Newfrontiers in Kenya
There are 160 churches in Kenya who are part of the worldwide Newfrontiers family of churches. Many of these are based in the tribal area of Samburu and in ‘unreached’ areas such as Tharaka.
The current crisis
Many nations in that part of Africa are experiencing severe famine caused by a shortage of rain. This [...]
Since the start of September we have been considering the principle of having Key Indicators of Good Practice to guide our thinking in planning a ministry among the Poor or to use as a plumbline against which we can monitor how we are performing. This is part of the desire of the Task Team of [...]
We have been considering Key Indicators of Good Practice under the title The Poor deserve the Best and now come to the final 2 of 20.
11. Sustainability
Much charitable work relies on continual fund raising. Called Donor Dependency this makes a ministry very vulnerable. However, Donor Dependency introduces a measure of insecurity and puts the permanence [...]
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In this penultimate posting on Key Indicators to Good Practice we shall consider two Indicators related to the context and environment in which a ministry is being carried out.
9. Local community ownership
Some ministries are contained within the local church whereas others intentionally impact a local community. Where the latter is the case the active endorsement [...]
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After a brief look at three of the crises currently facing African nations in which Newfrontiers churches are working, Guinea, Kenya and Zimbabwe, we shall now return to the Key Indicators which should typically characterise well-executed ministries with the Poor.
During the first weeks in September we looked at Key Indicators which were peculiar to Christian [...]
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