First Lutheran Safari—Kenya
“Because You were slain,
and with Your Blood You purchased men for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation.” Rev. 5:9
The New England District of the Lutheran
Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) recently adopted The Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Kenya (ELCK) as our own “foreign mission.” This approach is part of a new way of
viewing missions. Mission fields, such as Kenya, may be given to individual
districts of the Synod as a personal mission at the local level.
In Dec. 2003, Rev. Timothy Yeadon and three other LCMS
pastors visited Kenya at the invitation of ELCK. They saw firsthand the joys and
struggles of Kenyan Christians, who battle extreme poverty and the scourge of
AIDS. Estimates place those infected with AIDS at 40% of all adults and 85% of
those born today in that nation. The Christians of Kenya face immense challenges
to their faith, but they demonstrate a deep commitment to Jesus Christ and His
answer to sin and death.
At the July 2004 Synodical Convention, the LCMS voted to
join in altar and pulpit fellowship with the ELCK.
The current focus is to send members on the First
Lutheran Safari to Africa so that the members can help refurbish a Kenyan
dwelling for future mission work. The First Lutheran Safari will be in August
2005 and the second one will be in January 2006. All members will bring
clothing, devotional supplies and medical supplies with them for use in Kenya.
Funds are needed to:
- Help purchase medical supplies and services for AIDS
victims
- Educate seminarians in the local seminary in Kenya
- Purchase Bibles, hymnals, and other devotional
material
- Administrative costs and salaries for the ELCK
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