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 The average intake of new students at NEGST in the September term is 65. This September, we were pleased to welcome 102 new students.
This exceptional rise in new student population is due mainly to the highly successful start of the bachelor of theology (BTh) program. Two groups meet for this program, one in the evenings and the other all day on Mondays, both in downtown Nairobi at the ACK Language School. The total for the BTh program is 42 new students.
In addition, we are expecting more students to enroll in January for the all-new bachelor in psychology and counseling, as well as additional students in the diploma and masters in organizational leadership programs, which are on-going.
The extension program is continuing to grow by leaps and bounds, with Read more »
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 African Missiology: Contributions from Contemporary Thought is now available. Edited by our own Dr Caleb Kim, and with contributions from NEGST faculty Drs Stephen Sesi, Josephine Sesi, Alemayehu Mekonnen, Henry Mutua, Steven Rasmussen, and Prof Mark Shaw, and with a foreword by our Vice Chancellor Dr Douglas Carew, the book contributes valuable anthropological and missiological information about African peoples.
Offering academic insights as well as suggestions for how the African church can address the issues presented, African Missiology is suitable for educational use in schools, churches, and personal study.
Readers will enjoy both parts of the book, the first delving Read more »
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 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 more »
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 NEGST officially accepted 102 new students on 17th September 2009. The convocation ceremony started with a procession of the faculty members, followed by a word of prayer from the the deputy vice chancellor of academic affairs, Dr Mark Shaw. Dr Douglas Carew personally welcomed the new students. Dr Joe Mwangi gave a presentation of the Africa International University Tumaini Africa Campaign.
The convocation was culminated by a sermon by the deputy bishop for Christ is the Answer Ministries, Rev. Onginde. He preached on the importance of having a dream, without which people can not move forward. He based his sermon on the story of Joseph, speaking of the need for leaders who don’t expect material gain. He further stated the dream that NEGST has to become a full-fledged university.
At the end of the celebrations the invited guests and faculty lunched at the Kijiji Guest House.
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 Jan and Jeremy Peckham have been friends of NEGST since 2005. In 1998, the couple from the UK had set up a private foundation called the Fraser Peckham Trust (FPT), intended to “Train the Trainers”. The trust originally funded the doctoral studies of students in the UK, the US, Australia and New Zealand.
At a business meeting in the UK, when Jeremy Peckham met Ken Wathome, a businessman serving on the NEGST board of directors, Mr. Wathome extended an invitation for the Peckhams to stay at their Kenyan home. The Peckhams agreed, and were able to get to know Kenya, from business meetings at the Muthaiga Club, to Beacon of Hope, where Ken’s wife Jane Wathome works, to NEGST, to the Nairobi slums.
At that point, the Peckhams realized that training people in the West was Read more »
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 Dr. Sei Buor graduated from the NEGST MDiv program in 1991 and went on to complete a degree at Western Theological Seminary as well as a doctorate in educational leadership from Loyola. NEGST has served as a pattern for much of what he is accomplishing at the newly-opened Liberian International Christian College (LICC). Dr. Buor states, “Education changed my life. Getting an education has allowed me to live a life I would never have experienced had I remained a farmer in my village. . . . I have had the chance to touch the lives of so many people.”
Dr. Sei Buor has coordinated all efforts of financial support, building, hiring staff and faculty, and setting the structure and direction of LICC from his office near Read more »
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 Mary Ogalo, you’re a Kenyan missions student, and you did your missions practicum on the Kenyan coast over the holiday?
Yes. The missions department requires students to have cross-cultural missions experience as a course requirement. I went to the Kenyan coast, Malindi, to experience life among the Giryama people. I wanted to learn from the community as well as pass on something to them. My interaction with women offered me this experience and more.
Wow! What did you do there?
I had heard that the way to a coast woman’s heart is through her food, and much of my time was spent encouraging pastor’s wives, who are in difficult situations within their Muslim communities. Therefore, I planned my practicum around food. To tap into the benefits of indigenous vegetables, Read more »
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