Dr. Titus Kivunzi, currently head of the pastoral studies department at NEGST, has been a lecturer here since 2003. Prior to that, he was a member of the board of governors of NEGST. Dr. Kivunzi was recently honored by Columbia University as alumni of the year.

Dr. Kivunzi, what is your teaching philosophy?
Teaching involves providing relevant information to students, making sure that they understand it to the extent that they can use it. Teaching must be geared toward measurable results, which is demonstrated when the students deliver their learning to the community they serve.

The reason I chose the above statement as my teaching philosophy is that it is God’s responsibility is to provide information; it is man’s
responsibility is to provide volition.

What do you do when you are not teaching?
I am involved in premarital and marital Read the full story »

Dr. John Evans is one of the newest members of the NEGST faculty. He began lecturing in Old Testament last month in the biblical studies department. His research interests are in Old Testament prophets, hermeneutics, Old Testament theology, and theological bibliography for the Old and New Testaments.

What is your teaching philosophy?
Long ago, I ran across a quote from the poet, Yeats. He wrote, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the igniting of a fire.”
I later discovered that Socrates had said much the same thing around 400BC. Though I seek to give to give my students the best content and as much content as I can, I am more concerned to ignite in students a passion for learning-especially God’s Word-which they will carry with them for a lifetime.

Tell us about your writing.
Along with several articles and reviews, I have written Read the full story »

Mrs Florence Mungathia is a lecturer in Christian education studies department at NEGST. She is passionate about interacting with people and helping them to make progress in their lives through counseling sessions but more so in facilitating various kinds of training.

Mrs Mungathia’s teaching philosophy is to facilitate holistic transformation in the lives of her students, who will in turn be in a position to impact their families, churches and communities. 2 Timothy 2:2 “And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others”. She believes that teaching is a calling from God. She is motivated to press onward because of the fulfillment that she gets when she has impacted a person’s life.

Florence first joined NEGST in 2002 as a student but also Read the full story »

Dr Henry Mutua, a lecturer in NEGST missions department, says that faith is what impacts him to be what he is. That as a child of the living God, he is honored and privileged to participate in what God is doing to accomplish his Immanuel agenda.

“Participatory” best describes Dr Mutua’s teaching philosophy, which has been influenced by the writing of Latin-American scholar Paul Freire. Each student has a part to play in the learning process and, for that reason, students are key participants.

Dr Mutua has written several articles, including Complexity of migrant African Urbanites Read the full story »

Dr. Maik Gibson is a lecturer in the translation studies department at NEGST. To him, language is fascinating — a source of interest rather than a problem. Maik is passionate about people having the Bible in their own languages and getting to know God directly through scripture.

Helping students think and discover for themselves best describes Dr. Gibson’s teaching philosophy. He gives his students the opportunity to be the best they can be.

Dr. Maik Gibson has a PhD in linguistics from Read the full story »

Dr. Mark Mercer, a lecturer in the biblical studies department at NEGST, was influenced more by what his professors taught him in class than what they had written. According to him, students at NEGST must be given the best teaching, which is his primary focus.

The words “trainer” or “tutor” best describe his philosophy of teaching. He likes small classes that allow him to build relationships with Read the full story »

Dr Priscilla Adoyo first joined NEGST as a student. Surprisingly, she started teaching in the Christian ministries program while she was still studying. She currently serves as a faculty member at the Institute for the Study of African Realities (ISAR), a sister school of NEGST under the future Africa International University. Within ISAR, she coordinates the peace-building program.

Her areas of research interest are the causes of conflict. Priscilla is passionate about peace-making, and has written an article in the book Resources for Peacemaking in Muslim-Christian Relations, edited by J. Dudley Woodberry and Robin Basselin. The article is entitled “The Conflict in Southern Sudan and Approaches for Conflict Transformation”.

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Mrs. Christine Mutua currently serves as a faculty member at the Institute for the Study of African Realities (ISAR), a sister school of NEGST under Africa International University. Christine’s philosophy of teaching is to teach with vision, love and truth to shape the world. Her areas of research interest include contextual missions and missiological education.

Apart from teaching, she is currently the coordinator of the Masters of Arts in Organizational Leadership programme. The objective of the program is to Read the full story »

Prof. Regina Blass worked in the translation studies department of NEGST from September 1999 to September 2008, when she joined the Institute for the Studies of African Realities (ISAR), a sister school of NEGST under Africa International University (AIU). She is currently supervising three PhD students in the translation department. As a senior researcher at ISAR, she is helping to establish a research centre.

Dr. Blass’ philosophy of teaching and supervising is to spark interest and creativity in the subjects she teaches or supervises through various methods Read the full story »

Prof. Samuel Ngewa, Professor of New Testament Studies, was appointed interim academic dean for the duration of the current academic year. He holds a B.Th. from Ontario Bible College, an M.Div. from Trinity International University, an M.Th. and a PhD from Westminster Theological Seminary.

Dr. Ngewa’s philosophy of teaching is to know the Bible well and apply it relevantly. He is working on commentaries on the Johannine epistles, Galations and the pastoral epistles. He authored or co-authored the commentaries on Read the full story »