MODERNITY AND TUGEN CULTURE: A MISSIOLOGICAL STRATEGIES OF REACHING SECULARISED ELITE TUGEN PEOPLE OF BARINGO COUNTY, KENYA

Abstract

This study sought to investigate how the church in Baringo County can design its missiological strategies in the secularisation context of the elite Tugen people in the area in order to effectively carry out the requirement of the Great Commission. This ethnographic study targeted secularised elite Tugen people living in Baringo County. The Snowball technique was used to access potential research participants. Expert judgement and referral were used to access the first participant, who led us to the second participant. The qualitative interview guide was prepared, and information was sought from people that were deemed capable of providing the information needed. This research approach is based on 1 pt 3:15b, which presupposes that we should clarify terms that we use in presenting an effective Gospel of Christ, which should be applied to the Tugen culture of modernity since historical Christianity is bound with the hope of Christian worldview. The philosophical thought of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle of dialectic method of instruction and persuasion is utilised to bring more clarity to the Gospel regarding its meaning and interpretation, but affirm that the Gospel of Christ remains a unique direct revelation of God that needs no negotiation. This study uses relevant imagery that appeals to the Tugen Culture of Modernity. The empirical scientific approach is inadequate in dealing with the spiritual dimension addressed in the study.