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Leaving Egypt PodcastEP#57 African Christian Experience and a Changing West - with Harvey Kwiyani and Jide EhizeleJoin the Leaving Egypt community on Substack: leavingegyptpodcast.substack.comIn this episode, Al Roxburgh and Jenny Sinclair bring together two former guests, Harvey Kwiyani (episode 20) and Jide Ehizele (episode 49), for a fascinating conversation about identity, migration, and spirituality. Jide, a second-generation British Nigerian from South London, brings grounded experience and deep reflection as a writer, thinker, and youth leader, offering unique insight into the UK’s cultural and spiritual landscape. Harvey, a Malawian missionary now based in Liverpool, works across the UK, Europe, and North America, and writes on African theology and God’s miss...
2026-01-221h 27
Leaving Egypt PodcastEP#20 Why the West needs to receive the gifts of African Christians - With Harvey KwiyaniOur work is only possible with your support. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber to enable us to continue with the podcast.Al Roxburgh and Jenny Sinclair talk with Harvey Kwiyani, a theologian from Malawi, now living in Liverpool and working across the UK, Europe and North America Harvey tells the story of growing up in rural Malawi, a place evangelised by David Livingstone in 1851, where he heard God’s call as a boy of twelve that he was to become a missionary in Europe. Through the course of their conversation, Jenny and Al learn from Harvey’s insi...
2024-05-161h 14
Susanna Wesley FoundationAfrican Christianity in the UK: Pentecostalism and embodied faithIn this episode we welcome guest host Dr Harvey Kwiyani, a Malawian theologian based in Britain who is CEO of Global Connections and Director of Missio Africanus. He joins Dr Sheila Akomiah-Conteh, a Ghanaian scholar living in Scotland who works in statistical analysis for Brendan Research and Christ Theological College, and Dr Naar M'fundisi-Holloway, originally from Zambia, an Action Researcher with the Salvation Army, to talk about the shape of African Christianity in the UK, focusing on Pentecostalism, revival and the underpinning role of women in bringing about God's multicultural realm.T...
2023-02-101h 03
African Theological ScholarshipPublishing Conversations (Part 5) | The Future of Africa's Christianity and Publishing | Dr Kyama MugambiIn this conversation, Dr Kyama Mugambi of Africa Theological Network Press shares on the future of Christianity and Publishing in Africa.
This episode originally appeared on Africa Speaks YouTube channel. Learn more about Africa Speaks: https://zurl.co/xyRv
2022-08-1707 minAfrican Theological ScholarshipPublishing Conversations (Part 4) | ATNP and The Vision for Africa | Dr Kyama MugambiIn this conversation, Dr Kyama Mugambi of Africa Theological Network Press discusses the future of ATNP and its vision for Africa.
This episode originally appeared on the Africa Speaks YouTube channel. Learn more about Africa Speaks: https://zurl.co/xyRv
2022-08-1708 minAfrican Theological ScholarshipPublishing Conversations (Part 3) | Improving Quality & Encouraging Publishing | Dr Kyama MugambiIn this conversation, Dr Kyama Mugambi of Africa Theological Network Press shares some wisdom on how to improve the quality of content and encourage key African leaders to publish their voices.
This episode originally appeared on the Africa Speaks YouTube channel. Learn more about Africa Speaks: https://zurl.co/xyRv
2022-08-1709 minAfrican Theological ScholarshipPublishing Conversations (Part 2) | Myths About Christian Publishing In Africa | Dr Kyama MugambiIn this conversation, Dr Kyama Mugambi of Africa Theological Network Press debunks some of the myths around Christian publishing in Africa.
This episode originally appeared on the Africa Speaks YouTube channel. Learn more about Africa Speaks: https://zurl.co/xyRv
2022-08-1715 minAfrican Theological ScholarshipPublishing Conversations (Part 1) | The Place of Writing in The History of Christianity In Africa | Dr Kyama MugambiIn this conversation, Dr. Kyama Mugambi of Africa Theological Network Press speaks on the issues around Africa and Christian publishing.
This episode is originally published on Africa Speaks YouTube Channel. Learn more about Africa Speaks: https://zurl.co/xyRv
2022-08-1713 min
African Theological ScholarshipBringing back God | A Rebroadcast of an episode of "The Comb" on BBC Sounds (Featuring Dr Harvey Kwiyani)‘The fire has gone out’: African evangelists are working to revitalise Christianity in Europe, a continent that is increasingly turning away from religion. Harvey Kwiyani grew up in Malawi, where church was central to daily life. It was only after he left for Switzerland that he realised how different the religious landscape was in Europe. He’s part of a new generation of African missionaries trying to bring God back to Europe.
