Members of the Church pose for a photo moments after they embraced Islam. (Courtesy)
HOMABAY: A 153- member church in Nyawita Village, Homabay County have embraced Islam on Sunday.
The congregation, made up of male and female members, accepted Islam after series of public lecture by Omar Bashir, an Islamic cleric who has vast knowledge of the Bible.
“Another church has surrendered and embraced Islam in Nyawita village in Homabay county today and all the 153 members are Muslims now,” Omar declared on his Facebook wall.
It was not immediately clear what their church would be turned into given their change of faith.
On early last month, a church in Homabay was turned into a mosque after the pastor converted to Islam.
The presiding judge of the God’s CAll Church of East Africa, Charles Okwini accepted Islam and in place of the church, a mosque was built.
Jamia Mosque Imam Sheikh Muhammad Swalihu was the Chief Guest at the opening of the Nyalgosi Mosque in Rangwe, Bay County on 14th February During the ceremony, five people among them a woman embraced Islam.The former Bishop now goes by the name Ismail Okwany.
The chairman of Majlis Ulamaa of Kenya, Sheikh Khalfan Khamis and representatives from Da’wa Development Group of Kisumu and Hayrat Foundation from Turkey were among the guests at the event.
It’s the first time a church was converted into a mosque in recent Kenyan history.
Islam was the first major religion to come to Kenya in the 16th century when Arabs started trading with the Africans.