Friends Church (Quakers)

Friends Church (Quakers)

The process of acquiring land for the church started in 1973. The then leadership of the church set a committee that was to lead the church in this matter. Some of the members who initially oversaw the search were; Newton Aluda (Chairman), Priscilla Muhanji (Secretary), Joel Miimo (Member), Gideon Shivoga (Member), Ruth Mambei (Member), Rose Samula (Member) and Francis Kutondo(Member).

Over the years land committees succeeded each other. The search for land for the church led to the identification of various plots including the current one. Finally after years of searching, in 1998 the current plot was awarded to the church under the leadership of Joel Miimo. The members immediately embarked on the construction of the first temporary structure through the fundraising spirit.

The search of the title deed started in 2007 led by the Presiding Clerk, Obeda Alukhava. The leadership worked tirelessly in search of the document that will help to legitimize the construction of a permanent sanctuary by members. In February 2014 the church led by the Presiding Clerk, Wilson Ombacho successfully acquired a title deed for the plot. This meant that the members could now embark on constructing a sanctuary.

In pursuit of enhancement of spiritual growth for members, in 2009, the church established its first evangelism class that was opened by the yearly meeting and pioneered by Pastor Margaret Musalia as its principal. Consequently 29 students graduated from the evangelism class in 2011. In addition the bible class was also started in 2009. To date over 50 students have successfully passed through bible class.

In 2008, members’ envisaged the idea of constructing a permanent sanctuary that was estimated to cost 47 Million shillings. In order to achieve this, members led by the leadership of the Presiding Clerk Jackson Muhalia came up with a 10 year strategic plan that was to be overseen by Robert Wamaya.

The first phase which was to cover the construction of the Pastor’s house that was completed in 2011 and the house official opened on August 22^nd 2011 by the then Presiding Clerk of the Nairobi yearly meeting Churchill Kibisu.

The second phase that covered the construction of a new church and a block that was further sub-divided into two phases with phase one covering the construction of the church and phase two the construction of a three storey block. Zedekiah Anyonyi the chairman of the planning committee and his committee successfully led the church in identifying the companies that were to do actuarial plans and architectural designs respectively.

Upon the members receiving actuarial plan from Tripex and architectural design done by Space by Designs, on March 13^th 2016 the church led by the Nairobi Yearly Meeting Presiding Clerk Simon Angote broke ground for the construction of the new church in a ceremony witnessed by and prayed for by the General Superintendant Pst. Aggrey Mukirima.

During her tenure at the church as pastor, Pastor Margaret Musalia was the first to spear head giving towards the construction of a new church. The funds of the construction of the new church has been funded by members through donations, tithes, offerings, funds drives, guests of honours, SMEP loan with members offering their vehicles as collaterals, giving organized at zonal levels by members.

To date the church is estimated to have cost 38 Million shillings. The new church will host a worship place, a studio, church offices, an ablution block, and conference rooms among other modern facilities.

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