Pray that the Lord would bless the church in Africa with an abundance of pastor-teachers

who will be used by God to satisfy that hunger as they open up God's word and accurately teach it.

But if there's a hunger for the word and brothers who are able to teach it accurately, which means to put forth Christ,

every Sunday they stand up behind that pulpit, will be just fine.

Kenambuguas serves as the senior pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Nairobi, Kenya,

and is a council member for the Gospel Coalition,

Africa. He's also the managing director of Ecclesia Africa, which promotes biblical resources

for building healthy churches throughout Africa. Ken, thanks so much for joining me today on the

Crossway podcast. Thanks for having me. So today we're speaking about the amazing ways that God is moving throughout the continent

of Africa to grow his church, to raise up Christian leaders and pastors who are equipped to

shepherd the flock of Christ.

And so I wonder just to kick us off, can you share a little bit about your own life,

your own ministry, and the work that you're doing these days.

Yeah. Born and raised in Kenya, Nairobi specifically, became a Christian later on in high

school, felt a burden for the Christian work, the church work. Got my Bible training in Zambia, a little school called Central Africa

Baptist University.

Started serving as a pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church in 2010, became lead pastor there in 2015.

Met my wife in Washington, D.C. while doing an internship at Capitol Hill in 2014.

We now have three little humans running around the house, Eden, Zion and Judah, 8, 5, and 3. Yeah. And most thankful for the grace of God upon a sinner such as I. And every good thing that I enjoy in my life is clearly evidence of his grace upon me.

You said you became a Christian in high school.

Did you grow up in a Christian home where your parents' believers?

No. So home was not Christian.

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