{"id":20558,"date":"2014-12-21T19:06:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T00:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/africa_partners_presbyterian_church_of_east\/"},"modified":"2021-01-27T08:04:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T13:04:52","slug":"africa_partners_presbyterian_church_of_east","status":"publish","type":"partner","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/africa_partners_presbyterian_church_of_east\/","title":{"rendered":"Presbyterian Church of East Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founded:&nbsp;1891<\/p>\n<p>Ordained ministers:&nbsp;482<\/p>\n<p>Lay ministers:&nbsp;&nbsp;296<\/p>\n<p>Congregations:&nbsp;1,400<\/p>\n<p>Clinics:&nbsp;40<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals:&nbsp;3<\/p>\n<p>Seminary: 1<\/p>\n<p>Membership: 2.5 million<\/p>\n<p>The early beginnings of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa started in 1889 when plans for a Scottish Mission among the Kamba and Maasai and later to the Kikuyu people were laid.&nbsp; In 1891, a group of missionaries left London for British East Africa.&nbsp; In 1892, the first temporary Church at Kibwezi was opened.<\/p>\n<p>The PCEA&#8217;s Mission statement is:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Believing that it is entrusted with a Ministry not only to the souls of men, but also their bodies and minds, and following the example of its master, who went about doing good, the Church claims the right, as it shall see fit, to undertake educational, medical or charitable work for the benefit of all who desire its help; and declares its willingness to co-operate with governmental and other agencies in promoting the mental, physical and moral welfare of the whole community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","region":[20007,20041],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Presbyterian Church of East Africa - Global Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/africa_partners_presbyterian_church_of_east\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Presbyterian Church of East Africa - Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Founded:&nbsp;1891 Ordained ministers:&nbsp;482 Lay ministers:&nbsp;&nbsp;296 Congregations:&nbsp;1,400 Clinics:&nbsp;40 Hospitals:&nbsp;3 Seminary: 1 Membership: 2.5 million The early beginnings of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa started in 1889 when plans for a Scottish Mission among the Kamba and Maasai and later to &hellip; Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/africa_partners_presbyterian_church_of_east\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-27T13:04:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/africa_partners_presbyterian_church_of_east\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/africa_partners_presbyterian_church_of_east\/\",\"name\":\"Presbyterian Church of East Africa - Global Ministries\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-12-22T00:06:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-27T13:04:52+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/africa_partners_presbyterian_church_of_east\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/africa_partners_presbyterian_church_of_east\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partner\/africa_partners_presbyterian_church_of_east\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Partners\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/partners\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Presbyterian Church of East Africa\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\",\"name\":\"Global Ministries\",\"description\":\"Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. 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