Background
Obare was born in Misambi village on 10 May 1947 in the Nyamira District of Kenya.
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Walter Obare
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Obare studied at Matongo Lutheran Theological College (MLTC) and graduated with a General Certificate in Theology in 1981.
Career
He was ordained as a pastor in 1982, after which he served as a parish pastor in nine congregations simultaneously. In 1985 he was appointed by his church to be Pastor for Schools, a churchwide position. In 1991 he again studied at MLTC where he received a Higher Diploma in Theology, graduating in 1993.
In the same year he began a teaching career at MLTC. He came back to Kenya and continued at MLTC until August 2002 when he was called to the office of the Presiding Bishop of ELCK. He was consecrated a bishop on 24 November 2002.
