Master's theses (NEGST)

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    The Growth and Development of the Africa Inland Church in Marakwet Kenya.
    (2014-04-02) Zablon, Jacob Kibor
    The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the growth and development of the Africa Inland Church (AIC), Marakwet, Kenya. Another purpose was to deal with missiological issues which have affected the growth of the Church and strive to suggest proposals for real growth. 'The author followed the principles of the historical method in Examining primary and secondary sources. Primary sources included Missionary letters and diaries, Mission and Church records, documents and publications, and minutes of Mission and Church Councils. Some interviews were conducted with early converts and leaders of the AIC, Marakwet. Areas selected and described include the Marakwet people,the arrival of the AIM Missionaries and their approach towards African culture and policies regarding polygamy and traditional circumcision especially y female circumcision; and the methods used by the Mission in expanding the Church, e.g. medical, education and evangelistic outreach. 'The emergence of the early converts and their sacrificial services to the Church were also described. In the area of future development of the Church, the question of indigenisation of the Church e.g. development of local leadership, contextualization, and proposals for overcoming the obstacles affecting the growth of the Church e.g. polygamy and traditional circumcision were discussed. 'This study should not only be valuable to the Marakwet Church but the African Church in general because it is faced by one or all of the above mentioned problems.
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    The missionary factors in the Africa Inland Church Kenya: the life, work and relevance of Peter Mualuko.
    (2014-04-09) Ndambuki, Stanlas M.
    Africa International University (AIU) Intellectual Output.
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    Patnership in missions : a case study of the relationship between Diguna and Africa Inland Church.
    (2014-05-08) Frimpong-Ampofo, Isaac
    The Church is described by her Lord, Jesus Christ as His own body. One body but with different parts and abilities so that the task of evangelism given to her can be accomplished However, in attempts to bring some parts of the body together, damaged relationships have terribly disrupted the growth and expansion of God's kingdom Does this imply that due to such damaged relationships the body of Christ should not relate to one another in accomplishing the "Great commission"? This research does not agree that there should be no relationship at all. Rather, certain dynamics in relationship need to be discovered so that each part of the Church can knit together to fulfill the purpose of her existence. To this effect, the researcher studied the relationship between a national church, Africa Inland Church in Kenya, and a foreign missionary organization, Diguna with German origin but now based in Nairobi. This was done in the light of relationships that have always existed and their effect in missions. A descriptive method was used as the research design. The research instrument used for the data collection included: personal interviews and focus group interviews with designed questionnaires prepared with the research questions in mind Also, communication analysis of documents was utilized. Qualitative data analysis partially followed the Likert Method of Summated Ratings in the interpretation of the data Also, the qualitative approach known as thematic analysis was used Some of the responses were categorized in percentage terms to enable a proper discussion on the findings. It was found that the relationship between Diguna and AIC. has been a form of ''parallelism''. However, a partnership relationship, whereby there is mutual understanding and interdependency is considered as an ideal and preferred by the two bodies to other relationships. This research therefore proposes recommendations as to how partnership can be achieved in the relationship between the two organizations. The researcher expects this research to be a valuable tool for more harmony in the body of Christ for effectiveness in accomplishing the task of’ worldwide evangelism and missions