One more group has split from the larger Central Kenya Conference (CKC) of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA), to form a new entity, amid intensifying fights within the church.
This becomes the third group to break away from the CKC, owing to the ongoing fights at the CKC's headquarters at the St Maxwell's Church in Karura, Nairobi.
Consequently, the KPCU church which is located in Mowlem, off Kangundo Road, last week voted to move out of CKC and join the newly formed Nairobi Cosmopolitan Conference (NCC).
This comes shortly after a similar move was taken by Makandi SDA Church in Meru and Mountain View Church of Kangemi, both of which have joined NCC from CKC.
In a letter to the CKC leader John Kiragu and copied to Mowlem OCS, the church says that it ceased being a member of CKC on September 14, and its decision in uncontestable.
"SDA KPCU Church has joined the NCC. This decision is not contestable in whatsoever manner. Members plead that their decision is respected under SDA religious liberty policies and Constitution of Kenya on choice of association," it read.
However, unlike a few weeks before where services at St Maxwell's were marred with violence, resulting in its temporary closure, things have been calm of late.
Security men in black suits have been seen manning the church during services, reportedly hired by Kiragu, after some church leaders claimed that their lives are in danger.
The CKC has already poured cold water on the exits, terming the NCC a private firm which cannot run churches.