches and leaders were comfortable as these ills continue to ravage the population.
“And we are all comfortable. If the numbers of our congregation are not increasing then, we have a problem,” said Pastor Dorcas who called on the unity of the church to impact the people in all spheres of life.
She commended the EAK for their commitment in acquiring the office space for the Alliance, saying, “As EAK it is good you are taking this step, you ground yourself, and as evangelicals and charismatics, we stop operating in buildings that are not convenient for worship.”
The vision of Pastor Dorcas, ‘A Dignified Future for Vulnerable Populations’ is grounded on Chaplaincy, Outreach and Family Values where she works with clergy from all faiths – Chirstians, Muslims and Hindus – to reach the Boy Child, Widows and Orphans, and Persons With Disabilities (PWDs).
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