If you are watching the national News here in the US, you may not even be aware that Kenya is experiencing historic flooding across the nation. As of yesterday, 257 people have been killed and 293,000 others displaced in 31 out of Kenya’s 47 counties. Many of our pastors’ communities have been devastated and some…
On Monday, February 19, the students began their second week of instruction. Rev. Jotham Munene arrived to take the students through another unit, “The Role of a Pastor” for two days. Read about the second week of training.
On February 5, 2024, twenty-two student pastors from different parts of Kenya reported to school. We look forward ro great things.
On February 11 and 12, 2024, twenty-four student pastors from different parts of Kenya reported to school. As those who arrived on the 11th gathered that evening for dinner, there was a lot of joy and excitement as the students were happy to begin a new chapter at DPTC. After supper, they headed to prepare…
On Sunday, February 18, the DPTC class had a service conducted in the covered pavilion behind the classroom. The service was organized and planned by the student pastors. It started at 9:30 a.m. with the intercessory led by Pastor Guyo followed by a session of praise and worship conducted by a group of pastors who had…
We are excited to share the next step in growing the water kiosk business. CTLI has procured a motorbike fitted with containers that can hold up to 6 20-liter bottles of water for home deliveries. The ability to serve customers in this way is expected to greatly increase water sales from the new kiosk. Water…
We are excited to share the next phase in the evolution of the ministry for Divine Providence Training Center. The first class met in a rented space at a Catholic Guest House in 2009. In 2010, we were blessed to be able to purchase land and build Camp Chemi Chemi giving the School a permanent home. Now,…
After two years of training at Divine Providence Training Center, the class of 2023 just experienced an unforgettable week at Camp Chemi-Chemi. Last week started with a True Identity Retreat led by TI founders Jennifer and Remco Brommet and culminated with the class graduation festivities and ceremony. The live-streamed graduation ceremony included a most relevant…
On Tuesday, November 14, supporters of Divine Providence Training Center gathered to celebrate another year in the life of this incredible ministry. Over the past 15 years, Divine Providence Training Center has trained 169 pastors from 168+ churches and ministries reaching over 2.6 million people with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
All the various meetings and presentations at the Alumni Conference were punctuated on the second day by an amazing time of team-building held outdoors on the shore of Lake Naivasha. It was an opportunity for the alumni to loosen up, move around, have fun and laugh a lot… with a tiny bit of friendly competition…
One of the featured presentations at the Alumni Conference was a pictorial retelling of the DPTC Story. It was a time for each of the seven classes to reflect on its own two-year term at school, but also a time for all classes to witness the 15 years of amazing progress that the organization of…
The Alumni Conference was a time of encouraging DPTC’s alumni pastors in their calling and in their ministries. The keynote speaker was Rev. Justus Mugambi whose message was “Reflecting on the Call to Serve as a Pastor.” He challenged the pastors to remember their original call into ministry and to reawaken that focus on Christ…
Thanks to the continued generosity of a long-time donor who collaborates with DPTC Director Paul Njuguna specifically in the area of Alumni Development, the first off-campus alumni conference was realized the first weekend of this month. Due to the large number of alumni, the conference was held at a beautiful resort on Lake Naivasha in…
Greetings to all the friends of Divine Providence Training Center. We are at an exciting moment here in Kenya, The pastors are coming for the July session reporting to school thisSunday and we are looking forward to an engaging period over the next two weeks where the pastors will go through the four courses that…
In the past, we have struggled with transportation in and out of Chemi Chemi due to the road’s rough terrain and many potholes. Therefore, a grant was requested to help assist Divine Providence in fixing the road leading up to Chemi Chemi. And the good news is, the grant was approved! This has allowed us to move forward with road construction, and we are so excited to share the progress with you.
We truly saw God at Work during our Celebration of Divine Providence Training Center on Tuesday, November 29. Praise God, we raised $21,308!
This week, we are sharing the story of John Wachira. John came to Divine Providence from Kiambu in 2012 and graduated with the class of 2014.
We are looking forward to sharing with you a prosperous and exciting two years for the new Divine Providence Training Center class! This group of twenty-seven pastors comes from sixteen different counties across the country, stretching as far north as Marsabit, and as far south as Kalifi. Each pastor is already engaged in ministry yet has never received…
For the past twelve years, Divine Providence Training Center has hosted their pastors-in-training in safari-styled tents at camp Chemi Chemi. Each of the 10 tents is built on a wooden platform and includes a bathroom supplied with our clean water for showers and sinks and fully functioning plumbing. With the ability to house up to…
Meet Haley Schroeder and Kate Benn, the new social media interns for Friends of Divine Providence Training Center! Haley is a recent 2020 graduate of the University of North Georgia, and currently works as a pediatric nurse at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Scottish Rite Hospital. Kate is looking forward to graduating from the University of South Carolina this upcoming May with a visual communications degree. We have both had the pleasure of traveling together to Kenya with RUMC’s youth ministry group. While in Kenya, we fell in love with the boldness of faith we witnessed in so many Christ followers there, and the ground-breaking work Jesus is doing through the staff and mission of Divine Providence.
The equipment ordered from China has been received. Due to the impact of the Pandemic, work is progressing slowly but steadily as they coordinate remotely with the Chines firm. Fortunate, Paul found an experienced local contractor, Hydromasters Limited, who is able to provide services. This is an exciting time and is the culmination of nearly…
The second Pastor’s training session was rescheduled to May 16th -28th after the covid lockdown was lifted on 1st May. Read the report from DPTC Executive Director, Paul Njuguna.
Work is progressing on the storm water management project. Read DPTC Executive Direct Paul Njuguna’s update
Read the latest updates from Friends of Divine Providence Training Center.
After the major Covid disruption last year which affected training sessions and the graduation of the class of 2020, classes finally resumed on February 7, 2021. The team at DPT had greatly missed the group of Pastors and were anxious to hear their testimonies of God’s faithfulness and preservation in the midst of challenging times.…
Read the latest updates from Friends of Divine Providence Training Center.
When we began DPTC in 2008, we had already captured the vision and the passion of our Kenyan friends’ dream to build a training center for their pastors in Africa. Our goal always was to help the two Kenyan pastors who first captured the dream to establish a seminary-like school plus some sort of business that would support the school, thus making the ministry self-supporting.
