by Sean Reilly | Mar 5, 2008
Forty pastors from five different tribes and denominations met for a peace-building seminar at the Eastleigh Fellowship Centre, located in a semi-slum area of Nairobi, recently. The centre facilitates church and community programmes. Jewel Showalter writes: Pastor...
by Sean Reilly | Mar 3, 2008
As US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice travels to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the wake of the chaos occasioned by Israel’s intervention in Gaza, senior US church figures have written calling for urgent action. The letter from the the leaders of US...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 17, 2008
Ethnic and political divisions have prevented church leaders in Kenya from responding to the political crisis in their country, the main governing body of the World Council of Churches has been told by its general secretary, the Rev Samuel Kobia. “At a time of...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 11, 2008
With peace seemingly returning to the country, churches within and outside Kenya are now taking stock of the experiences from an ecumenical team visit made during a month of unrest and violence, as they seek to continue to understand and respond. Kenyans will remember...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 17, 2008
Two weeks after the country’s disputed election and the violence that has followed in its wake, Mennonite relief work is continuing and the peace church reports that Kenyan Mennonite Church members are safe despite the troubles. Mennonite Central Committee (MCC,...
