Methodist Church in Kenya

The Methodist Church in Tanzania received its first Synod Bishop at an induction service at Magu in Mwanza, Tanzania. Leopold Ernest Ndaki was inducted as the first Synod bishop of the Methodist Church in Tanzania.

The Methodist Church in Tanzania was founded in the year 1986 and was previously under the Methodist Church in Kenya Nairobi synod. However with the induction the Methodist Church in Tanzania is now a full synod on it own.

The induction was carried out by Rev. Dr. Stephen Kanyaru M'ipiwii, the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church in Kenya who encouraged the members of the Methodist Church in Magu to support and work with their new synod bishop. The Methodist Church in Magu town, Tanzania also runs MCK Magu Primary school and a health clinic in the same area.

The Induction was attended by various Bishops from the Methodist Church in Kenya, local government officials, Methodist Church conference office staff and the students and teachers of the school and the community of Magu.