GCW Mobilization Testimony

by Minister Isaiah Kimani

Nairobi, Kenya

May 21, 2022

In obedience to 'The Great Commandment,' Geoffrey, the pastor of Praise Baptist Church Kangemi and an employee of Parklands Baptist Church, on 19th May, mobilized the members of disciplined forces at Parklands Police Station to make donations for orphans at Grace Community Children's Home. The home is at Kahawa, on the outskirts of the Nairobi Central Business District.

The policemen and women with Parklands Baptist were happy to support this noble initiative by providing about $1,000 to purchase food donations for 144 children. The team also provided clothing for needy children.

Thanks to the rallying call of the Great Commandment workshop, it is a beautiful thing to see Christian ministers like Geoffrey stepped forward to serve orphan children through advocacy and concrete actions. Pastor Geoffrey was a host of The Great Commandment workshop at his church in Kangemi Estate on February 27, 2022, when we had 30 local ministry leaders in attendance.

We look forward to hearing additional moving narratives like this that encourage everyone to step out in faith to minister to the orphans and vulnerable children in their communities.

Praise the Lord!

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Church Mobilization is our newest initiative launched in February 2022.  We are currently working with local area churches to co-host Great Commandment Workshops where we bring together multiple subject matter experts to discuss the why and how to serve the poor generally, and orphan children specifically.  We will track the impact of children served through this effort to justify continued investment; however, we have no plans to be funding the care of children through this initiative.

Beyond the financial commitment of the workshops, this effort is to be indigenous, self-propagating, and self-supporting.  Our objective is to engage local churches to expand our GO! network, mobilize the church body to serve orphaned children, and to advance the Kingdom through demonstrating the Gospel to others.  Through these workshops we are:

Minister Isaiah Githinji Kimani is currently the Director designate for the Global Orphan Relief’s Church Mobilization Initiative in Kenya.  He coordinates and leads Great Commandment Workshops throughout Kenya.  Like minded churches are enlisted to co-host these events under the Global Orphan Relief nonprofit organization based in Colorado, USA.  He is leading in championing the rights, interests, and well-being of orphan children by deploying the local Church to be more focused on serving orphaned children in their communities.

Isaiah is a graduate of Nations University-USA with a Master of Theological Studies degree and Christian Leaders College with a Bachelor of Divinity Degree.

He is active in the Church and his community. He currently serves as a volunteer Dean of Students and a Global Minister for the Christian Leaders Alliance based in the US. Isaiah is an ordained minister of the Word with Christian Leaders Alliance and a member of Parklands Baptist Church Westlands in Nairobi.  He also serves as a Director in the Kenya National Congress of Pentecostal Churches (KNCPC).  Isaiah is the husband to Ruth Sheen and a father to Gracious.

Global Orphan Relief (GO) has been serving orphaned children since 2005. We have accomplished this work to date through local partners in each country that provides oversight and distribution of care. As of April we serve 2,312 orphan children in DR Congo, Kenya, Pakistan, South Sudan, and Zambia within our Home-based Care, Scholarship, Nutrition, and Church Mobilization Initiatives.

You may send support or other correspondence to Global Orphan Relief, 16352 Prairie Farm Circle, Parker, CO 80134 or you may give also give electronically at Church Mobilization or give on this website at the upper righthand corner under ‘Donate’ and select Church Mobilization | Great Commandment Workshop under the Fund designation.

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 Global Orphan Relief (GO!) is a Christian relief agency serving vulnerable children and is a recognized U.S. public charity, tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3). All donations to GO!, or any charitable contribution processed through Network For Good Donor Advised Fund, are tax deductible to the extent of the law. If you prefer, you may provide gifts of support by sending via mail to the address above.