They celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness. Psalm 145:7

25 June 2015

Meet Reverend Calisto Odede

Our evenings at Pagdiriwang will open with a challenge to experience and extend the kingdom of heaven on earth from a Southeast Asian perspective; through the Holy Spirit leading Reverend Calisto Odede, we will end the week from an African perspective.

Reverend Odede became a follower of Jesus in 1980 while a high school student. He proceeded to study Education at Kenyatta University (Kenya) and read Biblical Studies at Trinity International University (SA) and Intercultural Education from Bethany International University (Singapore).

His professional and ministry career has included many university-focused organizations and churches, including FOCUS (Fellowship of Christian Unions), IFES (International Fellowship of Evangelical Students), CITAM (Christ is the Answer Ministries), and currently Senior Pastor at Nairobi Baptist Church (Kenya). While working with FOCUS, he pioneered and directed the Commission Conference, a major students' mission conference in Africa.

Reverend Odede has had many doors opened to conduct Bible exposition and leadership training. He has been a featured speaker and Bible expositor at the Lausanne III Congress (South Africa), Urbana (USA), NIFES (Nigeria), Keswick Convention (UK), and Mission Korea (South Korea). He has contributed chapters in Going the Distance (Keswick, 2012) and Christ Our Reconciler (IVP, 2010).

Reverend Odede is married to Elizabeth and they have three sons.

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