Meet Pastor David Oloo Of The Good Shepard Ministries

By Marci Nielsen


The city of Kisumu is in Kenya, East Africa. It is the home of the Good Shepard Ministries led by Pastor David Oloo. Not too far away is the house of worship in Homa Bay, Kenya. The two cities that sit on the shores of Lake Victoria are about seventy miles from one another by land. If you take the Lake Victoria route the distance is cut in half to about thirty five miles. Christ Faith Evangelical Church was the former name of the house of worship, which is now named the Good Shepard House of Worship. David Oloo was the senior pastor for the Christ Faith church and continues to serve in that capacity for the Good Shepard church.

David Oloo spent almost four years of his life, from 2005 to 2008, to organize the orphanage in Homa Bay, which is home to twenty five children. The area has been deeply affected by AIDS, and most of these children have lost parents and relatives because of the disease. The management of the orphanage has since changed, but thankfully it continues to provide a Christian home to all these children.

Through the support of an American, in 2010 the church was able to buy some land in Homa Bay and build its house of worship. Amazingly, the building was finished by 2011. The generous benefactor continues to contribute to the church, which can accommodate six hundred of the faithful for services.

Kisumu is a beautiful port city with a population a little over four hundred thousand. There are several of points of interest to attract tourists to the city of Kisumu. There is an Impala Sanctuary, home to impalas and other animals indigenous to the area. The city is environmentally focused and features the Dunga Beach and wetlands. The Kisumu Museum is illustrative and most informative regarding the culture and history of the city.

In the community, David Oloo is well known for his work to benefit children and the community. His father, Bishop Nashon Oloo has worked on some projects, such as the orphanage, with Pastor Oloo. The Good Shepard Ministries share the teachings of the Christian faith as practiced in the Western hemisphere. Their Baptism is with full water immersion, and they believe firmly that the bible is the word of God.

The Good Shepard Ministries has a website that recommends some links and reading. They have observed the differences between the Western and the African ideas about the management and purposes of money. The recommended reading is to help bring the cultures together and eliminate misunderstandings due to the conflicting perspectives about money.

David is humble and acknowledges the hand of God in all his personal achievements. Whatever a minister manages to accomplish in his work for the Lord, he will always credit God with those accomplishments. Minister believes that it takes the help of God to make these good things happen.

To visit Kisumu would be a wonderful opportunity to get to know the people, the land and the ministries. There is nothing like this land and this culture in America. The pictures of Lake Victoria give you an idea of what it would be like to see the sunset in Kisumu. Pastor Oloo is thankful for all these blessings.




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