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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
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    The Perception of Missions amongst 12 yeas olds at Nairobi Chapel and its Implications for ministry
    (2014-04-15) Ngunjiri, Faith Wambura
    The purpose of this study is to find out the perception of missions amongst l Z-year-olds at Nairobi Chapel. The findings have been used to draw implications for ministry with children at Nairobi Chapel in relation to teaching children missions. The researcher has reviewed relevant substantive and methodological literature showing that children can and should be taught about missions in order to give them the chance to make decisions concerning life-long commitment to the same. The significance of this study in terms of contributing to ministry practitioners and curriculum developers at Nairobi Chapel and a church with similar children ministry programs has been drawn from the findings of the study. Three research questions were used. Firstly, what is the understanding of missions amongst 12- year-olds at Nairobi Chapel? Secondly, what is their understanding of the scope of missions? Thirdly, in what ways are they involved in missions? To the first research question, the study revealed that the children are able to define missions and missionaries, even giving the biblical verses to support missions. They understand the fact that missions have to do with travelling to near and distant places to tell others about Jesus Christ. They also understand the facts about Jesus Christ, his person and work, and the need to respond to him in faith. To the second research question, the study revealed that the children are familiar with local, foreign missions, and the challenges thereof. They understand that God expects them to serve as missionaries to their schools and neighborhoods. The third research question revealed the area of missions perception that the children are missing. This is the practical aspect of missions. While they are able to describe activities that they could engage in and abilities that they could use in missions, the children affirm their lack of practical experience of missions. The implications for ministry are drawn mainly from the findings on the third research question. The researcher suggests that the children's ministry directors at Nairobi Chapel need to plan for theoretical as well as practical aspects of missions education. The researcher also noted that the teachers who work with the children have done a commendable job in teaching them the facts about missions, the scriptural mandate for missions, and the subject of missions, Jesus Christ. However, they need to also be involved in missions activities, because children learn from the written as well as the hidden curriculum. They learn from what is modeled before them as well as, or more than what is verbally communicated to them. The researcher concludes that the 12-year-olds at Nairobi Chapel have a clear perception of missions in terms of its definition and scope, but they need practical exposure and experience if they are to have a full understanding on which they can gauge their decisions for future careers in missions.
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    Description and evaluation of missions activitiesby various leaders of Africa Inland church Tanzania Pwani diocese (AICTPD).
    (2013-06-24) Ndaro, Alfred Mang’ere
    This study was intended to investigate the understanding of missions among various leaders of Africa Inland Church Tanzania Pwani Diocese (AICTPD). So it is a descriptive research in which 62 leaders from AICTPD churches were consulted. These leaders include the bishop, the assistant bishop, general sectary, pastors and missionaries with their wives, one evangelist, two church elders and AICTPD partners in the diocese. These partners are AIM Regional leader, TIMO leader and BFC leader. Among these leaders, 7 of them were interviewed in Arusha, the other seven were both interviewed and asked to fill the research questionnaire in Morogoro, and the 48 filled the research questionnaire. A questionnaire and interview were the two combined methods used to collect data. The research discovered that the predominant missions activities include training in theology, improving existing churches, sending work reports, reaching out to unreached, encouraging pastors and missionaries and training in missions. The main challenges among others are inadequate support to missionaries, inadequate missions training, extreme size of geographical area of the diocese, lack of strategic planning priority, vision and creativity. All this provide the grounds for the recommendation that is given below. The data also revealed that the church achieved some successes which are the establishment of IBM, evangelism and discipleship, reaching out to Muslim communities and initiating strategic planning. In order to maintain these successes, the leaders suggested that they will involve the entire church in missions, reduce the size of the diocese, hold annual conferences and allocate resources into the diocese. Other areas will include providing missionaries with opportunities to share their testimonies with churches, develop positive attitude towards missions, cultivate more partners and improve training in the IBM. Based on these research findings, the diocese had never been able to develop a master strategic planning until the year 2010, when they put one in place. AICTPD, therefore, has survived without concrete, measurable and tangible goals and objectives. The diocese needs to develop missions strategic planning that could be integrated into the master plan of the diocese. MAPANA (Missions Awareness Program for African Nations Abandoned) strategic planning has been recommended, which if well supervised and coordinated will bring efficiency into the entire church structure. Missions training and involvement from individual believers, local church to top leadership of the diocese, needs to be given priority as other church ministries.