PMI Missionaries
Joseph & Elfi Muutuki
Ministry Area: Kenya
Responsibilities: Church planting, teaching
E-mail Address: joe@ncfnairobi.org
Joseph finished his Th.M. at Covenant Seminary in 1989. He has been teaching at Daystar University since 1995 in the Religious Studies Dept. In 1997 the Lord led Joseph and Elfi to start a church plant in the community where they live in Nairobi. This racial reconciliation church ministers to Kenyan Asians and Africans.
Joseph and Elfi form relationships with Hindus primarily through monthly "satsangs" or fellowships and quarterly evening "grills" for men, in order to reach just men. They have been blessed to see the growth of the Church from a humble fifteen people in attendance to the current seventy to ninety. The church is affiliated with a ministry to orphaned children in the slum area of Kibera in Nairobi and also ministers to handicapped people.
Latest Report: (updated 11/23/2011)
Dear family and friends,
The song we normally sing, "Give thanks with a grateful heart!" communicates how we feel as the year comes to an end. There are so many things we are thankful for in this past year. First of all we are thankful for God's continued protection each day. We are very thankful for plenty of rain we have received the last few weeks compared to the droughts we experienced last year!
We are thankful for faithful supporters. It would not have been possible for us to be in the ministry these last 17 years without you. Our hearts are full of gratitude. As we look back this year, it began with us being in red but as I write this letter we thank the Lord for His provision and having used you to be part of the answer to our prayers. We are also thankful to God that our kids will be celebrating this Christmas together in St. Louis!
As we now look forward in the coming year we are already excited at the possibilities of a team forming to work with us here in Nairobi. Our sister-church, New City Fellowship St. Louis is sending a couple to help us in our reconciliation efforts to different ethnic and racial groups of people. We are also excited at the possibility of getting an Indian pastor and an American missionary couple through SIM. All these prospects make Elfi and I feel loved by God, for us to know we are not left to do the racial and tribal reconciliation alone but that there are others interested in partnering with us. This is the greatest encouragement we anticipate in the coming year and the first of its kind since we started this ministry about 14 years ago!
We are thankful to God for His son through whom all things are possible. As we celebrate Christmas this year we can all be thankful to God for the gift of His son Jesus Christ. He is our Hope in this hopeless world. He is our peace where there is no peace. He is our comfort even when there may have been financial constraints in the past year.
We pray that next year will be even better.
Blessings to you as some of you celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.
"Come let us come before Him with thanksgiving…Ps. 95:2"
Thankfully,
Joe and Elfi
Presbyterian Mission International
12330 Conway Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
Telephone: (314) 434-4044
Fax: (314) 434-4819
