African Voices

DR BABATUNDE ADEDIBU holds a PhD in Missiology from North West University, South Africa. He is an Associate Professor and the Provost of the Redeemed Christian Bible College, Lagos, an affiliate of Redeemer University, Ede, Nigeria. He is also Research Associate with the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, Cambridge, UK.

FREDDIE ADORKORBIDJI held a PhD from University of Wales Trinity St David, Lampeter. He was an accredited minister of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and former minister of Grangetown Baptist Church in Cardiff, where he served for twelve years. He served as a senior lecturer and head of department of theology (School of Theology and Ministry) at the Ghana Baptist University College, Kumasi. His research interest was in the qualitative church growth of Africa and pastoral theology from an African perspective.

DR EDEN B. ADU holds a PhD from North West University, South Africa, in Pastoral Studies/Practical Theology with a thesis entitled “Pastoral Leadership among African-Led Pentecostal Churches in the Context of British Society.” This thesis examines the leadership practices of African-led Pentecostal churches in British society using the twofold framework of servant leadership, and Kouzes and Posner’s exemplary-leadership model. The thesis constitutes a valuable contribution to the fields of practical theology, pastoral leadership, African Pentecostalism, reverse mission, leadership and Pentecostalism in British society. Eben is currently part of the pastoral team of International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) King’s Temple, London, a Pentecostal/ Charismatic church.

REV DR CHIGOR CHIKE holds a BA in Theology from the University of Gloucestershire, an MTh in Practical Theology from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in Theology from the University of Birmingham. Chigor has written extensively on the areas of black and African Christianity. His book African Christianity in Britain, published in 2007, is regarded as one of the most informative books on the subject of African Christianity in the diaspora. His current area of interest is African pneumatology. Chigor’s training as a Practical Theologian has enable him to express complex theological concepts in easily understandable language. He lives in East London and is currently the Vicar of Emmanuel Church, Forest Gate in the Church of England.

DR HARVEY KWIYANI has recently been appointed lecturer in African Christianity and Theology at Liverpool Hope University. He holds a PhD from Luther Seminary in the USA for his research into the theological implications of the missionary work of Africans in North America. He is the founding director of Missio Africanus, an initiative designed to promote African scholarship in the West. He used to teach missions, leadership and African studies at Birmingham Christian College and at Church Mission Society (CMS) in Oxford. He is a Research Fellow at the Cuddesdon Study Centre at Ripon College, Cuddesdon.

REV PHILIP LUTTERODT is a theology lecturer and a Baptist pastor. He has spent over thirty years in Christian ministry in Ghana, Switzerland and England. He holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of Ghana, Legon, a BD and a MTh from Baptist Theological Seminary, Zurich, and is currently a PhD candidate. He has taught Systematic Theology, Christian Leadership and Pastoral Counselling in Maranatha University College, Accra, and in Wisdom Christian College, London. His research interests are African Christianity, servant leadership and personality psychology.

REV MICHELE MAHON has an MA in Pastoral Ministry from Oasis College of Higher Education in London. She is a youth specialist serving on the London Baptist Association (LBA) Youth Forum. She also serves on a number of committees such as the editorial team for Baptists Together, Spurgeon’s College Council, the Baptist Union Council and as a trustee of Crossing London. She speaks at various national conferences and preaches at different churches. Michele is the mother of three young children and is currently training with the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS).

DR ANDERSON MOYO holds a DMin from Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky, USA. He is the Senior Pastor of Sheffield Community Church, South Yorkshire. As the chairman, Anderson gives apostolic oversight to Faith Ministries UK, a family of churches joined together by their DNA of missional discipleship, gospel centredness, authentic relationships, servant leadership and diversity. He is also a member of Faith Ministries International Council, which is the highest governing body for Faith Ministries, a group of churches started in Zimbabwe but now represented in South Africa, Botswana and the UK. He is happily married to Lydia and they have three children.

REV VALERIE NKECHI holds an MA degree in Missions with interest and specialism in cross-cultural ministry. She is a graduate of Bangor University, Wales, and Mattersey Bible College, UK. She speaks and lectures in Bible colleges, universities, churches and at conferences on various areas of multicultural ministry, cross-cultural missions, cultural integration and cohesion. She has turned her MA dissertation into a book looking at how black African churches (Nigerian Pentecostal churches and leaders) can work together with white British Pentecostal denominations, with the Assemblies of God as a case study. She is a visiting lecturer to different Bible colleges and supports students with English essay-writing and dissertation- and thesis- writing in the UK and Africa.

REV DR PAUL NZACAHAYO is a Methodist minister with twenty-nine years of experience in ministry both in Rwanda and in the UK. His experience also includes cross-cultural ministerial practice; for five years he served on the World Methodist Council as a member of its Social and International Affairs Committee. He is a member of the University of Edinburgh Centre for Theology and Public Issues. Paul is currently a Methodist tutor at the Queen’s Foundation for Ecumenical Education, where he teaches Theologies in Global Perspective, Liberation Theology and other modules related to Practical Theology.

REV CALEB OPOKU NYANNI is presently the senior pastor at Elim Church Sparkbrook, Birmingham, UK. He is also a lecturer at Birmingham Christian College and a tutor at University of Birmingham. He has recently completed his MPhil with the University of Manchester and is currently undertaking his PhD research programme with the University of Birmingham. His main area of research is pneumatology, African spirituality and anything involving spirits and the diaspora church. Caleb also holds a foundation certificate in counselling with AQA and a Diploma in Film and Media Studies with Wolverhampton University. He has been awarded a certificate in Church Leadership and Pastoral Care from the Association of Christian Counsellors.