Peanut Gallery: Please pray for believers in Nairobi. This report from Kenya personalizes the fear that many believers feel just thinking about going to church on any given Sunday.

Nairobi church stands strong after grenade kills boy, injures others (Compass Direct) See full article below –

Would you attend church or stay home under these circumstances? With kids, it’s an even tougher choice.

“Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.” Ephesians 6.13 NLT

Please pray for courage and protection of believers in Kenya… and for the people and church leaders mentioned in this report:

• John Ian Maina (age 9) Killed in Attack
• Jane and Patrick Maina, John’s Parents
• Sally Gatei, Sunday School Teacher and Parent
• Paul Muigai, Church Usher
• Maureen Mwangi, (child) Survivor of Attack
• Maureen Mwangi’s Brother, (child) Sustained Serious Injuries
• Jackline Nduku, Parent of Injured Child
• Archbishop Wabukala, Anglican Church of Kenya
• Bishop Joel Waweru, Nairobi Diocese
• Bishop Margaret Wanjiru, Member of Parliament for Starehe
• Rev. Steve Shisia, Pastor St Polycarp’s Anglican Church

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Nairobi church stands strong after grenade kills boy, injures others

‘What if it’s this Sunday?’ questioned congregation, yet did not give into fear

Nairobi, October 11 (Open Doors News) — “Every week we wondered ‘What if it’s this week?’ Yet every week we turned up for church.”

Speaking to Open Doors News just after her Oct. 9 return from the funeral of 9-year-old John Ian Maina, Nairobi Sunday School teacher Sally Gatei was in reflective mood. “I told the team I didn’t need counselling, but I’d not been back to the building for a few days, since it happened. When I did go back to the church, my heart was pounding. You think ‘You’re alright, you’re strong,’ but I am going to get some counselling now.”

Gatei was in the room when a grenade exploded at about 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 30 at St. Polycarp, of the Anglican Church of Kenya, on the Juja Road in Nairobi. The explosion killed the boy and injured eight other children. Sally’s own son had been in there, too, only three minutes before.

“The most amazing thing, though, is that, although we thought we should cancel Sunday school the next Sunday, most children insisted we should meet as usual, even though the room had not yet been repaired!” Continue reading “Please pray for believers in Nairobi – Nairobi church stands strong after grenade kills boy, injures others” →