Unity focused on enriching the livelihood of believers

By Paul Marutit,Rebecca Chesire and Herodias Chepkong’a

Church members during fellowship

Marigat urban Pastors Development Initiative  is a registered faith based organization comprising of 21 pastors and church leaders drawn from different denominations who have come together to develop mechanisms on improving the lives of their members.               

Marigat Citizen Voices reporters meets Pastor Elijah Ruto of Deliverance church, donned in a cream trouser with a white shirt, a black-sharp pointed shoes and a matching overcoat in his Marigat office.

 “The Association has capacity built its members to form chamas who visit one another once every week to raise funds for their needs,” says Pastor Ruto who also serves as the organization’s chairman.

Through the association, the members have now been able to preach peace amongst the believers which has created a bench mark for development in the county. He also notes that the Association meets every week to review the progress of their churches and the pastors’ welfare too.

Pastor Ruto in his office

He says that since the association was formed on 2^nd November 2011, it has increased church attendants and community improved welfare and calls upon all other churches to emulate the same unity.

On youth participation, the association has been training youth on entrepreneurial skills mainly touching on life skills, business plans and proposal writing. They have also integrated other social trainings including HIV/Aids, effects of early marriages and dangers of FGM.

A group of pastors

Mrs. Naisula Naiweti a mother of three from Marigat town B, who is a staunch believer of Deliverance Church, says that the association has enabled the congregation to unite together and come up with mechanisms that have improved their lives.

“The unity experienced in the past one year has made my family able to build a house at Mukutani Division of Marigat District, hence mitigating the effects of cattle rustlers experienced recently,” she says.

Naisula together with another group of 12 women have started other investments such as chicken rearing and kitchen gardening. This has helped them in raising funds to educate their children hence creating financial independence.