Bolden, Kenneth D.2025-03-202025-03-201994Bolden, K. D. (1994). The Relevance of Covenant Concept to Developing A Strategy for Christian Ministry Among the Luo People Cie' Kenya. Daystar University, School of Arts and Social Scienceshttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6534Master of Arts DegreeThis work is a fusion of disciplines including biblical, theological, linguistic, hist:arical and cul t.ural studies; it is designed to formulate a strategy for L raining Christian workers among the Luo speaking people of Kenya . It is an effort directed toward achieving some degree of adequacy in the field of cross—cultural message formulation.The study centers on the bibl ical concept of covenant and investigates its meaning and its historical significance in both the Old and New Testaments and then considers Ole usage of the covenant concept in the field of applied theology. A parallel study is done within the context of Luo language, traditional Luo culture and ethics to seek a common thread of understand ing correlating with biblical examples. A glossary of Luo terms is developed and these in turn are used in the process of doing ethnographic interviews to determine how Luo people, both urban and rural, perceive covenant and how similarities can be used in explaining Christian ideals in a contextual form. No study of this type has been done among the Luo people. The results of the study advance Christian insights for textual and contextualized studies among Luo speaking peop les . The applications, suggested teaching device in the appendix, and Che other instruments used for anthropological investi gat-ion should prove helpful to other students wishing to investigate cultural norms and domains and apply them to Christian ministry.enThesis