Pamoja Means Together

November 2018 Pamoja Conference

Thika, Kenya.

Over this coming week, Canadian Baptist Ministries and the African Christian Church & Schools are hosting the Pamoja Conference. For the past two years, Canadian and Kenya women pastors and Christian leaders have been partnering in mutual prayer and encouragement through the Pamoja program. It has been such a wonderful joy to finally see members of this group coming together for fellowship, sharing, and learning as they reflect on the blessings and on the unique challenges of being a woman in ministry.

The Canadian representatives leading songs of worship

After two days of orientation and getting over jetlag, the Canadian Pamoja SENT team participated in Sunday worship with one of the local ACC&S churches in Nairobi. Along with joining local churches over these two Sundays, the team will be facilitating the Pamoja Conference, meeting with women's groups in the Nairobi urban self-help group program, and with farming groups in the rural food security project in Embu.

Rev. Fay Renolds preaching at ACC&S Zimmerman

Moderator Ngumo with Anne Drost

As we kicked off the Pamoja Conference today, we were blessed to have ACC&S moderator Rt. Rev. Jeremiah Ngumo officially open the gathering. Under the moderator's leadership, the ACC&S has moved to fully ordain women to ministry and celebrated the ordination of their first woman reverend in March of this year. 

The moderator announced today that on December 30th during the 70th Anniversary Celebration of the ACC&S, the denomination will be ordaining 30 women to full-time Christian ministry. This is a historic development for the Church which is setting a strong example for other partner denominations.

Brenda Halk thanking Moderator Ngumo

Fun at Tea Time!

Linda and Erica

Wonderful interactions amongst the group, 

here are a few more pictures from the first day.

Please join us in praying for the Pamoja group and for the team joining us from Canada. We also pray for the ACC&S as they prepare for the celebration of their 70th Anniversary and for unity as they seek to carry forth the hope of Christ into their communities.

Anne, Brenda. Mimi, Lola, Fay, Brenda, Erica, and Linda