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    Ordination of Women In The Episcopal Church of Rwanda
    (2014-05-16) Tabu, Veneranda
    The purpose of this study is to find out whether the ordination of women can result in the growth of the Episcopal Church of Rwanda. The second chapter is a study of the traditional teaching on women ordination, a study which includes the practice of Judaism, the Early Church, and Christianity today. In the third chapter, the cultural factors susceptible to affect women ordination are examined. In the fourth chapter, the biblical teaching regarding women ordination, there is an analysis of arguments for and against women ordination. Chapter five is the analysis of the data collected from the bishops, the pastors, the laymen, and the laywomen of the Episcopal Church of Rwanda. In the sixth chapter, recommendations for organizing seminars and workshops related to women ordination, for training women in theology, for ordaining women mature in faith and women whose husbands are dedicated Christians are given.
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    The Church and the War-affected Youth : a study of the Karen Free Methodist Church
    (2014-05-16) Walker, Dennis Nyamieh
    The research was a qualitative descriptive study that inquired into the needs of the war-affected youth in the Karen Free Methodist Church and how the needs are being met. Data was collected by means of survey questionnaires. Four pastors, one youth leader, eleven war-affected youth, six parents. and six Kenyan youth completed the specific group questionnaires. The study revealed that over 60% of the respondents attending the Karen Free Methodist Church are aware of the needs of the war-affected youth in the Church. The specific needs of the war-affected youth in the Karen Free Methodist church focused on the psychological, economic/material and spiritual categories. The findings across all of the groups indicate that over 60% of the respondents reported that love and acceptance were the major psychological needs of the war-affected youth. Almost 50% of the respondents in the Pastors Nouth Leader and Parents' Groups revealed that counseling in the area of trauma healing is a need of the war-affected youth attending the Karen Free Methodist Church. The economic/material needs that were observed as major themes in the study were money, food, clothing, education and shelter. There were no major differences noted in the needs of the war-affected youth and the Kenyan youth attending the Karen Free Methodist Church. It was revealed that the Karen Free Methodist tend not to be meeting the needs of the youth in the Church. It was recommended among other things, that the Karen Free Methodist Church train and develop interested persons to focus on youth ministry, set up a youth center, be involved in trauma counseling and develop good family-based youth ministry.
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    An evaluation of the women's ministry programs in Kenya Assemblies f God Church-Buruburu
    (2014-05-08) Odhiambo, Susan
    This study was an evaluation of the programs of Kenya Assemblies of God Women's Ministry (KAGWM) in relation to relevance with the ministry's objectives and the needs of the women represented. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the relevance of the programs offered by KAGWM with its objectives and the needs of the women. The objectives of the study are: to establish how the programs offered by the KAGWM assist the women in meeting their ministry objectives; to determine how the programs of KAGWM relate to the needs of the women and to realize how the programs equip women to become mature Christians. The findings and recommendation of this study will serve as a guide to the KAGWM leaders in evaluating how their programs are related to the objectives of the ministry. Qualitative research paradigm is used in this evaluation since it required the aspect of describing how the program imparts the members. The researcher used purposeful sampling in selecting the interviewees. The reason for purposeful sampling was to get women who were actively involved and would give useful information. The instruments used were interview guides that had open-ended questions as seen in appendix I and 2. In order to develop the instrument the researcher considered the objectives of the study. The findings revealed that the programs ofKAGWM were formulated to attain the ministries objectives. No ministry objective was left without a channel in order to be realized. The finding also viewed that the needs of the single ladies were not being considered. In view of the above aspects, the leaders of the KAGWM should re-examine the objectives of the ministry to see if they can come up with some that can help build the morale of the women. The KAGWM leaders need to formulate a program that specifically deals with the needs of the single ladies in order to have all the needs of the women met. The leadership ofKAGWM should have a representative from all the groups.
