Two churches separated by more than 7,000 miles of land, sea and desert are celebrating their continued friendship.
Chalmers Church in Ardler has been twinned with the Kayole parish in the Kenyan city of Nairobi for seven years, after four members of the Dundee church travelled there in 2010.
The Ardler church has released a video showcasing the Kenyan charge, which highlights the work and partnerships between the two Christian institutions.
Congregation members have raised money for Kayole, which has gone towards providing a computer for the town’s clinic and a flat screen television for the local school.
The Kayole parish also owns a local borehole, which provides their congregation with fresh water for “pennies”.
Kayole Church chairman, David Ndonga, said: “We really appreciate what our brothers and sisters in Scotland have done for us. I pray to God that he continues to chain us together so we can continue to preach the word of God.”
Dundee based deacon Janie Martin said the experience of twinning with the Kayole parish had provided many happy memories.
She said: “After corresponding for about a year, four of us went from Chalmers Ardler Church Dundee to Kayole in April 2010, Minister Rev Kenneth Stott, his wife Anne, elder Jim Simpson and myself.”
“Later that same year six people from Kayole came to Dundee. Since 2010 we have made visits on alternate years.
“When considering twinning, we chose Kayole because it was so different from us although in saying that Ardler was a designated priority area and Kayole is also a high priority area.
“Chalmers Ardler felt that when it lost its mission partner there was a sense in which we lost connection with the wider church, so we looked at twinning.
“Visits have been great, both us visiting them and them coming here. There are times when you laugh a lot and many times you can cry a lot. It is something we want to continue.”
Dundee has a rich tradition of spreading Christian messages in countries on the African continent.
The city centre’s Steeple church is considering a partnership with a church in the Nigerian region of Calabar – in the footsteps of fabled Dundee missionary Mary Slessor.
Mary Slessor, whose name was adopted for the garden area in the city’s newly developed waterfront gardens, journeyed to Nigeria over a century ago to promote the bible.