A father to many

Bishop Dr William Tuimising, EBS

Pastor. Peacemaker. Spiritual father to a generation of ministers. Patron of Finishing Well Foundation and former General Overseer of the Deliverance Church.

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60+years in ministry

22years as General Overseer

300+churches planted

500+street children rehabilitated

National honours & recognition

A life of service, recognised by the nation

EBS

Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear

One of Kenya’s highest national honours, conferred by the President of the Republic of Kenya for distinguished service to the nation and to the Church.

OGW

Order of the Grand Warrior

Received in 2018, in recognition of his service.

2020

Honoured on Mashujaa Day

Feted as an honourable cleric on Kenya’s day of heroes.

Sixty years of ministry

Celebrated by ministers and the nation at KICC, with a prayer for Kenya.

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A voice for peace

A trusted peacemaker during the 2007–08 post-election crisis and in every season since.

His story

From Bomet to the nations

Roots

Born in 1946 in Bomet County, he answered the call early and was ordained a pastor in 1964, becoming one of the pioneers of the Deliverance Church in Nairobi.

The mother church

He started Deliverance Church Eastleigh, the mother church, and received the leadership of the wider Deliverance Church from Apostle Joe Kayo in the late 1970s. He served as General Overseer for 22 years.

Sons and daughters

Ministers he raised went on to lead: Bishop J.B. Masinde pioneered Deliverance Church Umoja, Rev. Philip Chelule now leads Deliverance Church Eastleigh, and Bishop Mark Kariuki succeeded him as General Overseer.

A heart for the nation

Peacemaker, mentor to young people and, at 80, planner of a 480-kilometre walk from Nairobi to Mombasa. Today he is Patron of Finishing Well Foundation, still Bishop of the church he began.

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