The Independent Presbyterian Church in Kenya was started in 1948 by missionaries of the

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from the (United States). In 1962 a split occurred in the Bible Presbyterian Church, and in

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the missionaries divided, the minority group separated became the

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. Since 1964 the church became independent. In 1984 a number of parishes left and separated from the denomination and organised themselves the same name of Independent Presbyterian Church in Kenya. Membership is 2,500 in 70 congregations in 2004. The church recognises the

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, and

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. According to the recent statistics it has 80 congregations and 4 Presbyteries Mwingi, Kakuyu, Nairobi and Ngomeni. The church maintains the Reformed Bible College and Technical College in

Mwingi Mwingi is a town in the Kitui County in the Eastern Region of the Republic of Kenya. It has an urban population of 15,970 (2009 census). The town is located along the A3 Road between Nairobi and Garissa, north of its county capital Kitui, and eas ...

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. It was started in 1958. The church is affiliated with the East Africa Christian Alliance.

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Reformed Bible College
Presbyterian denominations in Africa Churches in Kenya Presbyterianism in Kenya 1948 establishments in Kenya