The Saturday of 10th December 2022 marked a new dawn for CITAM ministry when the new Strategic Plan 2023-2027 was officially launched in a colourful ceremony held at CITAM Valley Road’s Dennis White Hall. Bishop Calisto Odede said that this strategic plan comes at an imperative turning point when there is a great need to enhance our ministry’s effectiveness in the rapidly changing and expanding ministry context, while at the same time ensuring, relevance, depth and quality of our ministry. “I believe this is CITAM’s opportunity to tremendously expand and leverage existing opportunities and create new avenues that will address the evolving needs of society and bring about great spiritual renewal,” Bishop Odede said.  “This Strategic Plan is intended to provide CITAM with a solid foundation for moving forward and hence have a tremendous impact in Kenya and globally.” Our strategic focus shall be people; to connect, equip and positively impact children, youth and adults through diversified ministry, channels, and resources. Goal: By 2027 we will have reached 9,200,000 children, youths, and adults directly, and a total of 42,000,000 children, youths, and adults in missions, discipleship, care, and social transformation. In the new strategy we have 5 Strategic Pillars which are Missions, Discipleship, Care, Social Transformation and Organizational Development. The following are the respective objectives: The five pillars necessary to deliver the strategic goal are described as below alongside their respective objective statements: Pillar 1: Missions – will focus on missions, evangelism and related initiatives. The strategic objective for Missions is thus stated: Objective 1: We will witness an increase in the conversion of new believers through our ministries. Pillar 2: Discipleship – will focus on all aspects of discipleship and biblical teaching. The strategic objective for Discipleship is thus stated: Objective 2: Our constituents (children, youth, adults) will report experiencing growth in their Christianity. Pillar 3: Care – will focus on extended care for church members and others within the reach of CITAM. The strategic objective for Care is thus stated: Objective 3: Our constituents (children, youth, adults) will report experiencing increased love and care. Pillar 4: Social Transformation – will focus on extended social transformation initiatives such as leadership development, ministry in the market place, learning institutions, community development, among others. The strategic objective for Social Transformation is thus stated: Objective 4: We will witness increased positive influence in the larger society through our ministry. Pillar 5: Organizational Development – will focus on all other organizational aspects including governance, administration, operations, projects, business enterprises, among others. The strategic objective for Organizational Development is thus stated: Objective 5: There will be increased and sustained organizational health (people, processes, technologies) to fulfil our core mandate and strategic focus. The Strategic Objectives within the five pillars will be fulfilled through Action Plans or Medium-term Plans for the following CITAM ministries, departments and units. The CITAM Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027, as well as the ministry/department/units action plans have been developed with specific defined results at Goal, Strategic Objectives, Outcomes, and Output levels, with relevant results indictors and baselines. These will form a critical part of the subsequent and ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities, to be carried out by the office dedicated to strategy implementation, program and projects management, monitoring and evaluation.

CITAM, led by the Rev. Calisto Odede, Presiding Bishop, today made its contribution to the people who are facing starvation in Kenya. Through the Bread of Life (BOL) campaign, CITAM donated Kshs 8,710,000 part of which was from the direct contributions by church members through the Mpesa Paybill number. “We have 27 tons of food comprising of 170 bags of maize, 55 bags of beans, 320 bags of rice, and 67 cartons of cooking oil,” Rev. Anthony Makena, CITAM’s Head of Social Action and Advocacy said today during the flagging off ceremony held today at CITAM Valley Road. Bishop Calisto Odede while flagging off 10 tons of foodstuff, thanked the people who had given their donations. “If you notice your enemy is hungry, give him food,” he said to express the magnitude of responding to people on the verge starvation. An additional 17 tons of food will be distributed from Marsabit. The food will benefit 800 households (about 4,200 people) in Archers Post, Kargi, Oltorut, and Loyangalani. Furthermore, there will be cash transfers of Kshs 6, 159 to 900 households translating to 6,300 beneficiaries in Namoruputh, Meru, Kajiado, and Kilifi. Bishop Odede also commissioned a Ksh 106 million drought relief intervention program with a development partner. The 7 months’ initiative will be in Matarba, Jirime, Gororukesa, Galgate, Jaldesa, and Marsabit Township in Marsabit. The program will reach 1,500 households (9,600 people) with a monthly cash transfer of Ksh 9,000. We praise God for His faithfulness and pray that livelihoods will be restored in the affected areas.

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Today, 22nd September 2022 is a great day in our ministry when Bishop Calisto Odede dedicated a modern evangelism truck on the grounds of CITAM Karen. It was a joyous event, praising God, for those who graced the occasion to experience a demo on the tailor-made systems installed on the truck for outdoor sound and visuals. The truck has an inbuilt platform which flaps up and down at a touch of a button with clear sunlight screens on the sides. The sound system is powerful enough, with clear effect, to reach over 10,000 people in an open ground. No worries if the evangelism teams go to remote areas without electricity because the truck has a powerful generator that can comfortably run the entire set up. Bishop Calisto Odede thanked God for the family that gave Ksh 27M towards the purchase of the truck. “The truck will help in providing answers to many through preaching about Jesus Christ, the deliverer,” the Bishop stated. “It will help in the propagation of the gospel to many people who are living in bondage.” Present in the event was some members of the Council of Elders, Bishop Karita Mbagara ( Deputy Bishop), Rev. Ken Isige( DFA), Rev. Charles Obara ( Regional Overseer, Southern), Rev. Elias Githuka ( Head Of Missions), Dismus Makanda ( Head of Hope Media), head office managers,  among others. Many were elated by the doing of the Lord and said that many people will get saved during the evangelism trips the truck will make.

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