Why OneTribe?
OneTribe Church started here in Nairobi in January 2017. We chose the name OneTribe as a constant reminder that every person is uniquely created, and we love celebrating the beautiful diversity of our community. At the same time, we believe there is something even more powerful that brings us together: the love of Jesus Christ. He lived, died, and rose again to break down the walls that divide us, bringing us into a real relationship with God and with each other. This incredible unity is exactly what we gather to celebrate every week. No matter your background, you are welcome.
Join us Sundays at 9am or 11am at Havilah Cornerstone Ranch located in the Ruaka area of Nairobi, Kenya.
Mission of OneTribe Church
Multipling, Gospel-Centred, Spirit-Empowered, Missional Churches in Nairobi and Beyond.
Our Values
Honour
In this church we honour God and we honour one another. We are a family that chooses to see the best in one another. We’ve deliberately decided to celebrate who we are instead of complaining about who we’re not. We honour by protecting one another (we have each other’s backs), by trusting one another and by never giving up on one another. We believe that honour is the atmosphere of heaven – and so it should be the atmosphere of our hearts and of this church.
Authenticity
Around here, what you see is what you get. What’s on the box is what’s inside the box. We allow one another to see the worst of us and we allow one another to see the best of us. In this family you are free to be who God made you to be. This is not a church where you are loved and not known, or worse, known and not loved, but a church where you can be fully known and fully loved.
Compassion
We’re asking Jesus to break our hearts with the things that break His heart. God’s heart is drawn towards the brokenness in our lives and in our city. We are a church that moves towards and not away from the deepest challenges of our community. In this family, we will spend ourselves on behalf of the hungry.
Courage
We have a simple faith in a very big God. We have great confidence in His promises and presence and are not timid or fearful as we share the gospel, seek the supernatural work of His spirit and stand against injustice.
Innovation
We are called to fulfill the biblical mandate for the church in the context of this generation and in this city. We have permission to re-imagine Nairobi with God’s will being done in Nairobi as it is in heaven. We will repeatedly tap into the creativity of God, innovating in the ways we bring the life of the gospel to this generation of Nairobians. We will purposefully remove lifeless, religious, cultural or traditional barriers to people encountering God.
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We Believe In…
- The one true God who lives eternally in three persons – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.
- The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written word of God- fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.
- The dignity of all people, made male and female in God’s image to love, be holy and care for creation, yet corrupted by sin, which incurs divine wrath and judgment.
- The incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ – born of the virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without sin.
- The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil, so reconciling us with God.
- The bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruits of our resurrection; his ascension to the Father, and his reign and mediation as the only Saviour of the world.
- The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
- The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, empowers our discipleship and enables our witness.
- The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the priesthood of all believers – given life by the Spirit and endowed with the Spirit’s gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel, promoting justice and love.
- The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfill the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgment, bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost, and establish a new heaven and new earth.