The challenges facing contemporary Îembe Christianity are similar to those that the young Greco-Roman Christians faced. For the Greco-Roman, the challenge was trying to appropriate the gospel in an understandable and authentic way for the locals as far as Christianity was concerned. In Îembe, the church has to try to integrate some cultural values within Christianity so that the Îembe would view it as an Îembe religion and as part of the universal religion instead of a foreign one. This book mainly focuses on the Îembe community, a sub-group of the Meru tribe in Kenya. It centres on understanding how Îembe spirituality has been a challenge to Christianity, especially as far as healing, health and wholeness, calamities, and witchcraft are concerned. It is also in this perspective that the office of traditional healers is studied. To reach an understanding, integration and interpretation, the author presents views and perspectives from the local context. Andrew presents a missiological Christological view with Jesus as Muwe par excellence. This is an aspect whereby Jesus takes the central position as a healer in the Îembe community. If restoration and healing are God’s activities, with an eschatological impact, then God is the healer, and the church is an element of the Missio Dei. Healing is, therefore, a missio ecclesiae activity. The church in Christ has taken the central stage as Muwe par excellence, a principle that churches in Îembe should dwell on, teach and practice.
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