First Ordinations, Kikuyu, Kenya, March 1926

First Ordinations at Tumutumu, 14th March 1926. [pictured left to right] Rev Jeremia, Rev Joshua, Rev Simeon, Rev Solomon, Rev Mr Calderwood, Rev Paulo." Group portrait of 5 newly ordained ministers at the site of Tumutumu. Pictured with them is Reverend Mr Robert George Calderwood, who was ordained to the Kenya mission at Tumutumu in February 1922. The Kikuyu Mission had been founded on a temporary site by the Imperial British East Africa Company in 1891, before moving to Kikuyu territory in 1898, under the Rev. Thomas Watson. Located on the ‘lower shamba’, the site stands 12 miles from Nairobi, at a distance of approximately 342 miles away from the coast. The Church of Scotland assumed control of the Mission in 1901. ❧ "A Series of Photos illustrating Life and Work at Kikuyu. August 1926. Rev W.B. Stevenson.