The National Council of Churches of Kenya is bracing herself for a possible rollout of the second phase of one of her most successful community empowerment programs dubbed ‘Church and Community Mobilization process’ (CCMP).
During the second phase, the programme will mainly focus on peace and education in Western and North Rift regions.
The development emerged during a 3-day CCMP Envisioning Workshop organized last week, by Dorcas Aid in collaboration with the Inter Church Organisation for Development Cooperation (ICCO).
Church and Community Mobilisation Programme has been implemented across the country in the last two years focusing on 32 congregations in 8 member churches, reaching more than 3,000 congregants.
Speaking to Jumuia News, CCMP Programme Officer Laban Ashioya said that during the envisioning session, NCCK shared the lessons learnt while implementing CCMP and how to incorporate such lessons in the Peace and Education Programme.
“Our partners want us to mentor their colleagues on how to initiate CCMP among constituents”, Ashioya said, adding that the programme had surpassed its objectives. He further said that church leaders had fully embraced CCMP with a view of helping churches attain their potential in line with God’s mission.
Ashioya expressed optimism that CCMP will achieve its full potential owing to increased demand among NCCK member churches and the programme’s achievements this far.
CCMP was initiated by NCCK in conjunction with her development partners Tear Fund. Currently there are 35 facilitators working with the Council to scale up the programme among her member churches. CCMP model empowers churches to have a vision for community engagement.
