MISSION

TO

KENYA

DEAN REMPEL, MISSIONARY TO KENYA

Recommendations
Dean served as youtJi minister at Gibson Avenue Church of Christ, Compton, California for several months. The minister, Gordon Brodersen, wrote in part: "He

built a youth group from five or six to 25, and several of the young people accepted Christ and were baptized
because of Dean's work with them. . .he is a dedica

ted youngman, who is very intelligent and has a lot of ability. He is loyal toChristandHisChurch. . .I be

lieve he wiUdo agoodjobin presenting Christ andHis

Gospel, and provide effective Christian leadership in a foreign land."

Pacific Christian Mission Teacher Harrold McFarland

wrote, in part: "He has a good mind, andawholesome dedication to the Lord, which I believe will cause him to be a growing power to win others to Christ. I com mend him to you as a missionary recruit whose useftalness will be felt for

Dean Rempel, son of former India missionaries of the Churches of Christ inKulpahar and Kanpur, India, has announced plans to come to Nairobi after graduation from Pacific Christian College, Long Beach, nextJune. Dean was reared in India, and was educated at Wood
stock School in northern India. He knows the Indians

Afrlcar, people.

well and speaks their language, so will be a valuable help to the Nairobi work among both the Asian and the

We at Pacific Christian College have been pleased with the academic, personal, and Christian conduct of Mr. Dean Rempel. In the light of his having grown up on the mission field and his ability to organize his life and
take care of himself in the American society, we be lieve that he will make a good missionary. Accord

ingly we commend him to the church and to the Lord. We look forward to his accomplishing great things for
Christ.

His father observed with- some pardonable parental pride: "It has been a real satisfaction to us that Dean
has decided to offer himself for the Lord's service in

Kenya. . . In a very real sense, this is a new world with all the challenges that appeal to young and dedi cated hearts. . .We commend Dean to you and to your generosity in his undertaking for Christ!"

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A NEW RECRUIT TO KENYA

Dean Rempel has announced his in tention of offeruig himself for service in Kenya. With every encouragement from workers already in the Held, notably from Dr. Harry Schaefer, Dean plans, the Lord willing, to travel to Kenya in October 1970.

This schedule will require some real fast "footwork" on Dean's partand a great deal of help from God and His people.
He will finish his work toward a B.A. de

gree at Pacific Christian College June 1st.

He also attended universities in Seattle and Los Angeles. He will then visit such people and churches as will give him an opportunity to present the needs of Kenya.

He will need both livinglink support, and pledged service link support, and must raise travel money as well.
He wrote "I look with confidence to

Dean Rempel 1970 B.A. graduate of Pacific Christian College

God, who can bring all necessary resources

to bear to fill these needs."

The east, and the mission fields are not new to him. Dean grew up in a mission field as one of the sons of Frank and Mrs. Marie Rempel of Kulpahar and Kanpur,

north India. Most of his life up to the age

of 18 was spent in India. Then he came

to America to continue the education begun

at Woodstock School in Mussoorie, India. He believes that this experience, and his knowledge of the Hindi language will prove to be a real asset in future work among the people of Asian origin in Kenya.

Climbing in Himalaya Mountains

Apparently Primitive Cart still runs;

Motorbike broke down

Visiting Tibetan Village, knapsack on my

back, note-CANE.'

The Kenya Situation

Kenya is today an independent and

almost wholly integrated society of many

tribes and races. What is unusual is that

this amalgamation of Africans, Asians and Europeans has resulted in a progressive, stable country. But a realistic approach to evangelism in Kenya is one that must take into account all the problems of such a varied society and make its appeal to
every portion.

jTnbal Woman

Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, lies at a 5000 feet altitude, just 40 miles south of the equator. It shelters a population of

3 million people. 100,000 Asians, largely

of Indian origin, have businesses there.

Asian people in Kenya have been greatly affected during the past year by the

county's "Africanization policy", espe

cially those of them that have not taken stepstobecome naturalized. Itisreported

that 3000 of these have been issued "quit notices" in 1969. It is expected that Indian Mukanwalas" (shopkeepers) will disappear
from the rural areas of Kenya.
ces in the commercial field.

Africans

will replace the Asians in strategic pla

But, as some 50,000 Asian residents

have taken Kenyan citizenship, a large number of them are quite unaffected by the
current changes.

I
Missionary

visiting a village

Harambee
(Hah-rahm-bay) "Let Us Pull Together"
JomoKenyatta as Kenya's first Prime Minister, and now its first President, leads his nation of 70 tribes along the path toward self-help, hard work and racial

good will. He calls all people to forget

grudges and unite for future greatness.
After five years of independence from the British the drums of nationalism beat hard in Kenya.

Chieftans

Though the stability of Kenya has

been hailed as a model for other nations

of black Africa, Kenya is no Utopia. Be neath the surface, strong racial antago nisms do exist. Nearly all the 185,000 Asians and 42,000 Europeans had their choice of British or Kenya citizenship at independence. Large majorities of both groups chose British. Now the Kenya Witch Doctor government, amid charges of racial bias, is forcing these noncitizens out of their Jomo Kenyatta is in his seventieth jobs, and often out of the country, in a year, long a political leader in his own long range of "Kenyanization." Kikuyu tribe. He is well educated in Kenya While Kenyatta's top government of and in England. He lived in London many years. In 1952 when the British declared ficials are very well educated and very the Mau Mau uprising, he was seized, able, there is little talent beneath them. tried, and convicted as leader of the mur Most Kenyans are illiterate, and the esti derous secret society. After nine years mate is some 30 to 45% of the nations Robert in custody, he returned to the political children never attend school. Poole travels extensively in Kenya to scene as a martyr in the eyes of the peo ple. The question whether or not Kenyatta direct the work of 260 United States Peace directed the Mau Mau he steadfastly don ies. Corpsmen, 160 of them teachers. Every where you go you find people paying school Kenya gained its independence in Dec. fees. There is a great pressure in the vil lages to send children to school. An estimated 45% of the population is 15 ulation estimated at ten Million. More years of age or younger. This high per than 97% are Africans, the rest Europeans, centage of children places a heavy bui^en Asians and Arabs. Kenyatta obtained a on the schools. Moreover, they must in constitution guaranteeing equal rights crease tiieir capacity 2'/2% each year just France,and Belgium combined, with a pop
with the Africans for all citizens from

of 1963. It is a land a little larger than

minority groups.

