Who We Are
We are the Rose Family — Matthew, Rebecca, Deborah, Hannah, Esther, Lydia, Priscilla, and Jason. God has called us to serve Him in Kenya as church-planting missionaries.
We are sent out by Grace Baptist Church, an Independent Baptist church in Hinesville, GA. Our missions agency is World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions in Kings Mountain, NC. God has given us an exciting opportunity to spread the hope of Christ here in Kenya; we pray that you would consider helping us.
Our Mission
Many people shopping on market day
Our focus in Kenya is reaching the lost with the Gospel by planting indigenous churches that will reproduce themselves and by training faithful men “who shall be able to teach others also.”
Our ministry goals are: 1) Evangelizing the lost, 2) Discipling the saved, 3) Planting indigenous churches, and 4) Training faithful men.
We desire that, one day, there will be a Gospel-preaching church in every city, town, and village of Kenya!
Our Story
Matthew made a profession of faith at 4 years old but struggled with doubts about his salvation until one Sunday when he was 27—He finally trusted Christ as his Saviour! Matthew trained for the ministry at Ambassador Baptist College. Rebecca accepted Jesus as her Saviour at her home when she was 6 years old. She surrendered herself to God’s service when she was 16. She studied church music at Bob Jones University.
Children playing near a monastery
We were married in September of 2010, and in 2011, we joined the staff of Grace Baptist Church in Hinesville, GA (our sending church) as youth director. We served there for five years.
God called us to Kenya in January of 2016. We had been praying for two years for God to show us what He wanted us to do with our lives. Matthew was serving on full-time staff as the youth director of our church. He had just read the autobiography of James Stewart (I Must Tell) a missionary evangelist who served in Eastern Europe before WWII. Through that book, God dealt with Matthew’s heart specifically about foreign missions. Shortly after finishing the book, Matthew was preparing to take our teen group on an outing. He opened Google Maps for directions and Google zoomed in on Kenya! It was a random mistake by Google, but God used it to point our direction to Kenya. We began to pray that God would confirm His calling through the Scriptures. He answered our prayer! God lead us to Proverbs 16:9, “A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.”
Plantation workers in a Kericho tea field
In July of 2016, we took our first survey trip and saw the desperate need for more Gospel-preaching churches and God burdened us for church planting. We were so encouraged by the reception of the Gospel message. During that trip, God allowed Matthew to lead three Kenyan men to Jesus Christ!
We began deputation in January of 2017, and we arrived in Kenya in August of 2020. We studied Swahili at a language school in Limuru. After 11 months, we began our ministry in the town of Kericho.
Kericho is a town of 42,000 people and is surrounded by beautiful tea plantations that are home to many plantation workers. The town and its surrounding areas need the Gospel and solid churches that preach the truth.
Bible study in Kericho
Since arriving in Kericho, we have seen many people trust Jesus as their Savior. We hold an open-air Bible study in a city park every Sunday morning. Many of those who have been saved are attending faithfully and growing in Christ. Our prayer is that one day, a church will be started from this group of believers.
Though we are not worthy, We feel honored that God would ask us to serve Him in this capacity! God continues to prove again and again that He wants our family in Kenya. It is a joy to have confidence that we are doing exactly what God wants us to do. God’s will is a wonderful, peaceful place to be!