Kathy Kiuna
Kathy Kiuna | |
|---|---|
| Church | Jubilee Christian Church |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Catherine Wangūi Karanja July 18, 1973 Thìndìgua, Kiambu County |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Denomination | Christian |
| Residence | Nairobi County |
| Spouse | Allan Kiuna (Deceased) |
| Education | Diploma in Counselling Psychology, Amani Counselling Centre |
Kathy Kiuna, née Karanja (born July 18, 1973), is a Kenyan Pentecostal minister and a prosperity gospel preacher. She is a bishop and co-founder of Jubilee Christian Church (JCC) Parklands, a corporate Neo-Pentecostal church in Nairobi, Kenya. Kiuna is a gospel singer, praise and worship leader, marriage counselor and an author. She also founded the Daughters of Zion movement, which empowers girls and women, and host of a television program called "Women without limits" that features inspiring stories of women who have overcome the odds to achieve their goals and success. Kiuna is additionally the founder of Daughters of Zion Mentorship program, which prepares women for church ministry and community development. JCC has 21 branches worldwide including Jubilee Christian Church, Atlanta and Jubilee Christian Church, Nottingham, as well as Jubilee Christian Church, Burundi.
Early life, education and work
Kathy Kiuna was born Catherine Wangūi Karanja, on July 18, 1973, in Thìndìgua Kìambu District (now Kiambu County) in Kenya.[1] She is the third of five children, born to Sarah Wambūi and David Karanja. [1] After high school, Kiuna enrolled at Queensway Secretarial College and earned a Diploma in Secretarial studies. She also holds a Diploma in Counselling Psychology from Amani Counselling Centre, affiliated with Tangaza University.[1] Kiuna worked as a secretary at Top Lease and Holding before venturing into church ministry work.[1]
Family life and church ministry
She married Bishop Allan Kiuna in 1994 and they have three children.[1][2] In 1999, she co-founded the Jubilee Christian Church (JCC) with her husband Allan Kiuna.[3] JCC is a contemporary Christian organization run like a business, applying market place rhetoric and marketing principles to maximize profits.[4] The church has 21 branches, of which 18 are in Kenya,[5] one in Burundi, one in Nottingham[6] and one in Atlanta.[7] Kiuna started her church ministry work as a praise and worship leader[8][3] and later became an associate pastor. In 2003, Kiuna founded the Daughters of Zion (DoZ)[9] ministry within JCC to address women's issues in the church and society.[10] The DoZ brought Kiuna into prominence, leading her to launch the 'Women Without Limits' television program that was aired weekly on a national broadcasting station[3] and later on YouTube. Through the 'Women Without Limits' program, Kiuna utilizes motivational talks, spiritual and scriptural affirmations to foster empowerment through spiritual capital and religious language.[3] The DoZ is a monthly meeting that attracts women from various social backgrounds. The ministry has grown to thousands of followers and Kiuna hosts an annual Daughters of Zion convention that brings together various Pentecostal pastors and evangelists from around the world.[3] Under Kiuna's leadership the daughters of Zion ministry has expanded to include a cooperative society for savings and loans to help women start businesses, supporting the ministry's goal of raising the standard among women.[3] After her husband's death in 2024, Kiuna was ordained as the bishop of JCC and now leads the 21 member ministries.[11]
Selected works
- Kiuna, A. & Kiuna, K. (2006). Appointment with Destiny. A Moving Testimony of God's Love and Faithfulness. Nairobi. Jubilee Publishers.
- Kiuna, A. & Kiuna, K. (2010). The Promise Guidebook: A Handbook for Appropriating Divine Promises In Your Life. Nairobi. Jubilee Publishers.
- Kiuna, A. & Kiuna, K. (2012). Marriage Works. Nairobi. Jubilee Publishers.
- Kiuna, K. (2016). Transformed Woman. Nairobi. Jubilee Publishers.
- Kiuna, K. (2020). LET ME GO: Breaking the shackles of insecurity. Jubilee Publishers {e-book}.
- Kiuna, K. (2023). Intimacy with God. Jubilee Publishers {e-book}.
References
- ^ a b c d e KAMEME OFFICIAL PAGE (2021-10-27). I was a party girl - Rev. Kathy Kiuna Testimony Part 1. Retrieved 2025-08-07 – via YouTube.
- ^ Citizen TV Kenya (2015-03-06). One on One With Bishop and Rev. Kiuna. Retrieved 2025-08-26 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c d e f Parsitau, Damaris Seleina (2019). "Women without limits and limited women: Pentecostal women navigating between empowerment and disempowerment in Kenya". Journal for the Study of the Religions of Africa and its Diaspora. 5 (1): 18.
- ^ Parsitau, Damaris Seleina (2017). "Taming Rogue Clergy and Churches: God, Scandals, Government and Religious Regulation in Kenya". Law and Religion in Africa. 4. Sun MeDIA: 241–257. ISBN 9781928314271.
- ^ "JCC Parklands | Nairobi Church of Excellence".
- ^ "JCC Nottingham". Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ "Jubilee Christian Church Atlanta". Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ "JCC Parklands | Nairobi Church of Excellence". jcckenya.org. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ Ogera, E. Okello (2024). "Spiritual Parenthood as an Aspect of Emerging Kinship and Ecclesiological Structures in Urban African Pentecostalism". In Ngaruiya, David K.; Reed, Rodney L. (eds.). Ecclesiology in Africa (1st ed.). Langham Publishing. ISBN 9781786410245.
- ^ Kihuha, Mary Wanjiku (2024). "Wailing Women: Kenyan Prayer Warriors and the Animating Grounds of Emotions". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 36 (4): 501–514 – via Routledge Taylor & Francis.
- ^ Ngina, Fay. "Kathy Kiuna appointed Bishop after husband's death". The Standard. Retrieved 2025-08-07.