The church will need to reform if it's to have any impact this year

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The church in Kenya is good at keeping "holy" boundaries. While this ascetic tendency is good in preserving the church's identity, it must be checked against the role of the church as the salt of the earth. In the academic world, the trend now is interdisciplinary - where one discipline utilises the concepts in another to reinforce a contribution. "Kwa ground" the church needs to expand its connectedness with other actors in the community.

For instance, intentional interaction with science-based institutions and partnership in their initiatives would add value to the ministry of the church. This is supported by the fact that congregants come from a spectrum of professions. To commission them into the world is to affirm the value of each discipline. Isolationism leads to myopia.