Njoya, a Presbyterian, is at the forefront of an effort not only to rid the country of a corrupt government but to make the church as passionately committed to social justice as it is to church growth and biblical faith. He therefore often finds himself at loggerheads with elements in both church and state. Responding to criticism that the church has chosen sides in the country's politics, Njoya freely admits that the church is the most partisan institution in the world. "The church is partisan against injustice, oppression, and dictatorship," he said to the Nairobi newspaper The Nation.

"The Constitution should give us the right to hire and fire our governments," Njoya added. "Instead, it has colonized us. Sovereignty does not belong to us. We have been denied that."

On December 10, he received Canada's prestigious John Humphrey Freedom Award for his efforts to strengthen human rights and democracy in Kenya.

The award, given each year by the Montreal—based International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development, is named in honor of John Peters Humphrey, the Canadian who prepared the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Tokunboh Adeyemo, general secretary of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa, calls Njoya an evangelical social prophet who, like "Desmond Tutu or Martin Luther King … is driven by a proper understanding of the demands of God's kingdom here and now."

Njoya's place at the head of many Nairobi protest ...