The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) is a family of Christian communions and organisations in fellowship and witness.
It was established in June 1913 during the United Missionary Conference held at Thogoto, near Nairobi. The delegates in the conference, representing the missionary institutions working in the country at the time, affirmed their wish to work towards a united church that would impact the lives of the people. This dream remains true and is reflected in the Vision and Mission statements of the Council, which read:
VISION:
One Church; United in Faith and Mission Witnessing to Jesus Christ and Transforming Lives
MISSION:
Holistic transformation of lives for a just, resilient and sustainable society.
CORE VALUES
In all its work, the NCCK is informed by its core values, which are:
Integrity
Stewardship
Professionalism
Partnership
Servanthood
THEORY OF CHANGE:
IF NCCK holistically strengthens her capabilities and structures, and enhances the institutional capacity and competencies of her members, THEN, she will contribute to the creation of a just, resilient and sustainable society for transformed lives.
THEOLOGICAL MANDATE:
To Manifest Christian faith and mission and strengthen members to fulfill their mandates.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Council are:
- To promote and facilitate fellowship, partnership and unity within the membership
- To promote consultations and joint action by the membership in all matters that bear upon our faith and witness, whether doctrinal, liturgical or missiological
- To build the capacities of the membership to enable them undertake their mission
- To facilitate the membership so that they can give expression to the Lordship of Christ over all aspects of human life and together with their communities identify needs, acquire necessary resources and promote services that is holistic, relevant and self sustaining
- To promote the Council’s corporate health, identity and growth for faithful and effective stewardship of the corporate vision, mission, heritage and sustainability
I would have loved to see NCCK actively and unapologetically play the role of God’s watchman as spelt out in Ezekiel. Christianity in this country of ours is under siege because of our collective complacency and aloofness as Christians. It is as if we we fear to respectfully admonish politicians when they cross the red line – yet that is what all men and women of valor have done through generations. The 20% of the 2020 constitution that they had said will be amended is still pending, yet the BBI process is on – and church is generally quiet! Let us not be the generation that played and danced on the monkey game as our nation is systematically and gradually lost to anti-Christ entities and forces. I will be emailing details on my thoughts if you could kindly confirm the right email to use. Shalom