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Kenyan Christians Wrestle with Boys’ Rites of Passage

Kenyan Christians Wrestle with Boys’ Rites of Passage

Monday, December 22, 2025
Twenty-five 12 and 13-year-old boys and their fathers huddled around a bonfire on a 64-degree November night in Nairobi, Kenya. They warmed themselves, ate goat meat, talked, and laughed. Their fathers prayed for them and offered them advice, readying their sons for a coming-of-age ceremony the next day. For the previous ten days, the boys Read more... The post Kenyan Christians Wrestle with Boys’ Rites of Passage appeared first on Christianity Today.