ACK St. John’s Kiambaa was started as the Church missionary society (CMS) in 1914 in a school built like a granary which was donated by the late Senior Chief Koinange to be used as classroom to teach Africans how to read and write. The classroom was also used for catechism classes for those to be baptized. Canon Leakey from the CMS Kabete used to visit Kiambaa to teach Christianity. Chief Koinange who was determined to implement the model that he had seen in CMS Kabete and CMS Thogoto. He donated land for the building of a church. This he did with the assistance of a white settler Mr. MCDONALD nicknamed Maitono as his construction advisor. In fact, wood that was used to build the church was bought from Mr. MCDonald’s farm in Tigoni near Limuru Girls school and ferried to Kiambaa on the backs of local women, some of who were students at the Cukuru Ya Ithanji. The wooden building was to serve a dual role in the community. It became a school during weekdays. Was used for catechism cases in the evenings and became a sanctuary on Sunday. In 1926 the idea of putting up a permanent church built of stone was first mooted. Although Christian contributed necessary resources, conflicts occasioned by a plethora of issues including the opposition to the proposed ending of the female circumcision practice, the impending second world war, setting up of African independent churches and schools among other stalled the project from progressing to fruition for the next 17yrs. In 1943, the idea of construction the church was revived. the congregation once more came together and contributed resources towards the envisaged construction. However instead of the church, building of additional classrooms at Kiambaa to cope with the burgeoning student’s population was deemed to be more urgent as the existing school could no longer accommodate the growing numbers. Local Christians donated their time, money and talents towards the construction of the church. Money was collected through concerts which raised significant amounts. A case in point was Ksh. 4,000, a remarkable amount in those days which was raised at a concert in June 1956. The church was constructed as a cost of approximately Ksh. 36,000 and was opened on 16th April 1959 by the most Rev. L.J Beecher, bishop of Mombasa and named A.C St. John’s Kiambaa. It is deeply appreciated that the construction of the church took much personal sacrifice on the part of the early Christians. The project was executed at a time when the state of emergency had been declared and therefore, many men were in detention. Hence the task fell heavily on the few remaining men and many women who transported quarry stones and other constructions materials in Kiondos (baskets)on their backs over long distances. That it took only three years to construct the church in therefore truly laudable and a testimony of God’s faithfulness. Like mustard seed that fell on fertile ground, today 2023, we over 114yrs we note that this church with its humble beginnings has grown in leaps and bounds and we can say Thus far the Lords has brought us. The St. John’s Kiambaa congregation continued to grow and soon outgrow the old church. Necessitating a tent to be put up every Sunday to accommodate the overspill. In 1983 under the stewardship of the vicar in charge Rev. Gideon Hiti Kabetu, it was agreed that there was need to start planning for the construction of a bigger church. Mr. David Kahiga a draughtsman’s and a member of the congregation submitted a draft of the new church building to the building committee. An architectural firm Vamos and Partners improved on Mr. Kahigas design and was commissioned to develop architectural drawings which were approved by the then Bishop of the diocese of Mt Kenya South Rt. Rev. Bishop Magua. The construction work began on 26th October 1983. Christians worked tiresley to raise the required Ksh. 5,000,000 which was the estimated cost of building the church. Due to the magnitude of the project, it would take 17yrs to complete. the enduring leadership of the building committee and unwavering support of the congregation cannot be overemphasized. The ground breaking ceremony of the new church was officiated by the then Most Rev. Manasses Kuria, Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya on 26th October 1983 and the foundation stone on 27th sept 1987 by His excellency retired Daniel Arap Moi and blessed by the late Bishop Manasses Kuria. The new church was consecrated and opened on 31st December 2000 by the then Bishop of the Diocese of Mt. Kenya South, Rt. Rev Peter Njenga. The journey towards the renovation and modernizing of the church began in 2014 immediately after celebrating 100 years centenary celebration. This was during the tenure of Ven. Francis Thandi Ng’ang’a. The Christians felt there was need to finish and modernize our church to suit modern standard. In the year 2019 January the newly posted Ven. Job Kibi in his first service in the first service in the church commented that the Altar was not looking good as he would prefer it to be. The Parish Council and development committee met and discussed the priorities of the church and agreed to undertake the process of renovation, removal and disposal of asbestos roofing which were declared cancerous by World Health Organization (WHO) in 1989. During the 2019 AGM the vision was shared with the congregation who embraced the idea. The Parish Council delegated the renovation work to the development committee and the process of looking for different designs from different Architects were presented to the Parish Council and the Parish Council settled on the Linkage Architects. The design was approved by the Parish Council and the process of engaging the Structural Engineer, Quantity Surveyor and Electrical Engineering started. The tendering process for the renovation work was started and the tender was advertised in the print media and also in our local churches and the tender was awarded to Jakiwa Construction Ltd in December 2019 and the work commenced on 20th January 2020. The scope of work was; 1. Removal and disposal of asbestos according to NEMA recommendation 2. Re-roofing with iron sheet 3. Replacing some windows with bigger ones to improve on lighting and air ventilation 4. Increase the height of bell towers and fix bigger windows 5. To install stair way on the twin bell towers up to the top 6. To do outside walling by brushing and beautifying with the key pointing 7. Hosting of the bell in the bell tower The contract was to take 6 months but due to challenges like the outbreak of Covid 19 and other unforeseen challenges it took 1 year with also the cost escalating. On the completion of re-roofing Interphase Builders Ltd was contracted to do 1. Ceiling of the church and the two vestries 2. The music studio 3. The electrical wiring and fittings 4. Cladding of the wall in the Altar 5. Relocation of the pulpit We thank God for enabling us accomplish all the said works. To God be the glory