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Trying times as leadership wrangles rock the church

By Jeckonia Otieno | 6yrs ago

National Council of Churches in Kenya (NCCK) General Secretary Rev Canon Chris Kinyanjui (left), Archbishop Martin Kivuva (centre) and Bishop Alfred Rotich address a press conference during 2nd Religious Leaders Convocation at Ufungamano in Nairobi, on Thursday, December 05, 2019. [David Njaaga, Standard]

From wrangles over leadership and money to outright defiance pitting church leaders against each other, the year was full of theological drama.

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