Panel: "AND YET IT MOVES". UNCONVENTIONAL ACTORS, NEW VOICES, AND DISPUTED AGENTS OF THE 21ST ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT



129.2 - CHRISTIAN STUDENTS MOVEMENTS AS ECUMENICAL FRONTS IN KENYA, WITH REFERENCE TO KENYA STUDENTS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (KSCF) AND FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN UNIONS (FOCUS)

AUTHORS:
Samita Z. (Kenyatta University ~ Nairobi ~ Kenya)
Text:
Primary and secondary schools as well as colleges and universities in Kenya, among others, are critical social agents, shaping the worldviews of the youth. For most of them, these institutions are the first contact spaces with youth other ethnic communities and religious affiliation. The paper seeks to focus particularly on how KSCF which serves students in primary and secondary schools and FOCUS whose focus is directed to college and university students not only nurture the faith of these young learners, but also engage them at an ecumenical level.