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    A study of the factors that prevent church leaders from implementing theological education by extension in the A.C.K. MT. Kenya Central Diocese
    (2014-05-07) Mwangi, Danson Kihwaga
    TEE is a theological education program where the content, motives and skills are based on the Bible and theology. Students attain new attitude and knowledge and improve their ministry skills. It is extension education because training programs are brought to where the people are. Nevertheless, it has been verified that this enterprise has not penetrated to many of our churches due to several factors. A research done at the A.c.K. Diocese of Mt. Kenya Central verified that the key factors impending the establishment and expansion of TEE work in many of our churches include: ignorance, apathy or indifference, negative attitude towards education, poverty, lack of established TEE leadership and administrative structures, lack of proper time planning, unclear perception of the roles of the vicar, the group leader and the coordinator and failure to recognize the importance of certificates. For this reason, continuous TEE awareness campaigns, thorough periodical bulletins and visits by the coordinator can enlighten the people about TEE. Secondly, the curriculum should be flexible so as to attract a variety of students especially those in the teaching profession. Also, the Christians ought to be enlightened on the importance of education. We should promote literacy from all fronts. Equally important is decentralization of TEE administrative structures. Similarly, the coordinator should ensure that students get the learning materials and certificates on time. Finally, TEE should be established as a continuous training program with advancement opportunities where students get certificates from recognized theological institutions.
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    A survey of the youth programmes in Buru Buru Kenya Assemblies of God Church, Nariobi
    (2014-04-24) Acila, Amos Odul
    The purpose of this study was to survey the various youth programmes at Buru Buru Kenya Assemblies of God Church, Nairobi, with the intention of making recommendations towards improving the programme. The main areas of inquiry. which were foundational to this survey, were the youth themselves, the youth leader's and a ncl teachers. and precedents gleaned from the review of related literature. One instrument. a set of Questionnaires, was formulated. The instrument consisted of closed-ended and open-ended questionnaires. The information gathered was analysed and summarized by use of various tabulations. The findings of the survey showed the following things about Buru Buru Kenya Assemblies of God Church youth Programmes: 1. The local church has a variety of youth programmes. However, there is need to incorporate those pertaining to physical And recreational activities in order to make the programmes wholistic. 2. Though the youth programmes in the local church have so far produced youth who are strong in their devotional life as evidenced by their individual participation n in Bible study and prayers, the areas of ministry involvement are weak. 3. The youth’s perceived problems major on lack of varieties in methodology of the programmes and lack of regular contact with their leaders and teachers. On the whole, their perception 01' the problems hindering the growth of youth programmes in the local Church are leadership related, a view also shared by their leaders and teachers. 4... The youth leaders and t teachers perceived p problems hindering Growth of youth proqramme as primarily related to lack of study materials and the need for training . The author recommended training to equip leaders and workers for ministry, the need to understand and accept the youth at their various developmental stages; to select and appoint a youth pastor for proper implementation and administration of the youth programmes and to adopt a youth manual for general guidelines. All these should be backed UP.
