Preaching the gospel in Kenya and beyond
The pulpit, online
When the lockdowns closed the doors, the sermons went out over the internet instead — and never stopped. Sunday services and weekday fellowships are streamed from the sanctuary in Kahawa to whoever will watch, wherever they are.
A message going out from the sanctuary at Kahawa.
Joyce teaching — one of the weekday recordings.
Where it started
A closed church, and a camera.
The streaming began during the COVID lockdown, for the plainest of reasons: the congregation could not come. What began as a way to reach the people who already belonged to the church has carried on reaching people who never could have — the messages now travel far past Kahawa.
What goes out
Sunday services and weekday fellowships, on two channels.
Services are streamed on Sunday and again through the week, on both YouTube and Facebook. The teaching is given by Simon and Joyce under the GOFAMI banner — God for the Family Ministries — and the archive of past messages stays up for anyone who wants to go back to one.
What makes it hard
It is filmed on phones, and the lighting fights back.
Everything is recorded on mobile phones, which sets a ceiling on how good the picture and the sound can be. The lighting is inconsistent, editing and uploading are slow, and nobody in the church has been trained to run any of it — so the whole thing rests on whoever has time that week.
Where to watch
The channel is called Jepegomi Africa
Still to confirm
Search Jepegomi Africa and you will find the messages. The exact addresses below still need to come from Simon, and this page would rather say so than send you somewhere wrong.
- YouTube link
- Facebook link
Pray. Give. Watch.
How you can partner with us
The cheapest way to help is free: watch a stream and share it. Everything after that is equipment and connection — the two things standing between a message worth hearing and a recording worth watching.
Watch, and share what you watch
Every view and every share carries a message further than the ministry can carry it alone, and it costs nothing but the time.
Give toward internet costs
Consistent streaming needs consistent connection. This is the running cost that decides whether a service goes out at all.
Give toward equipment
A laptop able to edit video, a DSLR camera, wireless microphones and a ring light would lift every recording out of what a phone can manage.
Help train somebody to run it
The most useful gift is not a thing. Somebody in the church who knows how to record, edit and upload would make the channel steady rather than occasional.