Kenya: Good News for a Restricted Region

The organization Al-Shabab “Young Warriors of Allah” is determined to cleanse East Africa of Christians and to kill Muslims not following the true Islam of the Qur'an.

They aim to establish a Sharia government in all of East Africa and to conduct a war of terror in Kenya. Kenya is strategically important in Africa for Muslims as a base and target for terror strikes.

- Total Population: 52,069,438
- People Groups: 110
- Unreached People Groups: 32
- Unreached Population: 5,500,000
- Muslim Population: 20%

Northern Kenya, the epicenter of our work in the nation, is known to be lawless and beyond government influence. Al-Shabab’s control of the region has made it entirely unsafe for foreigners and has in some ways separated it from its southern counterpart. Even our Frontline Workers have said, “coming to Christ from Muslim background is seen as a choice to die.” While still legally the same nation, they see the Qu’ran as their framework for laws, following it strictly. This has made life dangerous for any non-Muslims in the region.

A little History

The first Muslims appeared in the area that is now Kenya in the 9th century, about 150 years after the death of Muhammad. They were Arab and Persian seafarers, pursuing trade with Arabia, Persia, and India. They settled along the coast and on nearby islands. Pate Island near the northern Kenyan coast was a major Islamic slave trade port in the 17th century.

The Muslim areas of northern Kenya and bordering countries of Somalia and Ethiopia are restricted military regions controlled by Al-Shabab: dangerous, hard to access, and completely without the Gospel of Christ. The Muslim population of Kenya is diverse, including Africans, Asians, and Arabs. Kenya has a significant Muslim population of 20%, including nearly all of northern Kenya.

Our work in kenya

Literature Distribution
Schooling for children
Correspondence Bible Courses
Personal Follow-up and Discipleship
Training Evangelists
Church planting initiatives in Muslim Communities
Education assistance
Disaster relief
Humanitarian aid

Our Call of Hope Frontline Worker in Kenya, Brother Abasi, must travel for days on cattle trucks between cows, camels, and goats to reach secluded Muslim areas. When he arrives, he passes out Call of Hope literature to many curious Muslims who are interested to know more about Christ. For the last two decades Abasi has been meeting and evangelizing with the Muslim population and hundreds have come to faith in Christ. After conversion, Bro. Abasi cares for and disciples converts through literature, personal counseling, and discipleship training.

Bro. Abasi can't meet with every Muslim personally, which is why we created a Bible correspondence course based in Nairobi, Kenya. Letters arrive daily at our Kenyan Call of Hope center from eastern and western Africa, and the Call of Hope team carefully responds to each inquiry to tell more Muslim about the love of Christ!

Simply talking about God's love isn't enough, that is why we also seek to show the love of Christ in tangible ways. In the midst of severe famine and drought, more than 200 tons of corn flour were transported by Call of Hope to the hungry in northern Kenya. Thousands were saved from starvation. Muslims in these completely closed villages know that Bro. Abasi is a follower of Jesus Christ. While the corn flour was being distributed, an elderly woman proclaimed before all the villagers, “Your God, who has sent you, must be a good God – may He bless you!”

The Goat Project

The Call of Hope ‘Goat Project’ provides a female goat to families in need. When the goat produces offspring, they can be sold at market and the proceeds can be used for school fees and other necessary items for the children to receive their education.

Since its inception, over 10,000 goats have been provided to vulnerable children and their families in Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya. Once neighboring Muslims witnessed the success of the program, they began asking for goats as well. Call of Hope then began including Muslim children in the program, which offered the unique opportunity to share the love and Gospel of Jesus Christ.

FOR JUST $59 USD, YOU CAN MIGHTILY BLESS A POOR FAMILY IN East AFRICA AND BUILD A BRIDGE TO REACHING THEM WITH THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST!

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School in Northern Kenya

In Northern Kenya there is a village where Call of Hope has established a school for elementary children. The 17 room facility is well equipped for educating the 450 children enrolled. Each teacher is a Christian evangelist as well, providing Call of Hope literature and Christian textbooks.

Though this area has been known to be particularly dangerous for Christians, some being killed, the school has miraculously overcome this danger through God’s favor and protection. Within the first year being open the school attained national attention when the students achieved some of the nations highest scores on standardized exams. As the school has maintained its quality education, the government even stepped in to provide police protection.

Unfortunately, the school is only capable of teaching children through 8th grade. They are then forced back to dangerous Muslim high schools. This is why we are planning the construction of a brand new Christian high school that can provide a proper education from start to finish.