Wekense Parish

The parish church is St James' and the pastor is Rev Stephen Katemo.

Wekense parish has four churches and the catechists are:

• Wekense: Cat. Yona Malwa
• Pingo: Cat. Daniel Kajeja 
• Uswahilini: Cat. Jackson Chilimbe
• Bondeni: Cat. Ester Mahulu 

Parish link

Wekense has a parish link with the parish of South Gillingham in Rochester Diocese, UK. 

For further information, click here.
 

Community development

Wekense is one of seventeen parishes in the Diocese that have taken part in the Church and Community Mobilization Programme (CCMP). The CCMP has been funded by St James Church in the Diocese of Roshester since 2018. Nine new parishes are taking part from 2026 to 2028.

As local churches and communities work through the process, they decide which activities will bring about the most effective and positive outcomes for them given their current situations. 
 

The church partnered with the local government to plant a variety of trees around the village office - earning formal recognition and a letter of thanks from the ward officer to Bishop Given for his contribution to environmental conservation.

Training in climate-smart agricultural methods has motivated the village community to plant their fields using improved farming methods and diversifying their crops. They have planted maize, ground nuts, millet, sunflowers and other crops and this has improved the local economic situation. At parish level, church members have cultivated two acres of cassava and ground nuts and engaged in other small-scale agricultural projects, such as cultivating sunflowers and vegetables.

There are four savings and credit groups - Amani A, Amani B, Masimba and Upendo. Group members are saving money together, to invest in agricultural and livestock projects and to start small business enterprises. 

Picture shows the CCMP Coordinator and a team planting fruit trees.

Contacts.

Please speak to the pastor about baptism, marriage, funerals, or Sunday services.

Written correspondence to:
Kanisa la Anglican
Wekense Parish - Dinari ya Makorongo
Dayosisi ya Kondoa 
PO Box 7 
Kondoa 
Tanzania