Nairobi Central Church (NCSDAC) popularly known as Maxwell is the largest church in ECD with influential members of society and the Adventist Church. They also influence issues and opinions in the larger ECD. The NCSDAC members had remained united previously on matters of the church and with that unity, much was achieved. But as the 2020 church elections were nearing traditional neighbors (the Luo and the Kisii) had to be separated.

The Turning Point was a hurried posting of a new pastor to Nairobi Central Church (Maxwell) to replace a senior church pastor who had gone to sleep. It turned out to be a good timing since church nominations were around the corner. He was to finally use the exercise to divide the elders first and subsequently the congregation along ethnic lines for the sole purpose of placing in office a friendly eldership and church board. The move was aimed at one ethnic group against the other which worked very well. The eldership of the aggrieved side resisted the manipulations and that resulted in the Central Kenya Conference (CKC) President unilaterally disfellowshipping 15 souls of the Maxwell church which included elders and young innocent people. In the meantime, the elders after registration of NCC, had written to the General Conference (GC) citing the inaction from the higher offices in this region and informing them of the registration of the new conference. You may be aware that instead of the GC addressing the matter, they lodged a case in the High Court in Nairobi which is ongoing.

There exists a strategic plan that sets the strategic direction of Nairobi Cosmopolitan Conference (NCC) of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in next five years. During the period NCC will be focused in empowering the church members in the primary territory of Nairobi, Kajiado and Narok by catering for their spiritual, educational, health and economic wellbeing in line with its incorporation objectives and mandate. 1. In the area of evangelism and mission it will prioritize the continuous discipleship and nurture of its members. 2. In the area of socio-economic empowerment, NCC will aim at improving the education, health and economic well-being or living standards of the children, youth and adults within its sphere of influence. 3. In addition, NCC will seek to develop and build human capacity of its members thus empowering them spiritually, academically, and professionally so that they become committed to evangelize in its chosen territory. It is recognized that for NCC to carry out its mandate as spelt out in its objectives; it will need to build its organizational capacity and to empower the institutions to be established to achieve independence in areas of governance, finance, andmanagement soas tobe institutions that will be fit for ministry. One of its key goals is to build its resource capacity in order to maximize its potential to achieve incorporation objectives engaging in evangelism and the mission of the SDA church. It will seek ways of achieving financial vibrancy and sustainability in order to fulfill its mission. NCC will empower its institutions and mission agencies to create diversified sources of funds to meet its financial needs in order to undertake the mission for their establishment. This will require that appropriate infrastructures are established and property effectively managed and maintained to meet their work of mission. One of NCC mandate is the establishment of media and/or use of media for effective mission. In this regard, it will establish infrastructure and media resources and promote the use of media technology to effectively evangelize the love of God, the Three Angels’ Messages and the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. This is already in progress. Nairobi Cosmopolitan Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church will pay special attention to Governance, Spiritual leadership, Soul winning/evangelism, Discipleship and Nurture/ Mentorship and fellowship, Building a Strong financial base, and Development of Infrastructure Physical facilities. All these are aimed at fulfilling its mission which is: To lead people to accepting Christ as their personal saviour, and nurturing them as committed and loving Christians through worship and fellowship to proclaim the everlasting gospel in the context of the Three Angels’ Messages (Rev. 14:6-12) to prepare for Christ’s soon return. (Elder Dr Enock Kinara is the NCC Administrative Secretary/CEO)