(see Harambee, page 5)

Outlook
FOR CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES
Two major forcos which influenced my which Christ may use through us to open decision to become a missionary are hav doors among these people. While I was ing worked with my father, Frank Rempel, in India, I helped in both these fields and and having leen raised in India on the was a witness to thejoy,the grace of God, mission field. and the fulfillment the non-Christians had However, the need for the people to whenJesus Clirist was presented to them,
hear the Word of God and tlie need for and they accepted Him. their salvation are the major motivations It is my goal to save souls. I believe for my mission to East Africa. I feel that this should be the primary goal of all both evangelism and education are "keys" missionaries, both at home and abroad. I want to help educate the Indians and Afri cans of East Africa in tlie teachings of Harambee (began on page 1)

to handle the increase in population. The government gives financial aid to primary schools. All Primary and Secondary schools charge foes. Costs may run as high as $97.00 a year, which is very high for the average family. Kenya makes it possible for just about anyone to enjoy himself. When the gov ernment looks at its scenery and wildlife, it sees money. To lure tourists, Kenya not only preserved and improved British
wild life conservation areas but added

Clirist and bring them to an understanding

of what this Christianity is all about. I
want to help them to build their own work

amongtheir own people by helping to pre

pare leaders.

The evangelistic outreach in Kenya is showing great promise. A strong preach

ing program is carried out from three cen

ters in Nairobi, and a similar program is

beginning in a village in western Kenya.

Classes arc held at night and on Saturdays throughout the city. Baptisms into Christ have become frequent and all signs are that there will be a great harvest. Bro. Harry Schaefer reports plans to hold a training institute for national lead ers during the coming school vacation. This will be taught bymissionaries of the
churches of Christ and Christian churches.

numerous others. Today with technical and financial help from the United States and other countries, Kenya supports 23 parks and reserves. In adjacent areas called "Shooting blocks" there are licensed hunting grounds. Today tourism is the fastest growing industry. Much of Kenya's varied terrain, rang ing from tropic seashore and high moun tains to flat plains and the deep cleft of the Great Rift Valley, seems ordained by

Essentially the institute will be aprogram fortraining Africans in leadership through a deeper knowledge of the Scriptures. Established centers in Nairobi, and in the west, already sponsor cottage study nature as a wildlife habitat More than groups nearly every night, and it is ex half the land is arid or semi-arid. About pected that a similar plan will be followed 80% of the human population lives in only in other areas of Kenya. 15% of the land area, mostly in the Lake There are also plans for a permanent Victoria basin and the highlands, where enough rain falls for a rich and varied Christian Information Center. Bro. Harry agriculture. Elsewhere wild animals, more Schaefer proposed to include in such a adaptive than man, roam the arid lands center, a library with reading room, a left mainly to the Masai herders for graz chapel, and classrooms for a continuous ing land. The main crops are tea, coffee, training program designed to reach down Audio-visual equipment wheat, cattle, sheep, sugar cane and sisal town Nairobi.
needed for this project has been donated

plant

by a dedicated couple in California, but service support for rent and supplies is
still needed. TheSpiril of the Lord God is uponme;
Because ihe Lord hofh onoinied me

Upon arrival in Kenya, I will be as

sociated with Dr. Schaefer who is respon sible for this work, and will be teaching
and working in this already established work. My background in India has given me knowledge of the languages (Hindi and Ordu) which these people speak. I will also be studying the national Swahili language. The first two years will be a time of learning for me, a time of chal

fo preach good lidingi unio meek . . . >0 bind up fhe brokenhearted,

fo proclaim libeily >oIhe eapliyes . . .
fo comfort all that mourn. . , .

To give unfo them beauty for ashes,

fhe o/iof joyfor mourning, the garmentof praise for the spiritof heovineis;
trees of righteousness,

That they might be called

the planting of the Lord,

THAT HE MGHT BE GLOfUFlBD.
-Isaiah 61:1-3

lenge and growth as a missionary and as

a worker in the East Africa Christian
Mission.

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Mission to Kenya is a channel through which every Christian can serve. Unity
in the service to true New Testament

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Christianity will help win the world to Christ (John 17:21), and set a pattern of life for our religious neighbors (I Tim 4:12).

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missionary work both at home and on the foreign field. We need your prayers for a work which will become a stronghold for
Christ in E]ast Africa.

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needed mission to East Africa.

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PURPOSE
My aim is to help establish churches
after the New Testament pattern wherever

they may be established through the con version of non-believers, that is, Hindus, Sikhs, atheists, and African tribal people; and also to lead those who have already confessed Christ, but who "imperfectly believe," by expounding to them the way of the Lord more perfectly.

PROGRAM
A MISSION OF

Faith

Evangelism

Subservience to no earthly organ

ization

Loyalty to the New Testament Loyalty to Christ Jesus

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piorence Christian Church

1111 n il II PI .t Box 305 ^ ViPifi Florence, Oregon 97439

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rempel
4931 Richmond Ave.

Grand Prairie, Alberta, CANADA