A Kenyan priest has appealed to Christians around the world to pray for the people of Garissa, a violence-stricken city in the North Eastern Province of Kenya.
Following the explosive attack at Anglican Church of Kenya St. Polycarp Parish on Juja Road in Nairobi yesterday, Archbishop Dr. Eliud Wabukala joined other religious leaders in condemning the explosive attack.
A boy who had just turned nine was killed on Sunday after an explosive was hurled at a Sunday School class in a Nairobi Anglican church.
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Kenya Anglican Youth Organisation (KAYO), its members are launching an initiative aimed at mobilising one million young people in Kenya to vote in the upcoming General Elections.
The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) advocacy committee has called upon the Government of Kenya to urgently respond to the pertinent issues affecting our country, drought and the slow pace of the constitution implementation process.
The Archbishops of Kenya and Canterbury hailed the recent visit to Kenya "a joyful and fruitful one for us both, and we thank God for the great witness of this treasured part of the Anglican family." They said the journey together had provided global perspective on the riches of our faith in Christ as members of the Anglican Communion.
On the final day of his visit to Kenya, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, spent the morning in Kibera, one of Africa's largest slums with a population of 700,000 living in an area of 600 acres.
On his visit to Kenya, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said faith is neither just ideas in your head, nor just feelings in your heart "faith is the whole of a new life, making a difference to your lives, to your neighbours, to your community by the grace and the spirit of God."
As part of his visit to the Diocese of Machakos, the Archbishop of Canterbury went to the Christian Community Services offices to hear about the work they are doing in the region - empowering rural communities who are facing the challenges of food security, adaption to climate change and environmental conservation.
At a large gathering in Kanyuambora for a celebration of the new site for the first Anglican University in Kenya, the Archbishop helped lay the foundation stone and unveil a plaque, alongside the Archbishop of Kenya and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
In a sermon for the Celebration Eucharist for the 50th Anniversary of Nakuru Diocese, Kenya, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams urged Christians not to lose their fearlessness, as it is courage that gives us strength to grow in our faith.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is to embark on a pastoral visit to the Anglican Church in Eastern Congo as the guest of the Province's Primate the Most Revd Henri Isingoma.. Prior to this the Archbishop will visit Kenya where he will be received by the Most Revd. Dr. Eliud Wabukala, Archbishop of Kenya, and have fellowship with the Christian community in the country.
The Rt Revd Dr. Eliud W. Wabukala was elected the 5th Primate and Archbishop of Kenya in a very peaceful, joyous and orderly election process by a 158 member Electoral College of the Anglican Church of Kenya that was gathered at the All Saints Cathedral on 24th April, 2009. Among him were other three contesting bishops namely: The Rt Revd Stephen Kewasis, The Rt Revd Dr. Samson Mwaluda, The Rt Revd Joseph Wasonga.
We, the delegates of the Sixth Annual School of Theology of the African Institute for Contemporary Mission and Research (AICMAR) Butere, Kenya, met in Chadwick Library to grapple with issues arising from our theme: 'The Gospel and the Contemporary Challenges of African Cultural Heritage'
The Rt Revd William Waqo, Provincial Secretary of the Anglican Church of Kenya and Personal Assistant to Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi, died in a plane crash yesterday Monday 10th April 2006 while on a peace mission to the north-eastern part of the country. He was also an Assistant Bishop of Kirinyaga Diocese.
The Anglican Church of Kenya has made an appeal to all its Christians and friends to make donations towards alleviating the famine affecting nearly four million people in several parts of the country.
Scores of people have been killed and thousands made homeless in Kenya over the last week after heavier than usual seasonal rains devastated much of the country.
Kibera slum is home to one million Kenyans on the outskirts of Nairobi. There are no legal water or electricity supplies, the sewers run through the middle of the mud “streets”, and when it rains, the corrugated iron shacks – single rooms that sometimes house more than ten people – flood with garbage and human excrement. Every few months, fires destroy large numbers of these shacks, killing and injuring their inhabitants. “This is an illegal settlement, it doesn’t exist,” said the Revd Richard W Mayabi, the priest of St Jerome’s Anglican Church in Kibera to the delegates of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) Mission and Evangelism Conference last week. “Because Kibera doesn’t exist, its people also don’t exist.”
The ninth session of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) council meeting ended over the weekend in Nairobi with a strong call for unity in the Anglican Church.
Archbishop Akinola, who is the Primate of Nigeria, was elected unanimously during the ninth session of the council in Nairobi last week.
The ninth session of the Council of the Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) council meeting will be held in Nairobi from 24 - 26 September.
The Council of the Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) will showcase its HIV/AIDS work in Africa at the forthcoming historic International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) to be held in Nairobi from next week.
The controversy in the worldwide Anglican Communion over homosexuality has led to a call for Kenya's Methodist, Presbyterian and Anglican churches to merge to better resist "Western" influences.
A conference on violence in the family organised by the International Anglican Family Network (IAFN) opened in Nairobi, Kenya, today.
The Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) has been given an opportunity to present a paper at the historic International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) which will run from 21-26 September.
One of the most hotly debated issues in Africa today is homosexuality. Its exposure on the continent has excited deep and often extreme reactions. Some observers dismiss the habit as a western culture, yet it is spreading through the continent like a wild bush fire.
At a high level meeting held at the Limuru Conference Centre on Tuesday and attended by all the 29 Bishops and top Government officials, Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi expressed satisfaction at the commitment and goodwill that the new Government was showing in working with the Church.
Retired Anglican Archbishop in Kenya, the Rt Revd David Gitari, recently called upon Christians to embrace a culture of peacemaking and conflict resolution, saying the two were fast becoming "central in the pastoral life of the Church, due to their impact on the life of the faithful."
On 27 December 2002, the General Election in Kenya and subsequent transfer of power was an enormous success, thanks to millions of Christians who prayed for a peaceful transition.
The Archbishop of Kenya, the Most Revd Benjamin Mwanzia Nzimbi, welcomed communicators from the Council of the Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) at an official opening yesterday in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the first time in 11 years that an Anglican Provincial Communicators Workshop has taken place in Africa.
