Chaplains Provide Spiritual Support at Kenya's Kijabe Hospital

November 3, 2022 • Kenya
Hospital chaplains minister to patients, families, and medical staff at hospitals in Kenya.
Hospital chaplains minister to patients, families, and medical staff at hospitals in Kenya.

Teams of chaplains are providing spiritual support to staff and patients at our partner hospitals in Kenya.

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On one Sunday afternoon, Geoffrey Ndivo received an urgent phone call that he would have to go in to the hospital. A man and his wife had been in a serious car accident that took the lives of the man’s father, mother, and brother. The couple had been rushed to the emergency room in need of surgery.

Chaplains provide an encouraging word and the Word of God to suffering patients and their loved ones.

Chaplains provide an encouraging word and the Word of God to suffering patients and their loved ones.

Geoffrey left his home immediately and trekked the rocky, muddy roads through the Kenyan mountains to get to the hospital to be with these new patients.

As the procedure began to start, Geoffrey was outside the operating room, still in the clothes he wore to church that morning. Instead of reviewing patient charts or putting on scrubs, Geoffrey was praying over the operation with hospital staff members.

Geoffrey serves as the lead chaplain at AIC Kijabe Hospital, a World Medical Mission partner hospital an hour drive northwest of Nairobi. While the doctors and nurses treat the physical needs of patients, it’s hospital chaplains like Geoffrey who tend to the spiritual needs of them and their families.

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When not praying with hospital staff over a surgery, Geoffrey and other chaplains make their way around the hospital praying with patients and their family members in wards filled with rare diseases not usually seen in Western healthcare settings.

“Hospitalization and sickness bring a lot of challenges for these patients,” Geoffrey said. “It can lead to them having questions about their meaning in life and whether or not God still cares about them. We are here to share the Gospel and let them know He does.”

Samaritan’s Purse is coming alongside chaplains like Geoffrey to strengthen them and equip them with the resources they need to share the love of Jesus Christ to those who are suffering. We provide a chaplain training curriculum that includes a workbook and a tablet filled with lessons, videos, and audio clips to help them learn more about the Bible and teach them practical skills like trauma counseling to help prepare them for ministry in their hospitals.

“We want to say thank you for helping our ministry in these mission hospitals.”

Chaplains also distribute Bibles given by Samaritan’s Purse to every patient who comes to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior during their time at the mission hospital.

“This is a great initiative that I believe is the first of its kind in mission hospitals,” Geoffrey said. “This training through Samaritan’s Purse and World Medical Mission is a great resource, and we want to say thank you for helping our ministry in these mission hospitals.”

Our chaplaincy training program is now being implemented at partner hospitals in Kenya. We plan to bring the program to dozens of additional partner locations across the globe in the future.

Through our chaplain training program at Kenya's mission hospitals, the Good News of Jesus Christ is bringing hope and comfort to people in crisis.

Through our chaplain training program at Kenya’s mission hospitals, the Good News of Jesus Christ is bringing hope and comfort to people in crisis.

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Equip a Hospital Chaplain for Ministry In our World Medical Mission partner hospitals, Christian doctors and nurses care for the physical needs of patients, and chaplains faithfully serve alongside them to share the Gospel. Samaritan’s Purse designed the Heart of the Chaplain hospital evangelism program to resource and equip these men and women of God in the work He has called them to. This includes a year-long training course called The Heart of the Chaplain, which helps deepen the chaplain’s knowledge of the Scriptures and further prepares them to share the eternal hope of Jesus Christ. Your gift can help make it possible for a hospital chaplain to take part in this year-long course, and be better equipped to reach patients with the Good News of Christ’s love.

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