St. Paul's Church, Syongila & All Saints, Tungu

St. Paul's Church in Syongila, Kenya, is St. Lawrence's Partner Church. The then vicar of St. Paul's, Canon David Mutisya, trained in Bristol during the early 1990's and visited Biddulph on several occasions during his period of study in England. When David returned to Kenya, St. Lawrence's agreed to become a partner with St. Paul's and to pray for the work of the Gospel at St. Paul's and at its two daughter churches - All Saints, Tungu & St. John's, Matinyani. The link with St. Paul's was further strengthened when members of our church visited Syongila during the summer of 1995, 2002, 2005 & 2008.

During August 2001, the congregation at St. Lawrence's welcomed Canon Mutisya and two church elders for an extended visit to Biddulph.

In October 2006, we were delighted that Canon Mutisya was once again able to visit Biddulph with Mrs. Rose Masila, a member of St. Paul's congregation. They brought greetings and news from our brothers and sisters in Kenya.

In November 2007, Jessica Simba, a Careforce volunteer from St. Paul's joined us in Biddulph for a 8 month placement at St. Lawrence's.

A group of young people from St. Lawrence's CYFA visited St. Paul's during July 2008

David Mutisya is now bishop at All Saints Cathedral. He has now left St. Paul's, to work in the newly created Diocesan Mission Area of Garissa.

Canon Joseph Simba is now the vicar of St. Paul's. Please pray for him as he develops his ministry there.

We have set up a FACEBOOK GROUP to help foster the partnership between our 2 churches. Please join the group if you can.

You can also see a video message from St. Paul's.