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2022-02-1125 min
The Kouyanet PodcastAfrican Millenial Christians and Questions of Identity
Pastor Joseph Ola is a Nigerian who ministers in Liverpool. He recently completed an MA in African Christianity during which he researched the way in which African Millenial Christians view their own identity. Given that there are more Christians in Africa than anywhere else in the world, this is a question which is of utmost importance for the future of the church globally. In this interview, Joseph outlines some of his findings and explores their implications for the future.
If you don’t have the time to watch the video or listen to the podcast, you can fi...
2022-02-0438 min
African Theological ScholarshipIntroducing "Africa Bears Witness" edited by Harvey C. Kwiyani (ATNP Bookchat)Africa Bears Witness is a collection of essays by scholars and practitioners edited by Malawian missiologist, Harvey Kwiyani. The book explores the theology and praxis of contemporary African Christian mission on the continent and in the African Diaspora. It delves into scholarly African thought about God’s mission.
Africa Bears Witness: Mission Theology and Praxis in the 21st Century, by Harvey Kwiyani (Nairobi: African Theological Network Press, 2021), xiii+ 220 pages. ISBN: 978-9914-704-80 -8.
2021-12-0810 minAfrican Theological Scholarship15 - Dr Babatunde Adedibu | Approaches to Transformation and Development: The Case of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, NigeriaBabatunde 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. He is a visiting lecturer in Missiology and Honourary Research Fellow at the University of Roehampton, London.
2020-11-1147 minAfrican Theological Scholarship14 - Dr Ezekiel Ajibade | Images of African Preachers in the Nigerian Public SphereEzekiel Adewale Ajibade holds a PhD in Christian Preaching. He is a Fellow of the Stephen Olford Centre for Biblical Preaching in the USA and a Visiting Scholar to Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He has authored several books and journal articles, including the title, Contextualization of Expository Preaching: Engaging Orality for Effective Proclamation in Africa. He currently lectures at the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Ogbomoso. He is married with two children.
2020-11-1125 minAfrican Theological Scholarship13 - Dr Luc Kabongo | Missio Dei In Involvement in Social Change: A Case Study of InnerCHANGELuc Kabongo grew up in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a Roman Catholic family. He moved to South Africa as a refugee in 2002. He did his undergraduate studies in Philosophy and Administration. He, then, pursued his post-graduate studies in Applied Theology and Missiology. He obtained his PhD in Missiology with specialisation in community development at the University of Pretoria. He is the current Africa regional director of InnerCHANGE, a missional order among the socially marginalised. He is also a part-time missiology lecturer at the University of Pretoria.
2020-11-1119 minAfrican Theological Scholarship12 - Bishop Emmanuel Egbunu | The Legacy of The Church Missionary Society (CMS) in Lokoja Niger-Benue Confluence AreaEmmanuel Egbunu is the Diocesan Bishop of Lokoja and the Archbishop Emiterus of the Anglican Province of Lokoja, one of 14 within the Church of Nigeria. In this episode, he discusses his research on "The Legacy of The Church Missionary Society (CMS) in Lokoja Niger-Benue Confluence Area."
2020-11-1155 minAfrican Theological Scholarship11 - Dr Moses Owojaiye | Images of Pentecostal Religious Functionaries in Nigerian Christian FilmsB. Moses Owojaiye, Ph.D., is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Biblical Christianity in Africa. He is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA). Moses studied World Christianity at Africa International University and the University of Edinburgh. Currently, he is pastor of First ECWA, Ilorin and an adjunct at ECWA Theological Seminary, Igbaja, Nigeria. He has a significant understanding of the practice of pastoral ministry in Africa. Moses enjoys teaching World Christianity and speaking in Christian gatherings around the world.
In this episode, Moses discusses his PhD research.
2020-11-1146 minAfrican Theological Scholarship10 - Dr Wanjiru M Gitau | Megachurch Christianity Reconsidered: Millennials and Social Change in African PerspectiveWanjiru M Gitau is the author of the award-winning book, Megachurch Christianity Reconsidered: Millennials and Social Change in African Perspective. She is also co-author of The Kingdom of God in Africa: A History of African Christianity, with Mark Shaw. She earned a PhD in World Christianity at Africa International University. She has been involved in multiple research projects on Christian revitalization, religious pluralism, African Christian leadership and Anglicanism around the world. She teaches also Practical Theology.
2020-11-1153 minAfrican Theological Scholarship09 - Dr Rudolf K. Gaisie | African Christology: Jesus as 'Logos' in an African contextRudolf K. Gaisie (PhD) is a Research Fellow at the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture at Akropong-Akuapem, Ghana. In this conversation, he discusses his PhD research.
