Kilifi County, Kenya · Mitangoni Hope Center

Jesus First.
People Always.
Made for More.

A team from Central Christian Church is traveling to the Mitangoni Hope Center — to serve, to learn, and to walk alongside what God is already doing among the children and families of Mitangoni.

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A member of the Central Christian Church team smiling with two students at the Mitangoni Hope Center.

Why we go

We go because Jesus first loved us.

As we prepare our hearts to go to this beautiful nation, we want the heart of our journey to be clear: Jesus first, people always, and a firm belief that we are made for more.

When we truly grasp just how much Jesus loves us, it transforms our lives — and changes the way we love and serve others. That is the heart we carry into every relationship, every conversation, and every moment in Mitangoni.

We are not going to save Mitangoni; we are not going to fix it. Mitangoni is not broken and in need of being saved by us.

We are going to learn, to walk alongside, to encourage, and to build genuine relationships marked by love, respect, and humility. We are going to learn about the Kenyan people, their way of life, and their deep devotion to Jesus — a faith that is alive, joyful, and inspiring.

Our Partner

Missions of Hope International & the Mitangoni Hope Center

Our partnership is with Missions of Hope International (MOHI), an East African ministry that runs Hope Centers — schools and community hubs serving some of the most vulnerable children in the region.

We are partnering with the Mitangoni Hope Center in Kilifi County, led by Head Teacher Rachel. From the first conversation, we saw a leader who is spiritually vibrant, caring, and deeply committed to the children in her community — a school that is both spiritually vibrant and academically excellent.

MOHI's work is holistic: empowering, educating, redeeming, and restoring children and families — always with Jesus at the center of everything they do.

The Mitangoni Hope Center campus with new construction underway, Kilifi County, Kenya.

Recent fruit at Mitangoni

God is already at work in Mitangoni.

In recent months, the Mitangoni community has seen a fresh move of God among students, staff, and families — and we are joining a story that was already moving before we arrived.

300

people reached through outreach events

new commitments to follow Jesus

students who gave their lives to Christ

Our posture

Partnership, not a project.

Jesus First

Every relationship, conversation, and act of service flows from how deeply He first loved us.

People Always

Genuine relationships marked by love, respect, and humility — people are never a program.

Made for More

God is writing a beautiful story in Mitangoni — one of transformation, hope, and new life.

How MOHI serves

Ministry with the whole person in view.

Empowerment

Equipping communities to lead, provide, and thrive with dignity.

Education

Schools that are spiritually vibrant and academically excellent.

Redemption

Sharing the hope of Jesus with children and families.

Restoration

Restoring families, friendships, and whole communities.

From Mitangoni

Moments that shaped our vision.

Students in green MOHI uniforms smiling in a classroom at the Mitangoni Hope Center. — Classroom joy at the Hope Center — every student a person, never a statistic.

A Central team member laughing with two Mitangoni students. — Laughter is the same in every language.

A Central team member with two smiling students in the school courtyard. — First conversations, lasting friendships.

View from a seat in a circle of Mitangoni children on the school grounds, construction visible behind. — Sitting in the circle — learning from them, not just for them.

Pray with us

This journey is prayed, not planned.

We ask the body of Christ to go before us in prayer — for the team, for the Mitangoni community, and for the partnerships being built.

Travel & safetyProtection and rest for the team on the journey to and from Kilifi County.
Unity on the teamOne heart, one mission — Jesus first, people always.
Rachel & the MOHI teamEncouragement for Head Teacher Rachel and everyone serving at the Hope Center.
The children & familiesThat every encounter would honor their dignity and strengthen the community.
A posture of learningThat we would arrive as guests and students, not saviors.
The long roadThat this would be the first chapter of a lasting partnership.

Support the work

The work continues long after the flight home.

Through Central Christian Church

Give to the Kenya mission partnership through the church's missions fund.

Give at Central Christian Church

Directly to Missions of Hope

Support MOHI's Hope Centers — schools, nutrition, and family restoration across East Africa.

Support MOHI

Jesus First.People Always.Made for More.