About Mary

Mary leads the Christian Union at St John’s Community Church. She is seeking ministry training to know how to handle Scripture with integrity and explain it clearly and faithfully. Mary became a Christian when she was 15 years old. She had the privilege of growing up in a Christian home and seeing her parents model reading the Bible, serving the Lord and praying to him from a young age. Since committing her life to Christ, Mary has had a strong desire to serve in ministry, with a particular focus on youth and young adults. She would love the opportunity to receive in-depth training so she can model to young people what it means to love, trust in and follow Jesus, just as her parents modelled this to her.

However, Mary’s family lack the finances to support her, and her home church is in a rural and poverty-stricken area. The church has a pastor, but no evangelist or young people’s worker – many churches in rural Kenya face this problem. Mary’s desire is to empower and train young people to take the gospel to churches like this once she has completed her training. She sees the need for building strong foundations in interpreting Scripture and teaching the gospel of grace, not prosperity, to the young adults in churches. Her heart is to walk alongside students, which is why she hopes to take up a post as chapel worker on GLUK’s campus, at the University Community Church.

The Great Lakes University of Kisumu

The Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK) originated in the Tropical Institute of Community Health and Development (TICH) in Africa. GLUK offers certificates in medicine, nursing, community healthcare, education, business and theology. Their mission is to raise up and train leaders with a vision for effective socio-economic transformation in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa and beyond. Bishop Okullu College, where Mary hopes to study, is the Anglican theological college and a constituent institute of GLUK.

Partnering with Mary

Mary needs a total of £2,895 for three years of study, from May 2023 – April 2026 (which includes a 10% administration fee). She needs £1,100 for 2023-24, £1,075 for 2024-25 and £720 for 2025-26. Please consider joining Mary in gospel partnership, praying for her and supporting her financially. Through partnering with Mary, you can play a real part in indigenous gospel mission.