Kenyan pastors tell of surviving the violence

Posted on January 31, 2008 
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Baptist Press“At one stop, an entire village lay in shambles. Pastor Samuel, who had led the local Baptist church, quickly picks his way through piles of burned corrugated tin, keeping a watchful eye on the forest and hills nearby for signs of danger.

For weeks, this area was cut off from the rest of the country. Even the media and Red Cross didn’t venture into this dangerous territory. Gangs of youth blocked the roads, keeping anyone from coming or going. Samuel stops in front of a piece of charred, ashen ground. ‘Here,’ he says quietly. ‘Here is our Baptist church.’…”

This story from Baptist Press gives some idea of the effects of the violence in Kenya.