Kenya Mennonite Church

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Kenya Mennonite Church
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Kenya: World Factbook, 2009[1]

Location

Contact information

Date established

Presiding officer

Moses Ben Otieno, Chairman
[2]

MWC Affiliated?

Yes

Number of Congregations

108
[2]

Membership

15 915
[2]

Kenya Mennonite Church is a Mennonite conference in Kenya. KMT is officially associated with Mennonite World Conference. In 2006 KMT had 50,560 members in 286 congregations.[2]

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History

Origins

The Kanisa la Mennonite Tanzania (KMT), which was planted by Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities (EMBMC) in the 1930s, spread the gospel to Kenya throughout the subsequent decades.[3] Pastors and church members in primarily village communities were responsible for the evangelistic activity.[4]

Growth

Present

Key individuals in church life

Electronic Resources

Annotated Bibliography

Citations

  1. "Kenya," CIA World Factbook. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html (accessed 5 August 2009).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Africa." Mennonite World Conference. http://www.mwc-cmm.org/en15/PDF-PPT/2006africa.pdf (accessed 20 September 2009)
  3. Checole, Alemu, et. al. Anabaptist Songs in African Hearts Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2006, 204.
  4. Kraybill, Paul N. “Overseas Missions: Tanzania.” Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities 1967 Annual Report, 58.

Acknowledgments

Laura Harnish compiled much of the information presented here in a student research paper for a spring 2009 Anabaptist History Class at Goshen College.