A Survey of The Indigenous Pastors' Perception of The Foreign Missionaries in The Baptist Bible Mission of East Africa.
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2012-06
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Daystar University, School of Arts and Social Sciences
Abstract
—atter of perception in a relationship is of paramount importance, especially in faithif any institution is to have a foreseen future. Two cannot have good they are in agreement as the Bible records in Amos 3:3. However, there are that have lived on this edge for decades. Once in a while, the world gets to read of
=szerstandings and mishandlings in the daily papers. So, studies on the welfare of are needed to help and guide God's ministers in good and biblical relationship. To three questions were used, namely: (1) How did indigenous pastors perceive their the missionaries from the Western countries? (2) What factors contributed ;eceptions? (3) What were the possible ways to improve the indigenous Pastors' To achieve these, qualitative and quantitative research methods including and interviews were used. The snowballing sampling was used where one contact for the interview. The data was analyzed qualitatively and outstanding themes in the pastors' perception of their colleagues, the foreign missionaries. The came to Kenya, evangelized the Kenyan people and taught them the tenets of their z: Ft-=tice. The indigenous pastors gave a standing ovation to the work missionaries have s-ecially in evangelism and training pastors in the work of God. However, missionaries and trust in the indigenous pastors. Lack of confidence and trust was most in the fact that most pastors were not the custodians of the legal documents of their neither did they have any say over where these documents were kept. Pastors
—issionaries to be private and not open to be understood. Lack of practical fellowship ase ministers has sent them mixed signals whether the missionaries loved and accepted
—ority of the respondents thought missionaries looked down on them.
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MASTER OF ARTS in Christian Ministries
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Indigenous Pastors' Perception, Foreign Missionaries, The Baptist Bible Mission
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Situma, G. M. W. (2012). A Survey of The Indigenous Pastors' Perception of The Foreign Missionaries in The Baptist Bible Mission of East Africa. Daystar University, School of Arts and Social Sciences