Watch Harrison Mungai, founder of iServe Africa, share his vision for Kenya, Africa and beyond.
Our friends in Kenya are seeking to raise a generation of gospel-hearted servant leaders to transform Africa and beyond. They’ve set up a brilliant apprenticeship model, similar to ministry apprenticeship schemes in the UK, and equip emerging leaders with faithful Bible teaching for servant leadership for the church, and for both business and government.
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Harrison Mungai founded iServe Africa after spending time in the UK as a church-based ministry apprentice. He saw that his home continent was desperately in need of faithful Bible teaching and servant leadership and that there could be enormous benefit in providing gospel ministry training and a bridge connecting young people willing to serve with churches and ministries where they could grow as they serve. And so iServe Africa was born.
Apprentices
iServe Africa runs an apprenticeship scheme for recent graduates to take a year or two out to get a taster of gospel mission and ministry while getting training in servant leadership and faithful Bible teaching. They’re placed with a local church or other Christian organisation and get stuck in with their everyday ministry – learning on the job and serving their needs. Then there’s some really robust gospel ministry training in the form of the Ministry Training Course.
Training
The Ministry Training Course follows a somewhat similar pattern to Ministry Training Courses that Gospel Partnerships run around the UK. However the training is contextualised to East Africa. The Bible is the core curriculum as apprentices are trained in gospel doctrine, faithful Bible teaching, servant leadership, mission and partnership development.
The Utumishi Course (Utumishi being Kiswahili for Service or Ministry) runs weekly and is provided for second year apprentices based near Nairobi but is also offered to gospel workers based at churches or para-church organisations, giving them input on doctrinal foundations, Book studies, applying the gospel to contemporary issues and learning from church history including African church history. There has been good take up of this course.
The TransformD programme is somewhat similar to what might be called a ‘gap year’ programme in the UK. It is a 6 month residential for high school leavers giving them a grounding in the gospel, discipleship and mission. Participants receive Bible teaching, practical skills training, are active in the community and go on a mission trip to an isolated part of northern Kenya. The results are often genuinely transformative.
Conferences
iServe Africa has pioneered a number of conferences seeking to equip gospel workers in East Africa, raise the bar in gospel ministry and help the church engage with contemporary issues with a gospel perspective. These conferences have included the Utumishi Conference, a Training Trainers Conference and an Injili Afrika Conference with Sam Allberry as keynote speaker.
