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Congregation seated in pews inside All Saints' Cathedral, Nairobi, facing the altar with a large white cross and stained glass window above.
Seat of the archbishop All Saints Cathedral, the mother church of the Anglican Church of Kenya, in Nairobi.

Anglican Church of Kenya

Kenyan church
Also known as: ACK, Church of the Province of Kenya
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Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK), independent Anglican church in Kenya and one of the largest provinces (member churches) in the Anglican Communion. The church’s origins date to the arrival of Christian missionaries in Mombasa in 1844, and its membership has long represented a diverse cross section of Kenyan society, with members of various ethnicities and social strata. In 2025 the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) was estimated to have 5 million members. In addition to its ministerial functions, the church...

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