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"Bandits, tribal turf battles, and Islamist terrorists–not to mention lack of modern facilities and basic necessities–are enough to keep many foreign missionaries from certain areas in Kenya. In such areas, however, a locally-based ministry which is being helped by Christian Aid Mission, your link to indigenous missions, has planted hundreds of churches.“'So many missionaries to Kenya want to stay in comfortable areas. They tend to live where the security is good, where there are facilities, good schools, clean water,” said the director of the native ministry, whose name is withheld for security purposes. “We go to the difficult areas because we realize these people are perishing without Christ. It’s amazing: we meet people who have never heard about Jesus or even a church.”
"Working in 13 of Kenya’s arid northern and northeastern counties, the native mission group has planted more than 1,300 churches among semi-nomadic tribes such as the Samburu and Turkana.
“'We have to go step-by-step because most of them believe in traditional animistic religions, and they do sacrifices,” he said. “In every village, there is one guy who acts as a seer for them, who can foresee young men coming with cattle from one direction. And when he sees that, the young men start walking in that direction, see people from this tribe, and just fight and steal their cattle.”
"The main activity of the tribes, the leader said, is stealing cattle from one another.
"So there have been a lot of fights, but the tribes are being changed by Christianity. They are changing their life, their way of living..."
"Working in 13 of Kenya’s arid northern and northeastern counties, the native mission group has planted more than 1,300 churches among semi-nomadic tribes such as the Samburu and Turkana.
“'We have to go step-by-step because most of them believe in traditional animistic religions, and they do sacrifices,” he said. “In every village, there is one guy who acts as a seer for them, who can foresee young men coming with cattle from one direction. And when he sees that, the young men start walking in that direction, see people from this tribe, and just fight and steal their cattle.”
"The main activity of the tribes, the leader said, is stealing cattle from one another.
"So there have been a lot of fights, but the tribes are being changed by Christianity. They are changing their life, their way of living..."
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