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Item Daasanach FocusStrategies and their Pragmatic functions(2014-05-14) Achinya, Jackson LItem Urban church planting strategies :a study of Nairobi Chapel's expansion to upper class communities in Nairobi(2014-04-22) Kiamu, Dave Gbayanminin BlawheenThe objective of this study was to find out the strategies of expansion used by Nairobi Chapel to plant churches in some upper class communities in Nairobi. In order to achieve this, the researcher undertook an extensive review of literature related to church planting strategies. It was a descriptive case study that sought to discover the situation as it is, and thus the researcher used open-ended questions more than closed-ended question in much of the data collection process. Two methods of data collection were used, i.e interviews and participant observation. A population of nine (9) respondents from three Nairobi Chapel related churches was interviewed, and the researcher personally attended and participated in worship services in the churches for a period of three months. The findings indicate that Nairobi Chapel is expanding in upper class communities in Nairobi because of well-chosen and appropriate strategies relevant to the targeted communities. Some of the strategies used for expansion such as small homogenous group activities and mother church influence are unique to this group as they are not characteristic of conventional strategies. It was clear that each strategy contributed to the way the church was expanding in the targeted communities in Nairobi. The findings reveal that young professionals and upper class people respond to the Gospel through peer group evangelism and through the ministries of vibrant old churches with good reputation than through strangers and new churches.Item An Investigation Into The Strategies of Evangelism Among Three Evangelistic Ministries In Garissa(2014-04-09) Famonure, Esther AdenikeIn this study, an attempt is made to find out from the Ministries that are operating in Garissa the different methods of evangelism that are adopted for the evangelization of Garissa indigenes, and the level of Suitability of these methods. This wi11 aid the cross-cultural communicators in Garissa to identify ways of improving their methods so as to contextualize the gospel of Christ. The population of study involves 16 missionaries! Christian workers of the "The Sheepfold Ministries I II "Lay Involvement for Evangelism Ministry" and "Food for the Hungry International" that are resident in Garissa, but responses were received from 14 people. The instrument used for study include a structured interview questions and a questionnaire which was validated and pi lot-tested. Part I is a 27-point closed-ended questionnaire designed to 'e1ucidate the various methods 0f evangelism; Part II consists of 27 statements designed to find out the level of suitability 1ity of these methods I based on the "likert scale of measurement." The data was collected in January 1993; collated using ‘hand data cards'; and transferred to a summary-sheet. It was analysed by the use of frequency distribution table to determine the modal and the median ratings of each of the methods. The study reveals that the three Ministries are utilizing methods such as - Incarnation model, health evangelism, family evangelism, felt-needs approach, development\farm projects, bible story-telling method, person-to-person evangelism, prayer, film evangelism and several others as enumerated in the study, but the level of suitability of these methods differ. Some of them are found to be unsuitable in an Islamic context. There are some suitable methods and a few others as recommended by the researcher for the evangelization of Garissa.