2015 REPORT FINAL1

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34 CITAM NGONG REPORT • Through Sunday pulpit altar calls, 144 people surrendered their lives to the Lord. • We received 231 people into church membership. • We baptized 143 believers. • Our Safari Groups grew to 41 scattered into 8 different Zones around Ngong and its environs. Missions and Outreach Approximately 50 students surrendered their lives to Christ through our schools outreach programs. 36 youth surrendered their lives to the Lord through Sports Evangelism in Kiserian. We conducted an Evangelistic outreach to Namelok town within Kajiado and 51 people surrendered their lives to the Lord. We undertook two Prison visits in the year, one to Kajiado Men’s Prison and Machakos Women’s prison. We held a medical camp in November and 913 people were treated. Children’s Ministry Our DVBS program brought together 2, 700 children. Different groups came to learn from our DVBS program for the whole week. A team of 3 people from The Baptist churches of Democratic Republic of Congo and 10 people from different churches in Lodwar who went back to implement. Our children’s prayer day brought together 850 children. Four children’s centers and 16 churches were represented. Two hundred and seventeen children gave their lives to Christ. We had 72 children in the 2015 HOPES class. Out of this, 47 children attended the camp and one child gave her life to Christ during the Holy Communion Service. 44 of the children fasted for the very first time and a huge percentage of them participated in the Lord’s Table while 25 of them were baptized. Youth Ministry We held 36 services in eight High schools in Ngong and 120 students received Christ. We were able to establish stable Christian Union (CU) structures in 3 schools namely; Dawamu School, Serare School and Brookhurst International. We had a High Schoolers Camp in December 2015 at Brookhurst School whereby we discipled and mentored students. Safari Enter and Encounter 1 among the teens and Crossroads fellowship brought together 200 teenagers. We have realized Spiritual growth among the teenagers and Youth at large. CITAM Annual Report and Financial Statements | 2015

CITAM PARKLANDS REPORT 35 It was a wake up call to all believers, both young and old to arise to their God given destinies Rev. Stanley Mung’athia Senior Pastor Preamble At CITAM Parklands, the year 2015 was a year of revival and restoration. We experienced great revival among the children, youth and adults. There were testimonies of healing and deliverance among the congregation. We attribute this to God. Our theme for 2015 was dubbed “Awake, Arise and Walk in the Footsteps of Jesus” (Isa.52:1-15). It was a wakeup call to all believers, both young and old to arise to their God given destinies. Transitions The year witnessed some staff transitions with Pastor Stephen Makau moving to CITAM Valley Road and Pastor Nigel De Mello joining the pastoral team from Marsabit, where he was serving as a missionary pastor; now serving as the youth pastor at CITAM Parklands. The transition was quite smooth. We thank God. Worship and Prayer The worship and prayer ministry has continued to grow, both spiritually and numerically. Sunday worship services have continued to experience dynamism in praise and worship. There were focused trainings and rehearsals among the singers to boost their music. Prayer ministry has continued to develop with consistent weekly and monthly prayer meetings (All Night/Kesha).The numerical growth for the attendees has continued to increase both on Tuesday prayer meetings and in the All-Night/Kesha. Children Ministry At CITAM Parklands, children ministry 2015 was a year full of God’s marvelous doings. Both the children workers and the children grew in numbers and in depth in their walk with the Lord. Currently we have over 300 children attending church every week. Total commitment by the children workers was experienced consistently. The safari junior was a major highlight especially to the children and teachers who are in 10+years classes. It was a journey that indeed brought impartation not only to the children but even the workers. We enjoyed Gods favor in children’s ministry especially during DVBS where children and workers came in large numbers. We had over 1000 children who attended the DVBS.We also moved a milestone by hosting Africa Children’s Prayer Day where Children from the Parklands community attended the prayers. CITAM Annual Report and Financial Statements | 2015

CITAM PARKLANDS <strong>REPORT</strong><br />

35<br />

It was a wake up call to all believers,<br />

both young and old to arise to their<br />

God given destinies<br />

Rev. Stanley Mung’athia<br />

Senior Pastor<br />

Preamble<br />

At CITAM Parklands, the year <strong>2015</strong> was a year of<br />

revival and restoration. We experienced great revival<br />

among the children, youth and adults. There were<br />

testimonies of healing and deliverance among the<br />

congregation. We attribute this to God.<br />

Our theme for <strong>2015</strong> was dubbed “Awake, Arise and<br />

Walk in the Footsteps of Jesus” (Isa.52:1-15). It was<br />

a wakeup call to all believers, both young and old to<br />

arise to their God given destinies.<br />

Transitions<br />

The year witnessed some staff transitions with Pastor<br />

Stephen Makau moving to CITAM Valley Road and<br />

Pastor Nigel De Mello joining the pastoral team from<br />

Marsabit, where he was serving as a missionary<br />

pastor; now serving as the youth pastor at CITAM<br />

Parklands. The transition was quite smooth. We<br />

thank God.<br />

Worship and Prayer<br />

The worship and prayer ministry has continued<br />

to grow, both spiritually and numerically. Sunday<br />

worship services have continued to experience<br />

dynamism in praise and worship. There were<br />

focused trainings and rehearsals among the<br />

singers to boost their music.<br />

Prayer ministry has continued to develop with<br />

consistent weekly and monthly prayer meetings (All<br />

Night/Kesha).The numerical growth for the attendees<br />

has continued to increase both on Tuesday prayer<br />

meetings and in the All-Night/Kesha.<br />

Children Ministry<br />

At CITAM Parklands, children ministry <strong>2015</strong> was<br />

a year full of God’s marvelous doings. Both the<br />

children workers and the children grew in numbers<br />

and in depth in their walk with the Lord. Currently<br />

we have over 300 children attending church every<br />

week. Total commitment by the children workers was<br />

experienced consistently.<br />

The safari junior was a major highlight especially to the<br />

children and teachers who are in 10+years classes.<br />

It was a journey that indeed brought impartation not<br />

only to the children but even the workers.<br />

We enjoyed Gods favor in children’s ministry<br />

especially during DVBS where children and workers<br />

came in large numbers. We had over 1000<br />

children who attended the DVBS.We also<br />

moved a milestone by hosting Africa<br />

Children’s Prayer Day where Children<br />

from the Parklands community<br />

attended the prayers.<br />

CITAM Annual Report and Financial Statements | <strong>2015</strong>

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