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Love Worship Centre – Garissa, Kenya

About Love Worship Center

Love Worship Centre is located in Garissa, North Eastern Province, Kenya. They are a part of the Redeemed Gospel Church denomination, and led by Pastor David Matolo and his wife Rosemary.
About 90% of the inhabitants of the town are ethnic Somalis, and actively practice the Muslim faith. The area is very arid, located in the Eastern part of the country close to the equator, and typically suffers from drought most of the time, although a flood in November 2006 caused many deaths and many to lose their homes, as well as sanitary and health issues.
In 2008, the Muslim’s finished constructing a mosque next door to Love Worship Centre, and then proceeded to tear down the church and threaten all the members. The local government suggested that the they not return to their property for safety reasons, but is currently allowing them to hold outdoor meetings on government property.

About Pastor David and Rosemary

Pastor David met Rosemary in 1979 in Nairobi and they were married that same year. It was not until 1984 that they both accepted Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. They have lived in Garissa since 1990, and have three children of their own, Susan, Solomon and Peter, and also support about twenty orphans, four of which currently live with them. Pastor David has been preaching since 1985, and was ordained in 2002. He has two certificates and two diplomas in Theology, and has also attended the Toronto Airport Church in Toronto, Canada for leadership training once in 2003 and again in 2006.

A word from Pastor David

“From 1985 I worked in the church leadership as the church secretary and a preacher, until September 1998, when God called me into full-time ministry. I quit my job because I had to obey the voice of God. Before becoming a pastor, I had done many small and big meetings in all the eight provinces of Kenya. I used to sacrifice my own salary to sponsor the meetings. Rosemary and I are the founders of Love Worship Centre, which met for the first time as a church on November 1st 1998. On the first day there were 45 people and 25 children. We have been working hand in hand together with the church leadership, and now our congregation is about 700 people, and we have four associate pastors. As a church, we don’t have any group from anywhere supporting us, as we just depend on God and trust in Him. I thank God for our church members because even when we were evicted from our church building (when the Muslim’s tore it down), they decided to stand with me in all dimensions. We all moved to the open space in the park, where we worship now and the numbers are increasing even there. Many people are coming to see what is happening at the park and they are getting saved.
Destiny Academy is a school Rosemary and I support, as we pay the salary of the two teachers, one cook and one security person. Most of these children are not able to pay school fees, but we don’t send them away because if you send them away, they don’t come back. What we are doing is to help the community. The school is still in the deserted church compound (where the Muslim’s tore down the church) and this has made some of the parents withdraw their children because of fear and insecurity. So we pray that God provides us with funds to buy an independent piece of land for the school and the funds to have it built and furnished.
We also started a program of ITC in 2008 which we are supporting. It is called Destiny Institute. We are offering computer training, and now have 12 students, two teachers and one secretary. We now have seven computers and are trusting God to get twenty-three more computers so that we can have thirty computers in total.”

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

  You can use your Credit Card to give financial support to Pastor David Matolo and Love Worship Centre by entering the amount in the box below. Click on the GIVE button, and you will be taken to our secure shopping cart, where you can enter credit card details and checkout. You are also welcome to contact Pastor David directly and make personal arrangements with him to send financial support.
  Please note that 100% of your offering will be sent to Pastor David and Love Worship Center. Forerunner Ministries will cover the cost of fees related to the money transfer itself, and will not deduct any costs or fees from your offering.
  We have found that the fastest and most reliable method to transfer money to Kenya from the US is by Western Union, but note that we have no control over the foreign exchange rate. Your credit card will be billed in US dollars, but the exchange rate into local currency will take place when we transfer the money via Western Union, and the rate will be at the current Western Union exchange rate at the time of transfer.

Enter Amount in the box below (in US Dollars) and then click the GIVE button:

     

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mailing Address:

Love Worship Centre
1144 NEP, Garissa, Kenya
Phone number: 254-2102382

Pastor David Matolo:

Phone number: 254-712335833
Email address: davidmatolo@yahoo.com

ABOUT KENYA

Kenya is bordered to the north by Sudan and Ethiopia, to the east by Somalia, to the west by Uganda, to the south by Tanzania, and to the southeast by the Indian Ocean. Much of the country, especially in the north and east, is arid or semi-arid. From the Indian Ocean the land rises gradually through dry bush to the fine arable land of the highlands.

POPULATION:
According to the national population and housing census report of August 1999, there are an estimated 28,808,658 Kenyans dispersed around the country.

ETHNIC COMPOSITION:
Cushites: This group includes the Somali, Orma, Rendille, and Borana.
Bantu: This includes the Gikuyu, Luhya, Kamba, Embu, Meru, and Kisii.
Nilotes: Includes the Luo, Kalenjin, Maasai, Teso and Samburu.

RELIGIOUS COMPOSITION:
Protestants: 38%
Catholics : 28%
Indigenious religions : 26%
Muslims : 7%
Others : 1%

LANGUAGES:
English (Official), Swahili and Local Languages