Introduction: the story of a collaboration: new wine in New Wineskins

The collaboration between the Diocese of Mombasa Research Institute (DoMRI) and the Dictionary of African Christian Biography (DACB.org) began after an email exchange I had with Director Ferdinand Manjewa M’bwangi in early 2023 (Read about the genesis of DoMRI p. 3 by Rt. Rev. Dr. Baya). A month later, the fledgling research institute decided to undertake an ambitious project—organizing the very first national Christian Biography conference on the African continent. The Kenyan Christian Biography Conference took place in April 2024 in the Anglican cathedral of Mombasa (see photos, left).