Planted by the Providence of God

Keith Underhill

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Planted by the Providence of God is a story about God’s use of a mere man to providentially plant His churches throughout the nation of Kenya. On the one hand, it is an honest account written from the perspective of the servant, Keith Underhill, under the guidance of his Lord and master, Jesus Christ, but on the other, it is a handbook on how to engage in biblical church planting and missions work.

“This book is both a missionary autobiography and a manual for biblical church planting. I heartily commend it to all who are committed to seeing the churches of the Lord Jesus established and built up in readiness for his return in glory.”

Oliver Allmand-Smith, from the ‘Foreword’

About the Book

This book is a missionary autobiography spanning the life and efforts of Keith Underhill in church planting, according to the providence of God, in the land of Kenya. Though written in the first person, it contains 22 Biblical Foundations for church planting and missionary work which will undoubtedly equip any servant of Christ to better fulfil their ministry whether that be at home or abroad.

Author

Keith Underhill was a church planter in Kenya from 1975 to 2015 having been sent out by Alfred’s Place Baptist Church in Aberystwyth, Wales. After initially teaching in Miathene Secondary School in Kenya from 1968-70, he went on to study at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia from 1971-1974. He and his family eventually moved back to Kenya to assist a church in Thika before planting Trinity Baptist Church, Nairobi in 1978, remaining there until 2015. Keith is married to Priscilla and they have three children and five grandchildren. Keith and Priscilla now live in Liverpool, UK.

Phase One: Preparation (to 1977)

The Great Commission; The Local Church; Preparation for Mission; The Missionary and Marriage; The Establishing of Local Churches

Phase Two: Church Planting (1977-1989)

Church Planting; The Local Church; The Missionary and the Local Church; Elders; The Fourth Commandment; Refugees; Perseverance; What to Expect in Church Planting

Phase 3: Church Consolidation (1989-2006)

The Regulative Principle; Church Discipline; Church Membership; Tithes and Offerings; The Providence of God in Missions; Unreached Peoples; Independency of the Local Church; Association of Churches; Centrality of Preaching

Phase 4: Church Maturing (2006-2015)

CHURCH PLANTING IS ALWAYS MESSY. It is fraught with all manner of obstacles and relational complexities. This was also Keith's experience, but his story shows that, guided by God's word and providence, churches get planted and disciples of Jesus are made. This book is a page turner for anyone to read, but it also should become a core text in any confessional course on church planting and missions.

THIS BOOK IS A COMPELLINGLY detailed account of some of God's work in Kenya over the last 40 years, skilfully interwoven with biblical principles of missions and church planting. A must read for those considering serving Christ by planting churches in a cross-cultural environment. These pages highlight the challenges, opposition, and many rewards of dedicating your life to taking the gospel to a foreign nation.

THIS BOOK IS THE STORY OF A PASSIONATE and indefatigable missionary, a loyal, focused, and unfailing sending church, and a steadily maturing planted and self-propagating Church. But it’s more than just a storybook. It is also an encyclopaedia on mission work... This book is therefore a must- read for those who wish to familiarise themselves with the story of the effective labours of Underhill and Trinity Baptist Church, Nairobi as well as those of the missionary and pastoral sought who wish to imbibe the rudiments of mission work and church planting from beginning to end.

AS A LONG-STANDING FRIEND OF THE AUTHOR, I have been encouraging him for a number of years to record what God has done in Nairobi and Kenya in the past five decades. Here it is! It is a fascinating story of divine providence that needs to be told. However, it also explains how a local church fulfils the mandate to make Christ known by sending men to preach the gospel and plant new churches. It is also a story of single-minded determination to be consistently biblical... An invaluable source of instruction and encouragement for all church planters.

THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE AUTHOR of this fascinating autobiography and myself has lasted for 58 years. We are destined to be eternal brothers. We know one another as well as any two men on the planet... I wish I had attained half the things he has been and done in his long life. May the acquaintance you make with him draw you to a deeper understanding of his Saviour. It should, because for Keith to live has been and remains Christ. Knowing him you will learn what his Lord does to all those whose lives he enriches.