CMS Link Letters
Our 17 Church Missionary Society Link Letters written from St Andrew's College, Kabare, Kenya, to our 10 link churches in England from 1985 to 1991. These are first hand historical accounts of many of the events in the Diocese of Mount Kenya East and the Diocese of Kerugoya during this period.
Cambridge, International Politics, and Yale: Kings Family CMS link letter 18, July 1992
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In our final Kings Family CMS link letter, I describe culture shock in reverse as we arrived in Cambridge, contrast international politics in 1985 and 1991, describe our new life and my new post, and outline my sabbatical, with the family, at Yale.
Kenyan Morning Prayer and Leaving Kabare: Kings Family CMS Link Letter 17, Sept 1991
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In our seventeenth Link Letter I describe the new Kenyan Services of Morning and Evening Prayer, plans for the Graduation Day and our leaving Kabare after seven years move to Cambridge and sabbatical in New Haven, USA in the fall of 1992.
Kabare to Cambridge: Kings Family CMS Link Letter 16, April 1991
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In our 16th CMS Link Letter, I describe being interviewed for my new post in Cambridge and its background, our successors coming to Kabare, a BBC Radio 3 series on the Anglican Communion and an upcoming visit to Rome and Yugoslavia.
Death of Bishop Muge and New Library at Kabare: Kings Family CMS Link Letter 15, Dec 1990
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In our 15 the CMS Link Letter, I describe the suspicious death of Bishop Alexander Muge in a car 'accident', the plans for a new library at Kabare, funded by the Diocese of Chelmsford, and various international links with the college.
Division and Dissent: Kings Family CMS Link Letter 14, July 1990
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In our 14th CMS Link Letter, I describe the celebrations of the division of the Diocese of Mount Kenya East into two dioceses of Embu and Kirinyaga, and the increasing atmosphere of political unrest, agitating for multiparty democracy.
Kenyan Service of Holy Communion: Kings Family CMS Link Letter 13, Mar 1990
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In our 13th CMS link letter, I give extracts from the newly published Kenyan Service of Holy Communion and from Bishop David Gitari's Church Times article on it. I also describe the visit of the Bishop of Chelmsford to the diocese and Ali and I climbing Mount Kenya.
Exodus and Esther: Kings Family CMS Link Letter No 12, Nov 1990
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In our 12th CMS Link Letter, I describe the Lausanne II Congress on World Evangelilzation in Manila, including the bloodless revolution there in 1986, and further news of the Presidential Commission on the attack on Bishop David Gitari and his family.
Cost of Justice: Kings Family CMS Link Letter 11, May 1989
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In our eleventh CMS Link Letter, I describe the assassination attempt on the life of Bishop David Gitari on 22 April 1989, the local events leading up to it and President Moi's response.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 10, Dec 1988
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Our tenth CMS link letter was written from Chigwell, Essex, where I grew up and we were kindly provided with a house for our six months leave in England. I describe the video I edited and the encouraging response to the draft Kenyan liturgy before listing our impressions of England after three years in rural Kenya
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 9, July 1988
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In our ninth CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe missionary work in the north of Kenya amongst the Rendille people, the use of role-play in teaching biblical studies, and our children's education.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 8, Mar 1988
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In our eighth CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe the setting up of our secretarial course and visitors from Durham University and West Germany, an Anglican International Partners in Mission Consultation, and the plans for a Centre for Development Studies.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 7, Sept 1987
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In our seventh CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe the international consultation of mission theologians at St Andrew's Institute and the consecration of Embu Cathedral.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 6, April 1987
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Alison Kings writes our sixth CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, describing the arrival of our third daughter, Katie Esther Wambui, the responses of Rosalind and Miriam, theological writing in the college and Graham climbing Mount Kenya.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 5, Dec 1986
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In our fifth CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe the style of teaching, the different students in the college and Rosalind's friendship with Ciru.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 4, Aug 1986
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In our fourth CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe my stay over Easter with a Maasai student and his family in Maasailand, south of Nairobi.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 3, Feb 1986
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In our third CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe an extraordinary Confirmation Service in the semi-arid area of Epinding.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 2, Dec 1985
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In our second CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe the 75th anniversary celebration of the gospel coming to Kabare in 1910.
Kings Family CMS Link Letter 1, Sept 1985
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In our first CMS Link Letter from Kabare, Kenya, I describe our first impressions of living in the fertile foothills of Mount Kenya at 6,000 feet.


