Though their stage name has fooled many, Gospel Fathers are a group of young men who have experienced some really low ebbs: theirs is a story of resilience, steadfastness and reads like something from a fiction book.

It all began when the ill-fated land clashes rocked the Rift Valley province, forcing group member George "Kera" Kirangi's family to relocate from an established life in Kericho to Nakuru. Thousands had lost their homes and the family of Samuel Njuguna fled to a safer Nakuru. Making a new start in Nakuru was not easy, and just 3 years later they again relocated to Nairobi. Thinking that they were past the storms of life Gospel fathers experienced the turmoil of excommunication from their local church in Kawangware. This the group attributes to the church 's misunderstanding of their brand of hard core rap gospel style and their dressing, which was labelled “worldly and ungodly”.
 
Then came the horror of someone else recording and performing their song.

At this point many would have given up music - but not this brand of gospel artistes. They continually refuse to remain down, even when were struck by disappointment.

Times were hard but Kera's born-again mother and a family friend who christened the group “wazee wa injili”, were their pillars of encouragement. Translating that tag into english, they came up with their name Gospel Fathers. Not long after that they found a church that was willing to support them both spiritually and financially, and they proceeded to record their first album “Sina Madeni”. They felt that their darkest hours had passed.
 
Kera, the anchor of the group had his life changing experience in 1998. From then on he led the group in prayers, and would speak to and exhort his fellow group members. Today they credit their success to the time they would spend praying and reading God's word. When discouragement set in Kera would always share scripture to lift their spirits.

He wrote his first song at the age of 14 titled “7 times a day” - a praise song lifted from the scriptures, and by 1999 they were all writing songs. Their debut performance at the City Victory Temple, then under Bishop Obonyo, was a crowd rocking performance and they brought the house down during a Sunday service with “Don't Let Go”and an R&B song ”Tukisema”.

Much to their shock, another group beat them to the studio and recorded their song.
 

Enter a lady called Mama Zawadi. She then set up a meeting between Gospel Fathers and her husband, who eventually offered to pay for their first recording. Though they didn't know Timothy "Ennovator" Rimbui, they obtained his contacts from a helpful radio presenter.

The group recalls the 18th of August 2003 with great nostalgia - their very first day at the studio when they laced their critically acclaimed “Sina Madeni”.
 
Armed with advice from Ennovator and Kera's mother to focus on fusing hip-hop with well sang hooks, Kerah unbelievably penned the whole song within just ten minutes. As soon as Ennovator heard it, he knew he had a hit on his hands.

Sina Madeni received great airplay from both secular and Christian radio stations; as one time holding the number one position on Kiss 100's top 7 at 7. Invitations started flying in from every direction, with Gospel Fathers the talk of the town. In the same year, at the Groove Awards, the group easily won the song of the year and group of the year awards. Soon after that they returned into the studio, collaborating with Daddy Owen, and released the “Sina Madeni” remix.

In 2005 Gospel Fathers released the 16 track album Sina Madeni, which received strong airplay from all radio stations. This led to a nomination at the prestigious American Gospel Awards (Best International Group), though they didn't make the journey to the United States.

Gospel Fathers' vision is to establish themselves in their ministry to both the youth and older generation alike. To accomplish this end Kera is seeking to pursue a degree in Theology. An accomplished DJ, Kera is an alumni of the Homeboys DJ Academy and video production unit, while Samuel is studying video production. They would love to harness their skills and set up a production house in the future and help up coming artistes break through into the industry.

In hindsight, these K-Krew affiliates see the invisible comforting hand of God through out their dealings and charge that “All things work together for good for those that love the Lord”.

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