ST Pauls Tilalwa Parish

ANGLICAN CHURCH OF KENYA

DIOCESE OF KAPSABET ST PAULS TILALWA PARISH The history of ST Pauls Tilalwa Parish in Nandi County narrated by Florence Cheruiyot. She was born in a Christian family, her father in-law Elder Chepkwony Cheruiyot was among the founder of Anglican 1937 in Nandi district. Was baptized in Mombasa when he came back to Kapsabet he met white missionaries. His dream was not only studying the word but also wanted to establish a school where their children will learn to read and write. Tilalwa parish was founded by two women Mama Leah and Grace Norah, they tried to establish it but couldn’t manage. They asked for help from white missionaries in Kapsabet town who had open a Parish ST Barnabas. With their help they bought and founded Tilalwa Parish in 1958, they were single mothers and were unable to construct the church. They stayed in that state until one man by the name John settled in Tilalwa. He met the two women and together they started Tilalwa church in 1973 that is when they constructed the church. It was made of mud at the time, Florence Cheruiyot joined them in 1983 and met the three up to date. The two founding ladies have passed on but their children and grandchildren are still alive. They had few members three families worshipping currently they are more than forty families congregating together. Tilalwa parish has six churches which came as a result of their evangelism within its constituency, they are under Bishop Paul Korir Nandi Diocese.