In 2003, a key document was drafted and approved by the CMF Kenya/Maasai team, called "Finishing Our Task". It covered a 6-year period up to 2009, at which point the team felt they would have accomplished the original vision of the CMF Kenya/Maasai missionaries: to plant an indigenous Maasai church with all Maasai leaders that could stand on its own after the missionaries had gone. Several milestones were reached over the next three years: A Board of Directors, all Kenyans, was set up for Narok Bible Training Institute. Eight Maasai families from Kenya went to Tanzania to work with the CMF/Tanzania team in planting new churches among the Maasai in northern Tanzania. The CMF church in Kenya received their own church registration, called Community Christian Church (CCC). In 2006, CCC had its first national meeting of representatives from 5 districts and elected national leaders for the 10,000 member national church.
Other key events in this time period:
HIV/AIDS ministry continued to grow, with funds from the Center for
Disease Control and Southeast Christian Church enabling more staff to be
hired, facilities to be expanded, and education on HIV/AIDS to be taken
to the rural areas. The first CMF clinic in Kajiado Districts was opened
at Kumpa. Cell phones became commonplace in Maasailand and two-way
radios were gradually being phased out. Ministry bank accounts were
opened by most Maasai Ministry leaders, and they started handling more
of their budget planning. Several Maasai opened email accounts. Maasai
Advisors Committee leadership was turned over to Maasai. The final group
of Maasai to be ordained by CMF missionaries was done in 2005. A large
drought-relief effort was administered entirely by Maasai in 2006,
including fees for 45 students in secondary school. Four new churches
were planted from these efforts.
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