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Kenya needs a church of thinkers, visionaries, not just loud sermons

The newly completed Church of Jesus Christ Nairobi Kenya Temple at Mountain View, Nairobi on April 14, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The church is no ordinary institution. It claims the Creator of the Universe as its Head. It proclaims resurrection power. We cannot expect only a normal contribution from such a body. It dispatches souls to heaven and warns about hell. How can it fail to deliver people from the hell they are already living in? High claims demand high scrutiny. You either drop the claims and we recalibrate the punches — or you keep the claims and we keep punching, with godly reason.

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