Get to Know Peterson Barake Morara

Ministry Description

I serve in Word of life Kenya, Kabete as a Camp registrar and also in Local Church ministry.

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About Peterson

My name is Peterson Barake Morara, the second borne in a family of three. The firstborn is a
girl called Faith and then Daniel the last borne. I do not remember a time where my sister and I
missed church, even on rainy days. My Mum used to take us to church with her every Sunday.
Only on rare occasions, would I attempt to miss by running off to hang around with my friends.
In other words, I would say that our parents did bring us up well. The sad thing is that, much as I
would attend the church from Sunday school up to my teenage years, I did not have any personal
relationship with God at all! I was just but a churchgoer.
I remember one day in church when our Pastor was preaching about God's love, and after he was
done, he asked if there was someone who wanted to become a child of God by being forgiven his
or her sin. I got a strong conviction that made me realize how far I was from God and how much
God loved me, but I still resisted because I was afraid about what people were going to say about
me, since majority of them knew that I have been in church for many years. For being concerned
about what people were going to say about me, I never did anything but remained the way I was.
A week after this, our pastor together with other church leaders decided that people were going
to attend membership classes so that one can be recognized as a church member. As a young
man (teen) who used to go to church from childhood, I took the membership card so that I can
fill it and then return it. I filled the form and when I was in the middle of answering the questions,
I came across the question, "Are you born again?" Upon reading that question, the prior
conviction became even stronger, but still I had more fear in me. The day came when we were
supposed to return those cards, so I took my card back to church where I found my Pastor and I
gave it to him. He received the card and realized that I had left one question unanswered and that
was the earlier mentioned question.
He took his time with me in his office to explain to me the gospel and that is when I believed in
Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior. When I joined high school, I decided to be different from
others and to understand that I am a child of God. I knew God was calling me to talk about Him
to my peers. I took advantage of that by sharing the gospel with my friends in school. Many are
times when I tried to run away from that calling but God kept on bringing me back to Himself.
Moreover, since I was in leadership, both in Christian Union, and as a class representative, I saw
how young leaders in school were struggling and that is because they did not have a person who
was walking with them. That is when I saw a need of going back to high schools and walk with those
leaders.

2 Timothy 2:2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.

Contact Information

pbarake@wol.org
petersonbarake@wol.org
+254 717839247
PO Box 29120-00625
Nairobi, Kenya