A groovy rendition of "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" blasts from speakers outside an apartment block in the outskirts of Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Children, some in diapers, dance on the balconies above, accompanied by their parents, to the tunes bellowed out by Rev. Paul Machira and a supporting band. Coronavirus restrictions don't stop Machira in a country where traditional church services have been suspended. The man who calls himself a "children's preacher" calls out Bible lessons between songs. Machira has taken his "Balcony to Balcony" service on the road since Kenya's first case was found in mid-March. It has become quite popular, the preacher at the All Saints Cathedral of the Anglican Church of Kenya said.

"When corona opened its floodgates to Kenya and the world, one of the things that was quickly cut off is the fellowship of believers," he said on a recent afternoon. "But I also think this is the greatest opportunity that has ever arisen to the church, reason being we have got reason to go out on the streets. ... Jesus sometimes would go to the temple but his main ministry was out in the fields, out in the streets," he added. Many children in Kenya do not have access to church services online, he said. Machira said the idea for the mobile service came from Lilian Mbere, a Sunday school teacher who had tried get children to sing hymns from their balconies to reduce the monotony of staying at home. Mbere said she found the response overwhelming and invited Machira to conduct a service. "I have seen a lot of growth in the children," she said. "When I sometimes delay and I am not in my balcony by