I thought I should share a little bit about the church I attend in Nairobi. It is called Emmanuel Baptist Church (EBC) and has about 270 in attendance. I have attended for about one year now, and have been a "member" for several months. Since I am an expat (expatriot), I am a member yet still hold my membership at Fellowship Chapel in Bristol, VA. There are lots of great churches in Nairobi, and EBC is not even what I am most used to overall. However, it is the best preaching I've heard here. The pastor's preach the Word solidly, in a expository style which is what I'm used to. EBC has solid beliefs straight from the Bible, that I agree with. We only have a piano player, and sing mostly hymns but it's beautiful. EBC was started 10 years ago, and has just now bought it's own property! Previously we met in a large pavillion tent on the campus of a preschool. We have jsut bought the campus, but are still raising money to cover the costs. Land is expensive in Nairobi. Just today we celebrated new growth with service in our brand new expanded tent! It's twice the size of the old one. Yesterday, two friends and I went to church to help clean the stone slab floor and set up chairs. It was fun to be a part of something new! Both our pastors were thankful for a little extra help. Our head pastor, Joel Weaver, is American but grew up in Kenya as a missionary kid. He is almost as much Kenyan as American. Our assistant pastor, Ken Mbugua, is Kenyan and a wonderful first-time preacher. I truly admire these men of God. Our church is very international with about half Kenyan and half everything else. I really love the mix! We have one service on Sunday mornings, Bible study before when I teach a Sunday school class, and Wednesday night prayer meeting. EBC is very involved in the community, with outreaches in a couple different slums. We have also partnered in starting an outreach in eastern South Sudan. A couple men have traveled there twice now, and are going again next month. So far, they are working on pastoral training and working with youth. They have asked for help to accomodate the children, and I have volunteered to go this coming April. I'll give lots of fun details later on. God has definitely blessed me by bringing me to EBC. I miss Fellowship Chapel terribly, but love Emmanuel Baptist Church as well. It's my second home church!
Aug 28, 2011
Emmanuel Baptist Church
I thought I should share a little bit about the church I attend in Nairobi. It is called Emmanuel Baptist Church (EBC) and has about 270 in attendance. I have attended for about one year now, and have been a "member" for several months. Since I am an expat (expatriot), I am a member yet still hold my membership at Fellowship Chapel in Bristol, VA. There are lots of great churches in Nairobi, and EBC is not even what I am most used to overall. However, it is the best preaching I've heard here. The pastor's preach the Word solidly, in a expository style which is what I'm used to. EBC has solid beliefs straight from the Bible, that I agree with. We only have a piano player, and sing mostly hymns but it's beautiful. EBC was started 10 years ago, and has just now bought it's own property! Previously we met in a large pavillion tent on the campus of a preschool. We have jsut bought the campus, but are still raising money to cover the costs. Land is expensive in Nairobi. Just today we celebrated new growth with service in our brand new expanded tent! It's twice the size of the old one. Yesterday, two friends and I went to church to help clean the stone slab floor and set up chairs. It was fun to be a part of something new! Both our pastors were thankful for a little extra help. Our head pastor, Joel Weaver, is American but grew up in Kenya as a missionary kid. He is almost as much Kenyan as American. Our assistant pastor, Ken Mbugua, is Kenyan and a wonderful first-time preacher. I truly admire these men of God. Our church is very international with about half Kenyan and half everything else. I really love the mix! We have one service on Sunday mornings, Bible study before when I teach a Sunday school class, and Wednesday night prayer meeting. EBC is very involved in the community, with outreaches in a couple different slums. We have also partnered in starting an outreach in eastern South Sudan. A couple men have traveled there twice now, and are going again next month. So far, they are working on pastoral training and working with youth. They have asked for help to accomodate the children, and I have volunteered to go this coming April. I'll give lots of fun details later on. God has definitely blessed me by bringing me to EBC. I miss Fellowship Chapel terribly, but love Emmanuel Baptist Church as well. It's my second home church!
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