FROM THE EDITORS May 26, 2008 Issue

UNITY—MORE THAN JUST A VISION

THE WORLD gave a collective sigh of relief when the Kenyan Parliament met March 6. It was their first meeting power-sharing deal was struck to end a political crisis that had pluged this country of over 36 million people and 42 ethnic groups into chaos. While Kenya has made some progress in achieving a greater pluralism, tribal friction has from time to time threatened to destabilize its relatively peaceful record over the past 44 years.

Further cause for optimism has now come, with the establishment of Msafara—a church initiative in Kenya committed to achieving a "spiritual cleansing" through prayer, reconciliation, and restoration. Msafara teams, led by eight local pastors in five major urbon areas, are moving across the country, assuring people that emotional, physical, and ethnic healing will follow, if they don't lose faith.

Proponents of the initiative view the progress to date as God's answer to the prayers of millions of Christians worldwide for Kenya during the unreset and killings early this January. They see the now-peaceful transition as a fulfillment of God's promise, spoken by the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah: "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know" (Jer. 33:3, New International Version).

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