Kenya — Maasai Bush

Deep in the Kenyan bush, far from paved roads and modern infrastructure, the Maasai people live as they have for centuries — in bomas (traditional homesteads) scattered across vast, arid landscapes. Most have never heard the Gospel.

Mercy in Action's bush ministry partners with Firewind Ministries, and travels into these remote areas to plant churches, share the Gospel, and build relationships with Maasai communities.

What began as a single church plant has grown into a network of bush congregations, each led by a trained Maasai pastor. MIA helps provide funding for pastoral training and Bibles in the Maasai (May) language.

The heart of the bush ministry is boma-to-boma evangelism. Team members and the Maasai pastors travel deep into the bush — sometimes on foot or by motorcycle over rough terrain — to visit Maasai homesteads.

They share meals, pray with families, and share the Gospel in the Maa language. Over time, these relationships bear fruit as individuals and families come to faith in Christ. New believers are discipled and gathered into bush churches.

This patient, relational approach is the only way to reach the Maasai — a proud, traditional people who are deeply suspicious of outsiders. Trust must be earned, and the Gospel must be lived before it is spoken.