Nairobi, Kenya · English Updated: Apr 2022

Nairobi - English

Nairobi is the capital of Kenya and is the country's most populous city. The city has a population of over three million people and is a major commercial and transportation hub in East Africa. Nairobi is also home to many international organizations, including the United Nations.

Key Facts

Nairobi is the capital city of Kenya.
It is the largest city in Kenya, with a population of over 3 million people.
Nairobi was founded in 1899 as a railway camp.
It was named after the Nairobi River, which flows through the city.
Nairobi is a major business and financial center in East Africa.
It is also home to the United Nations Office at Nairobi.

Overall Infrastructure Score

Total Infrastructure Score

27 / 35

Base

5/5

There is a strong, healthy church that can receive new ex-pats.

As of Apr 2022

1 submission on record

Strengths & Weaknesses

Top Strengths

Bible Translation 5/5

There is a full Bible translation available that is understandable and translated from original languages
Evangelism 5/5

Evangelism is happening in the local language, widely, and predominantly by local/long-term believers
Local Worship Music 5/5

Local believers sing worship songs written by local believers and they are being sung widely among the churches

Top Weaknesses

Seminary 1/5

There is no known seminary for theological training or there is a Protestant seminary but it is not at all recommended

Core Indicators

Base

5/5

There is a strong, healthy church that can receive new ex-pats.

Base Scale

1 There are currently no healthy churches or none to recommend.

2 Not on the ground yet, but a like-minded work is being planned.

3 On the ground, forming though not established and/or high level of scrutiny.

4 There is a strong, healthy church, but there are some limits to capacity (including: lack of ability to integrate new people whether due to lack of people to care for them or lack of enough people to be ballast for the church)

5 There is a strong, healthy church that can receive new ex-pats.

Bible Translation

5/5

There is a full Bible translation available that is understandable and translated from original languages

Bible Translation Scale

1 None.

2 Portions available

3 Books available

4 NT available OR a translation exists but quality issues (e.g., only from English to local language, not from original languages)

5 There is a full Bible translation available that is understandable and translated from original languages

Evangelism

5/5

Evangelism is happening in the local language, widely, and predominantly by local/long-term believers

Evangelism Scale

1 None, or very limited happening

2 Evangelism is happening, but not widely and not predominantly by local/long-term believers

3 Evangelism is happening widely but not predominantly by local/long-term believers

4 Evangelism is happening in the local language predominantly by local/long-term believers, but not widely

5 Evangelism is happening in the local language, widely, and predominantly by local/long-term believers

Healthy Churches

4/5

Multiple healthy churches being planted by multiple local churches, but dependent on outside resources (e.g., Dubai)

Next Step (4 → 5)

Help healthy churches to plant multiple churches sustainably (i.e., not dependent on outside resources)

Healthy Churches Scale

1 There are currently no healthy churches or they are growing in health.

2 One healthy church exists

3 Multiple healthy churches exist and they have planted a healthy church (e.g., Lucknow)

4 Multiple healthy churches being planted by multiple local churches, but dependent on outside resources (e.g., Dubai)

5 There is a network of many churches working together with sustainable reproduction (e.g., Washington, DC)

Literature

3/5

Translated Christian literature is available, but with inadequate distribution

Next Step (3 → 4)

Establish multiple projects to provide adequate distribution for the Christian and non-Christian population. Long term goal of increasing utilization of these resources.

Literature Scale

1 Not yet.

2 Translated Christian literature is available, but not theologically sound

3 Translated Christian literature is available, but with inadequate distribution

4 Translated Christian literature is available with adequate distribution but consumption is not wide. Local believers are creating literature and distribution platforms.

5 Translated Christian literature is available with adequate distribution and consumption. Local believers are primary content creators and distributors.

Local Pastor Training

4/5

Local pastor training is happening using sufficient resources within local churches to train local pastors

Next Step (4 → 5)

Work with local churches to develop a network of churches training multiple pastors on an on-going basis, and reproduce it to another context

Local Pastor Training Scale

1 Local pastors are not being trained yet or the training is not recommended

2 There are good ways that local pastors are trained but these are more ad hoc or led by outsiders

3 There is clearly defined and on-going local pastor training in partnership with local churches, but dependent on outside resources

4 Local pastor training is happening using sufficient resources within local churches to train local pastors

5 There is a network of local churches training multiple local pastors on an on-going basis, and it is reproducing

Local Worship Music

5/5

Local believers sing worship songs written by local believers and they are being sung widely among the churches

Local Worship Music Scale

1 Local believers sing Western worship songs in their own language or have written their own but with poor theology

2 Local believers sing Western worship songs in their own language and with good theology

3 Local believers sing Western worship songs written by foreigners

4 Local believers sing worship songs written by local believers

5 Local believers sing worship songs written by local believers and they are being sung widely among the churches

Seminary

1/5

There is no known seminary for theological training or there is a Protestant seminary but it is not at all recommended

Next Step (1 → 2)

Establish an in-country seminary even if professors are expats. Long term goal of national students becoming professors.

Seminary Scale

1 There is no known seminary for theological training or there is a Protestant seminary but it is not at all recommended

2 There is an evangelical seminary that is theologically close but there are important theological differences.

3 There is a seminary for theological training, however the seminary professors are predominantly expats.

4 There is a seminary for theological training provided predominantly by locals; however it does not have the capacity to train all the leaders needed

5 There is a seminary for theological training. Its professors are predominantly locals and it has sufficient capacity to train the leaders needed; also it is financially sustainable

Location

Latest submission: Apr 2022

1 submission on record

Data reflects the most recent local assessment.