Our Ministries
OUR MINISTRIES
Our strategy for reaching Kenya with the Gospel
There are four ministries that make up Kenya Baptist Ministries: GospelGo, GospelPlant, GospelTrain, and GospelSafari. Hover over the icons for an overview of each ministry.
OUR PROCESS
Partnering with biblical local churches to build biblical local churches
By partnering with local churches of like faith & practice, KBM will be able to effectively implement the work represented by GospelGo, GospelPlant, GospelTrain, and GospelSafari. This way we’ll ensure that new believers in the Lord Jesus are being cared for by trustworthy hands and that they’re receiving the spiritual nourishment they so desperately need (1 Pet. 2:2). By the Lord’s grace, KBM will be able to participate in the planting and building up of healthy, biblical local churches in Kenya in obedience to our Lord’s command (Matt. 28:16-20).
Scroll down to learn more about KBM’s process.
1. Gospel outreach in areas near local churches
Evangelize in public schools and universities located within a five-kilometer radius of a church of like faith and practice. In most cases, those who are doing the evangelizing will be non-Kenyan Christians who are in Kenya on a GospelSafari.
MINISTRIES INVOLVED:
2. Discipling new converts
Those who respond to the Gospel will join home Bible studies led by Kenyans from the church of like faith and practice. The Bible study utilizes the four-week Exchange Bible Study curriculum, and will also explain from Scripture baptism and church membership. After completing the curriculum, those in the study will be invited to be baptized and to join the local church.
Additionally, the students who respond to evangelism campaigns held by GospelGo will be prompted to join these Bible studies through automatically-generated SMS messages.
MINISTRIES INVOLVED:
2. Discipling new converts
Those who respond to the Gospel will join home Bible studies led by Kenyans from the church of like faith and practice. The Bible study utilizes the four-week Exchange Bible Study curriculum, and will also explain from Scripture baptism and church membership. After completing the curriculum, those in the study will be invited to be baptized and to join the local church.
Additionally, the students who respond to evangelism campaigns held by GospelGo will be prompted to join these Bible studies through automatically-generated SMS messages.
MINISTRIES INVOLVED:
3. Planting new local churches
By the Lord’s grace, local churches will grow not only spiritually but numerically as a result of the ministry of GospelGo. When these churches grow beyond the capacity of their facilities, rather than building new facilities, they will move to the next phase of the process, which is GospelPlant.
In this phase, the churches that have grown will commit three families from their membership who will join in planting a new church more than ten kilometers away from their current location.
MINISTRIES INVOLVED:
4. Training qualified leaders
The training of qualified leaders—GospelTrain—supports the work of KBM in two distinct ways:
First, GospelTrain prepares the laypeople of churches participating in GospelGo for leading the Exchange Bible Study and for explaining baptism and church membership.
Second, GospelTrain provides a four-year internship program, providing practical ministry experience under the oversight of KBM for men who are called to the senior pastorate who will simultaneously earn a Master of Divinity degree. Upon the completion of their degree and internship, once a GospelPlant church has an opening, one of the men will be plugged into the pastorate of that church (should the congregation vote to accept him).
KBM will continue to provide oversight and mentoring for these men and their families for their first four years in the pastorate.
MINISTRIES INVOLVED:
4. Training qualified leaders
The training of qualified leaders—GospelTrain—supports GospelGo and GospelPlant in two distinct ways:
First, GospelTrain prepares the laypeople of churches participating in GospelGo for leading the Exchange Bible Study and for explaining baptism and church membership.
Second, GospelTrain provides a four-year internship program, providing practical ministry experience under the oversight of KBM for men who are called into the senior pastorate who will simultaneously earn a Master of Divinity degree. Upon the completion of their degree and internship, once a GospelPlant church has an opening, the men will be plugged into the pastorate of that church (should the congregation vote to accept them).
KBM will continue to provide oversight and mentoring for these men and their families for their first four years in the pastorate.
MINISTRIES INVOLVED:
“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.”
1 CORINTHIANS 3:6
OUR WISH LIST
If God wills it…
William Carey famously said, “Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.” Taking the Gospel halfway across the world is no small aspiration—but we serve a great God who created heaven and earth and who loves to save sinners.
The items below are just some of the things that would significantly facilitate KBM’s Gospel work in Kenya. If the Lord wills and you’re so inclined (2 Cor. 8:12), please consider whether you might be able to help us reach some of these goals.
GospelGo
Wish List Items
Communications
& Media$5,000
Portable A/V System
$5,000
SMS Technology
$5,000/yr.
Discipleship Materials
$5,000
GospelPlant
Wish List Items
Plant Endowment
$500,000
Planter Support
$300/mo. per family
Planter Transport
$5,000 per family
Training Materials
$2,000 per family
GospelTrain
Wish List Items
Teleconference
$10,000
Facility
$50,000
Tuition
$200/mo. per family
Housing
$50,000
GospelSafari
Wish List Items
Safari Endowment
$250,000
Safari Housing
$20,000
2 Safari Vehicles
$50,000
Safari Scholarship
$50,000