Kenya Regional Coordinator

Kennedy Chege Karanja is Kenyan, married to Elizabeth Njeri. They are blessed with three children, Sarahanne, Victor & Sarahgrace.

Kennedy is a regional Bishop & the Secretary General of the Church on the Rock (COTR) - Kenya. He's the Senior Pastor of COTR - Gitaru, a church that he planted over 20 years ago. Before then he had been directly involved in five other church plants. While pastoring this particular church he has planted two daughter Churches.

He is the founder & director of Global Outreach Ministries (GOMI) which has its presence both in Kenya & Uganda.

He served as the Chairman of the World Leaders Association (WLA) Kenya Chapter for 10 years up to the year 2016. WLA is a Leadership nurturing ministry based in Michigan, USA.

He's the National Deputy Chairman of the East Africa Community Pastors Fellowship (EACPF) Kenya Charter. EACPF is in nine Eastern African countries.

He is a World Zone Leader & Master Trainer with Dynamic Church Planting International (DCPI).

Kennedy is also involved in organizing and speaking in Global Advance conferences in Kenya. (Global Advance - USA).

He Chairs several Interdenominational Pastors' Fellowships & Prayer Movements in Kenya.

Kennedy graduated with a Master of Theology from Salt Lake Bible College, a Bachelor of Theology from the same college and a Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management (CIPS - UK). He is a full member of the Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management.

He's greatest strength and passion is in bringing leaders and groups of people together and working with resourceful individuals and teams; to equip, challenge & follow them up to achieve specific goals.

Kennedy is the DJJ Regional Coordinator for Kenya, East Africa. His role is to provide leadership and oversight for promoting and training discipleship in order to expand the impact of DJJ in his region.