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    Church leadership perception of care to the orphans in Bunia :with refernce to postwar situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    (2014-04-23) Kile, Dino
    The purpose of this study was to understand the perception of Church leaders in Bunia on the church's care to the children that were orphaned due to war. It explored the church's ministry to orphans as well as factors that hindered addressing the issue of orphans. Data was collected by using interview which was aimed to church leaders whereby one leader was interviewed from each church in Bunia. The procedure used to analyze the findings was based on grounded theory approach with focus on qualitative method. The research findings, as a result, revealed that the church in Bunia is inactive to take care of orphans because of poverty and lack of biblical teaching about her responsibility to minister to orphans. Poverty and lack of biblical teaching were found to be major hindrances to the need to take care of orphans. Because the church does not address the issue, orphans lack education, shelter, heaIthcare, the word of God. They are subjected to live on their own, cast away from the rest of the community, and most of them find their place in the streets where they are exposed to poverty, premature sexual practices, sexual abuse, drug, theft, insecurity, diseases, HIV /AIDS, premature death, persistent trauma, and dirty words. Some recommendations were made to the church and leaders, and for further studies. Recommendations for the church aim at encouraging and suggesting way forward in taking care of orphans in Bunia, whereas further study recommendation consists of suggestion of possible topics vis-a-vis orphans that need to be exploited
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    study of youth programmes in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya Itierio congregation
    (2014-04-16) Miruka, John Moseti
    The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between the lack of sound leadership including a good youth policy document and the good performance of the church's youth programmes. The researcher anticipated that his perception that, the programmes are not performing as expected and therefore would be able to provide useful suggestions to establish a means of accessing and improving programmes performance Youth and their leaders passed information about what was happening in the congregation to the researcher. Information collected was about the programmes and their performance .The researcher had formulated open-ended and closed-ended questionnaires, which helped in a simple systematic way to collect data and eventually analyse and categorize it. Various tables were used to give summaries of data collected. After completing the exercise of collecting, analysing and tabulating data, interpretation and discussions were made on the same. The findings of the study indicated the following; 1. Female youth were many in the church. 2. Camp meeting ranked first among the most preferred programmes. 3. Participation from the youth was expected especially in those programmes that promoted their spiritual life. 4 .Poor leadership and lack of a youth policy document among other perceived causes were pointed out to be major contributory factors for the poor performance of the programmes in the church. 5. Improving leadership related areas and allowing God to intervene in the congregation's work would help programmes perform effectively and have an impact on the participants. The researcher also suggested the following; 1. That the congregation authority need to understand all youth with a view of providing relevant programmes that will meet their needs. 2. That the youth should be well equipped to study the bible on their own and as groups with zest so that they can improve their devotional lives. 3. That programmes that emphasize the physical development should be included among the list of activities offered in the church 4. That the administration should look into issues of leadership, good youth policy document among others in order to improve and make the programmes be effective and efficient in accomplishing their goals. 5. The congregation in liaison with other congregations should work to review the church-wide constitution particularly the article that stipulate that youth are those between ages 13 and 21 .
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    Reasons why the youth desert church at teenage :a study of Kagumo Fullgospel Local Church Assembly
    (2014-04-16) Thuo, Gerald Iregi
    This research was done to find out why the youth desert church at teenage. The objective was to find out the role of the foundations laid at Sunday school level, the role of parents and the kind of programs that appeal to the youth. Grounded theory was chosen for the research. Nine teenagers were interviewed, five of who were active and four who were inactive in church programs. Six youth leaders were involved in the focus group discussion. It emerged that poor input by the church leaders in establishing appropriate programs and training teachers for this age group led to them leaving the church. Other factors had to do with the senior youth's attitude towards the teenagers, lack of sufficient parental support and negative influence from peers. The research established that despite the good foundation laid in Sunday school, more needs to be done to maintain the teenagers in church. The parents and the church leaders ought to play a more active role to motivate the youth to remain active in church. The youth need to be fully involved, their talents recognized and used within the church for them to remain active. It was recommended that the youth group be reorganized taking into consideration their age brackets and more interesting and involving activities should be included in the programs.
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    Exploring an African church's strategies for fosteriong HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention and care
    (2014-04-15) Katho, Negura Feli
    The purpose of this study was to explore the strategies used in initiating mvIAIDS awareness, prevention and care in Africa Inland Church of Kenya. Data were collected through interviews conducted both with the denominational leaders of AlC-AIDS Division and participants working in local AlC-AIDS programs. Documents and archives related to AlC-AIDS program as well were analyzed The study revealed AlC of Kenya had various operational strategies in creating AIDS awareness and prevention among its members, some of which were initiated by individuals who ran AIDS programs within the AlC context before the AlC-AIDS Division was structured This awareness was created especially through education of both mv negative and mv positive people. Prevention among mv negative people was accomplished through education in schools; application of the church's AIDS policy, and preventive policies applied in AlC health facilities. People living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) received care in hospitals through the provision of free medication, inexpensive antiretroviral drugs and home-based care. The church also operated a feeding program for AIDS orphans.