A large group of Maasai women, men and children in bright shukas and beadwork standing together in the bush, several waving and smiling

Church planting among the Maasai · Since 1996

Spreading the Gospel in Kenya

Mission Maasai partners with Maasai pastors to preach the Gospel and plant churches across the Maasai lands. We fund evangelism, church planting, church construction, and seminary training. Over more than 30 years, our efforts have necessarily expanded into healthcare, farming, education, and meeting basic human needs of food and water.

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100% donor-funded · 501(c)(3) · Volunteer board · Working in Kenya since 1996

75,000Maasai in the area we serve, in Kajiado County, Kenya
5,000+Attending its churches today. There were fifty when we started
50+Congregations meeting. More than forty have a building of their own
$8,500What it costs to build the next one

Figures as of September 2026.

Our Mission

Our mission is to reach, gather, and empower Maasai people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

The churches are planted and led by Maasai pastors. Pastor Timothy Moilo in Empukani leads the growing team who carry the work. We support it with resources and prayers. That is why the pace keeps increasing rather than leveling off.

The area we work in is in Kajiado County, Kenya, and it is home to about 75,000 Maasai. Fifty people were attending Pastor Timothy's church when we started; more than five thousand attend the churches in the network today. The goal is a church within walking distance of every one of those 75,000.

Walking distance is not a fixed number here. It depends on terrain, trails, roads, and wildlife, and people walk further than most visitors expect, in any weather. Many of them still do not have a church within reach, and many have never heard the name of Jesus. Every congregation started and every building put up closes a little more of that gap.

Jesus healed people, fed them and taught them, and He did it for people who could not repay Him. We try to love the Maasai the same way. So alongside the churches we sponsor a primary and junior secondary school, operate a medical clinic and a farm, and help during droughts and times of crisis. All of it is run by local Maasai people with the help of Mission Maasai.

How it started →
A Maasai man in a red shuka walking away down a dirt road with a long staff, acacia trees on the horizon ahead of him
The red shuka, the staff, the acacias. One of the first believers at Empukani, and the photograph our logo came from.

What we do

Five areas. One purpose.

Our goal is to obey the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) and the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37-40). Go and make disciples. Love God, and love your neighbor as yourself. The five areas below are what those two commands look like in the Maasai lands.

Spreading the Gospel
and Growing the Church

  • Village-to-village evangelism
  • Church planting
  • Church construction
  • Empukani Seminary
  • Pastor conferences

Education

  • Primary and junior secondary school
  • Secondary school scholarships

Healthcare

  • Empukani Medical Clinic
  • Preventative care, urgent care, family medicine
  • Pregnancy assistance
  • Dignity supplies for women and girls

Hope Shamba

  • Model farm
  • Food security and sustainability
  • Job creation

Economic Development
and Physical Needs

  • Clean water projects
  • Water well construction and maintenance
  • Drought and disaster relief

Yes, you can make a significant difference

US dollars go further in Kenya. $8,500 builds a whole church. $30 a month keeps a child in school. Whatever you give, we will tell you what it did.

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A newly built church of corrugated iron with a blue roof, its congregation and a visiting team gathered in front of it
A finished church building and the congregation it was built for.

What started with one small congregation in the village of Empukani is now more than fifty across the Maasai lands, and we are putting up another building almost every month.

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Students crowding round the camera in a classroom at the school in Empukani

Student sponsorship

Sponsor a child.

$30 a month keeps a child fed, clothed, healthy and in school. A meal every school day, a uniform, shoes and supplies, an education that is both academic and biblical, and care at the Empukani Medical Clinic.

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Where it's needed

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Fuel. Medicine. Transportation. Maintenance. Repairs. Infrastructure.

There are real costs to keeping all of it running so that we can get on with the mission. None of it photographs well, and it is the first thing we run out of.

Giving to the general fund, and especially giving monthly, is what keeps the vision moving forward.

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EventsSummer VBS Trip · Pastors Conference · Christmas in July · School Supply Drive · the Annual Banquet

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Volunteer-led. 100% donor funded. Working with people we have known for decades.

Small enough to know every name, and every line of the budget.

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From the littlest kid to the oldest person, we need to do everything we can to make meeting Jesus in Maasai lands unavoidable. If they didn't learn about Him in school, get them a nearby church. If they won't come to church, they will come to the farm for food. If they avoid those places, they still need clean water and medical treatment.

Just make the meeting happen. Make sure Pastor Timothy has everything he needs.

Mike Nevil Mike NevilFounder, Mission Maasai · 2024