Kenya’s Bishops Step Up War on COVID-19 August 3, 2021 Highlight, News A July 23 pastoral message from the Anglican Church of Kenya’s bishops may have jolted the East African nation’s government to tighten COVID-19 protocols in response to rising infection rates. In a statement issued after a joint meeting in Nairobi, the bishops urged increased funding for vaccination and closer compliance with public gathering restrictions.
Kenya Elects First Female Diocesan Bishop August 2, 2021 Highlight, News The Ven. Rose Okeno was yesterday elected as the second female bishop for the Anglican Church of Kenya. She will preside over the Diocese of Butere in Western Kenya, following last year’s resignation of Bishop Timothy Wambunya.
African Church Seeks Faithful Political Witness July 8, 2021 Features, Highlight “Politics is too important to be left in the hands of politicians."
Opinion: Kenya Refugee Expulsions Unconscionable May 17, 2021 Features, Highlight, Opinion While the stance of the Kenyan government may well be a bargaining position rather than a realistic threat, it should not be underestimated.
Empowering Kenya’s Teenage Moms April 29, 2021 Features, Highlight By Jesse Masai When exams began on March 22 for the Kenya Certificate for Primary Education, which completes the first eight years of schooling, reports filtered in that many of the nearly 1.88 million candi... Read more...
‘A Purple Blouse’ in Kenya’s House of Bishops March 29, 2021 Highlight, News By Jesse Masai The Rev. Canon Dr. Emily A. Onyango was consecrated on March 27 as the first female bishop for the Anglican Church of Kenya. The Rev. Emily Onyango Despite some earlier objections, the ... Read more...
UPDATE: Kenyan Female Bishop Election Challenged January 21, 2021 Updates Emily Onyango’s appointment will chip away at decades of male leadership of the church and comes 38 years after the first women became priests in the ACK.
An Open Door for Gospel in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley October 23, 2020 Features, Highlight “When we arrived, we slept in a classroom whose doors couldn’t be locked. We were quite afraid because wild animals were hovering around. We were warned in advance to be vigilant, just in case an elephant, lion, leopard, hyena, zebra, or wildebeest popped in."
Nairobi Children’s Minister Launches Balcony Services May 29, 2020 Clips, News, Updates The children's minister at Nairobi's Anglican Cathedral gathers kids on their apartment balconies for socially-distanced praise sessions as Kenya's coronavirus lockdowns continue.
African Archbishops Appeal for Help with Locust Plague March 24, 2020 News 25 million people in East Africa and Southwestern Asia face food insecurity due to the swarms, whose rise is associated with climate change and social instability; coronavirus cases emerge in some of the worst-hit areas.
