Stories

Joseph won the new DPTC Director’s Award at his graduation ceremony. His mentor is Stephen Mugiira, DPTC Class of 2014. Read his letter.

In mid-February, the class of 2025 will attend their first session at DPTC. They will come from across Kenya with many spiritual and physical needs, hopes, and dreams. At DPTC, they will find a loving staff and faculty who welcome them with open arms and will shepherd them along this journey. They will now have…

The DPTC has been a blessing to me and to the ministry. This is because after I completed the school, I went and started afresh the children’s ministry whereby I divided the Sunday School classes into three according to their ages. I also recruited many teachers for the kids. Before I graduated, I was at…

I am pastor Anthony from Kibera slum in Nairobi County ministering with Light in the Holy Spirit Church (Kibera). I graduated from Divine Providence Training Center (DPTC) in 2018. Before I joined the training, I was tired in the ministry having burn-out in preaching trying many things in the ministry but things were not working.…

During the Alumni Conference held in August, many DPTC alumni wrote heartfelt letters sharing the impact DPTC has had on them personally, their communities, and their ministry. Over the next few months, we will be sharing these letters as witness to the impact of your support over the years.  We are so grateful to all…

Many of the supporters of Friends of DPTC know Paul for his long-time operation of the school, Divine Providence Training Center.  But Paul has many other responsibilities at Chemi Chemi: the camp; the water business; overseeing several employees, occasional day laborers, and contractors who bring special skills and expertise; planning and implementing special events for the…

Joshua Tinti is a DPTC graduate from the Class of 2018. A Maasai Pastor with Dominion Chapel Ministries. Joshua was a stellar student and highly motivated to devour all the training he could to be better equipped to serve his congregation. Joshua and his wife Pamela were blessed with four children and a fifth baby…

Listen to a former teacher, Peter Kinuthia, as he talks about the importance of the mission of DPTC.

Our vision is “Transforming Kenyan Pastors for effective Kingdom Ministry.” That is why we support Divine Providence Training Center. We believe that for a community to be transformed, projects, funding and education do not address the heart of the matter for they do not address the heart. The heart is the heart of the matter…

This week we are sharing the story of Pastor Simeon Lenarum, who came to us from the Samburu tribe and ministers with Laitabarok Evangelistic Ministries. Upon his graduation from DPTC in 2012, he won the Dr. Mike Long Following the Call Award and his classmates were all in agreement it should go to him. His…

This week, we are sharing the life of David Lting’Ida Letooyia. David came to us from the Samburu tribe, and graduated from Divine Providence with the class of 2016. His passion for Christ lies with the people of his tribe, where many have not been taught accurate information about the bible due to limited resources in biblical studies for faith leaders.

This week, I am sharing the story of Martin Muturi, who came to us from the Kikuyu tribe. Martin’s journey with Christ began at a time when he was feeling hopeless and wanted his life to end.

This week, we are sharing the story of Jackson Kimeu, who comes from the tribe of Kamba. Jackson is currently a student with Divine Providence and will be graduating this upcoming November of 2023. Growing up, Jackson was raised in a family of witch doctors.

This week, we are sharing the inspiring story of Aluvale Mugoha, of the tribe Maragori.

It has been a week since our Roswell Student Ministries youth group has landed in Nairobi at Camp ChemiChemi, and we wanted to share an update with you all about their amazing trip! This group of thirteen has been busy attending several different Divine Providence graduates’ churches, assisting with sanding down and staining our tent…

The tents at ChemiChemi are essential in enabling Divine Providence to continue training pastors, in more ways than just one. It is so important to have a place for the pastors to come together in an optimal learning environment that promotes community, growth, and learning. However, the influence of ChemiChemi’s welcoming atmosphere and staff has…

From the beginning, a goal at the heart of DPTC has been to become an entirely Kenyan-run operation. Slowly over time, DPTC has become less and less dependent on funding from American profits and donations because of their efforts to establish financial self-sustainability.