INCHE announces its 2023 African professional development initiative, Preparing Redemptive Change Agents. Through professional learning circles, faculty teams from ten African Christian universities will develop Biblical, theological, and practical understandings of redemptive change agency as well as its teaching and learning within their universities. The goal is to deepen the ability of faculty members to train graduates in understanding their identity, role, and skills as wise Christian agents for change in their societies.

Two African coaches, Abraham Waigi Ng’ang’a and Steve Nduto will guide the university teams. Abraham Waigi is an instructor at Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission, and Culture in Ghana. He also is a research fellow at Liverpool Hope University’s Andrew Walls Centre for the Study of African and Asian Christianity. Steve Nduoto is a professor of religion at Daystar University in Kenya and previously served there for thirteen years as the university chaplain. Both coaches will support the university professional learning circles.

Abraham Waigi Ng’ang’a & Steve Nduto

During the project year, selected university teams will read and discuss the book, Developing Redemptive Change Agents, and complete two professional development modules offered online through the de Vries Institute for Global Faculty Development (Calvin University). Then they will each create a substantial presentation on their learning and implications for their university. The teams will meet in November 2023 to share the results of their efforts as professional learning circles.

INCHE is grateful to a foundation that seeks to remain anonymous for funding this 2023 project.