About Nkishon

All of Christ for all of Kenya.

A confessional, reformed missions agency glorifying God by preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ to this perishing world.

Segera, Laikipia County, Kenya

Our story

It began under a tree.

What began in 2018 as simple evangelism among the Samburu, God grew into something far larger than we first imagined. The first believers gathered under a tree to worship every Lord's Day, beginning in 2020. In time that gathering became Segera Reformed Church, now with a permanent home, indigenous leaders in training, and a congregation built up week by week on the Word, prayer, and the sacraments.

From that one church, the work deepened. We launched a Bible college to train the next generation of pastors and church members. We have spent years translating Scripture and confessional resources into the Samburu language. And in January 2026 we opened Nkishon (n-KEE-shon) Classical Christian School, so that children might be raised as literate, faithful followers of Christ.

What God began among the Samburu, we believe He intends for the whole nation of Kenya. Nkishon Mission Foundation exists to see this work flourish and multiply: established in the gospel, equipped for sustainability, and educating those who come after. We will not cease until there is a healthy, confessional, indigenous-led church in every county of Kenya, united under one Presbyterian denomination. All of Christ, for all of Kenya.

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Vision

To see the whole of Kenya transformed by the true gospel of Christ.

Mission

Nkishon Mission Foundation exists to glorify God by preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ in order to establish, equip, and educate churches all throughout Kenya, so that the church is prepared to extend Christ's kingdom into every area of life.

Our goal

A healthy, confessional, indigenous-led church in every county of Kenya, united under one Presbyterian denomination.

Our approach to missions

We measure the work by faithfulness, not by numbers.

While statistics and data can help us understand the reach of the gospel, we do not treat them as the measure of a healthy church or the count of true believers. Instead, we focus on genuine relationships and on establishing healthy, confessional, indigenous-led churches.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is the center and the power of everything we do. We are not first reformers of culture or builders of institutions; we are heralds of the finished work of Christ, from which every other good work flows.

What we believe

Holy Scripture

We believe the Scriptures, the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, were fully inspired by God, written by men carried along by the Holy Spirit. As God's own Word, Holy Scripture in its original languages is without error and complete in all things necessary to be known and believed for salvation. By the inward illumination of the Spirit we come to know God's revealed truth. We hold the Word of God to be holy, inerrant, and infallible.

Westminster Standards

We hold the Westminster Standards, which include the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Larger Catechism, and the Shorter Catechism, to be a faithful and accurate summary of the teaching of Scripture, and we affirm them as our doctrinal standard.

Leadership & governance

Nkishon Mission Foundation is a nonprofit organization incorporated in South Carolina, governed by an independent board of directors, with a parallel registered Society in Kenya overseeing in-country operations. Our work is conducted in partnership with Shepherd's Staff Mission Facilitators and is accountable to a confessional reformed framework grounded in the Westminster Standards.

Jay Brantley serves as Executive Director and leads the work on the ground in Kenya.

Board of directors: list pending.

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