A PRESENTATION AT THE KENYA MISSION NETWORK MEETING
(9th-12th October 2013) in DETROIT ,U.S.A.,
BY THE REV. THEGU MUTAHI, P.C.E.A. DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL
The ten development
initiatives as presently
pursued are:
1. Spiritual Development of
the PCEA (Qualitative and
Quantitative)
2. Medical
3. HIV/AIDS Education
4. Pastoral Leadership
Development
Mission Work (“Go Ye” areas)
6. Women and Women
7. Youth and Children
8. Education- Orphanage,
Primary, Secondary and
Post Secondary
9. Nutrition: Food and Water
10. Economic developmentMicro finance
5.
The church today
stands at 51
Presbyteries
spreading across
Kenya, Uganda
and Tanzania.
There over 390 pastoral
areas manned by:
 370 Parochial Ministers
serving over 2,500
congregations
 33 Institutional
Ministers
 10,000 active Elders
 420 Evangelists
Three major hospitals namely
1. Kikuyu,
2. Tumutumu, and
3. Chogoria.
 The last two have training schools
for nurses. They also offer services
including general care to
specialized areas like orthopedics,
dental, eye and pediatrics.
They include;
1. Lack of enough doctors,
2. Inability of patients to pay their bills,
3. Delay by government to pay NHIF
remittances in time,
4. Inability to retain staff due to
unaffordable competitive
remuneration,
5. Lack of modern equipment.
 HIV/AIDS prevalence
gone down but
education still critical.
 A HIV/AIDS course for
all ministers gone on
for over ten years
now.
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Prevalence is mainly among the youth
Seminars and forums are organized to offer
this education
1.
2.
ARVs are not being
always accessible to
people living with
the condition, and
Presence of
orphaned children
sometimes taken
care by aged
grandparents.
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Lack of a rehabilitation home for those
already hooked
Involvement of influential personalities in the
drugs business
The church ministers qualifications;
Level
Doctorate
Masters
No
17
70
Degrees
Diplomas
Certificates
90
100
87
Total
Further studies
354
9
Training for ordination
39
Local training mainly done at;
1.
St Paul’s
University
2.
Presbyterian
University of
East Africa
(PUEA).
Evangelists are also
trained locally at PCEA
Lay Training Centre
courtesy of Booth
Foundation.
 An elders preordination course is
offered at the Lay
Training
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Lack of enough funds to train personnel
locally.
Financial inability to train elders before
ordination
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PCEA has 47 Nendeni (Mission)
areas spread across Kenya,
Uganda and Tanzania.
Areas are vast, lack
infrastructure and experience
harsh climate.
Recently, 25 of them received
motorcycles to facilitate
personnel movement
 The Outreach
Foundation (USA)
has been very
supportive.
 Has helped build
many sanctuaries
and institutions.
Lack of personnel (as
remuneration is not regular)
2. Lack of proper housing of
personnel e.g. Uganda which is
entirely a mission area.
3. Need to have a church in
Kampala and Gulu (worshippers
presently hire halls).
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Specialized ministries
established to cater for the
needs of these groups i.e., the
Woman’s Guild, the Youth
Fellowship, Men’s fellowship
and Church School Committee.
Consequently there is a steady
increase of men, women, youth
and children in church.
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In some areas women
have to support
families as husbands
have neglected
families due to
unemployment and
indulgence in in drugs
and substances abuse
1.
2.
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7.
Adversely affected by
lack of resources for
further education,
lack of employment,
drugs and substance
abuse, and
HIV/AIDS.
Sexual abuse
Lack of menses
management for school
going girls
Teenage pregnancy
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A number of homes taking
care of needy cases like
mentally and physically
challenged persons are
functional.
They are mainly under
congregations and church
groups.
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Found prudent to start
schools that are fully
owned by the church
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PCEA also has other colleges
Mainly run by congregations
and groups
The major one is Presbyterian
College, Rubate - managed by
the entire church
The Presbyterian University of
East Africa (PUEA) is fully
owned by PCEA and operates
under a letter of interim
authority and has a number of
accredited courses.
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Previous arrangement where church was
recognized as a sponsor was revoked in our
new constitution
PUEA has faced a myriad of challenges
including recent bad press.
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Irrigation increasing in
Kenya.
Discovery of large
quantities of water in
Turkana have raised great
hopes in Kenya.
However, agriculture in
Kenya still mainly rain-fed
hence prone to drought.
Food insecurity a big issue.
Many boreholes sunk in arid areas
The Outreach Foundation USA have
sunk a number of boreholes.
 However, some areas in Kenya suffer
lack of clean and available water.
 Children in such areas fail to go to
school
 Their parents have to trek to far
distances
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Congregations and parishes have started
revolving funds that have empowered
members
The Kenyan Government has made efforts to
empower people economically through
several trickle-down funds which include but
not limited to:
1. Uwezo fund for women and youth.
 The church is encouraging her members to
participate in controlling such funds and
apply where they qualify.
A lot of progress have been realized.
A lot of local resources have been
invested and continue to be invested
towards the same.
 Nevertheless, we are greatly indebted
to the immense support of our
partners.
 We pray and hope that the same will
continue in days to come.
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