2020-11-111h 01African Theological Scholarship08 - Dr Abraham Waigi Ng’ang’a | African Theology and African LiteratureAbraham Waigi Ng’ang’a is a Kenyan scholar and a Research Fellow at the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture, in Akropong, Ghana. He is also responsible for promoting partnership with like-minded institutions across the globe. His PhD thesis, entitled “African Theology and African Literature: A Theological Critique of Wole Soyinka’s Aesthetic Framework for Reconstituting African Life and Thought”, was submitted in May 2015. He has written several articles which have been published in several journals and also contributed several chapters in published books. He is based in Liverpool, UK, together with his wife, Claire, and their two children.
2020-11-111h 28African Theological Scholarship07 - Pastor Modupe Adefala | Legacies of 5 Nigerian Women Pioneer Ministers in LondonModupe Adefala is prison chaplain and pastor of Word Fountain Christian Ministries, a Pentecostal church based in Oxford. In this very stimulating conversation, we discuss her Master's Degree research at Church Mission Society's "Pioneer Mission Leadership Training" in which she investigated the pioneering initiatives of 5 Nigerian Women in London.
2020-11-1153 minAfrican Theological Scholarship06 - Dr Bosco Bangura | African PentecostalismJoseph Bosco BANGURA holds an MPhil [Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone], ThM [ETF Leuven, Belgium], and PhD [ETF Leuven, Belgium & VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands]). He serves as Senior Researcher in Missiology and African Pentecostalism at two university departments: Religious Studies and Missiology, at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven (Belgium); and Intercultural Theology at the Protestant Theological University, Groningen (the Netherlands).
2020-11-111h 01African Theological Scholarship05 - Dr Kyama Mugambi | Leadership Development in Progressive Pentecostal Churches (in Kenya)Kyama Mugambi is the editorial manager of the African Theological Network Press (www.atnpress.com). He was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, where he lives with his family. Many people recognise his name because his father, Prof. Jesse N.K. Mugambi paved the way for many African theologians starting in the 1980s. He is also an associate researcher at the Centre for World Christianity at Africa International University in Nairobi, Kenya. He is adjunct lecturer at several institutions in addition to being Pastor-at-Large in the Mavuno family of churches. His research interests are in African urban Christianity. He is p...
2020-11-111h 12African Theological Scholarship04 - Rev Israel Olofinjana | World Christianity in Western EuropeRev Israel Oluwole Olofinjana is the founding director of Centre for Missionaries from the Majority World. He is a Baptist minister and pastor of Woolwich Central Baptist Church, south-east London, UK. He is the author and editor of several books on African Christianity, church and mission. Israel has a BA (Hons) in Religious Studies from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and an MTh from Carolina University of Theology, Virginia, USA.
ABOUT THE BOOK | World Christianity in Western Europe: Diasporic Identity, Narratives & Missiology
Christianity is a world religion with about 2.3 billion Christians. While World Christianity with its att...
2020-11-1139 minAfrican Theological Scholarship03 - Dr Sheila Akomiah-Conteh | The Changing Landscape of the Church in Post-Christendom BritainDr Sheila Akomiah-Conteh is a Ghanaian scholar based in Glasgow, Scotland. She did her PhD at the University of Aberdeen and explored church growth in Scotland. To do this, she looked at new churches planted in Glasgow in the years between 2000 and 2016. She quickly realised that a majority of new churches in Glasgow are planted by Africans. Of course, this is to a great extent representative of the church planting situation in Britain and has serious implications on how we talk about and research church growth in Europe nowadays. Of great interest to me, though, was her research process — she...
2020-11-1140 minAfrican Theological Scholarship02 - Dr Jerry Ireland | From 'Ubuntu' to Koinōnia: The Church and Indigenous African CompassionJERRY M. IRELAND, PhD, serves as department chair for Ministry, Leadership, and Theology and Intercultural Studies at the University of Valley Forge in Phoenixville, PA. He also co-hosts the Sorry Not Sorry Podcast. His publications include series editor for the forthcoming Baker Academic Global Christian Life Series; ‘For the Love of God: Principles and Practice of Compassion in Missions’ (Wipf & Stock, 2017); and ‘Evangelism and Social Concern in the Theology of Carl F. H. Henry’ (Pickwick, 2015).
2020-11-0341 minAfrican Theological Scholarship01 - Dr Caleb Nyanni | The Spirit and Transition: The Second Generation and the Church of Pentecost UKDr Caleb Nyanni is the Academic Dean at Birmingham Christian College. He is also the Lead Pastor at Sparkbrook Elim Christian Centre. He holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham where he studied under the supervision of Professor Allan Anderson (who also supervised Caleb’s father’s PhD). Caleb explored spirit-talk among young members of the Church of Pentecost in Britain.
This conversation makes a very significant contribution to the discourse on the faith of young Africans in the diaspora. He shows us some of the ways the younger generation of Africans in Britain think of their pa...
2020-11-0349 min
Talking TheologyHarvey Kwiyani - What is God’s Multicultural Kingdom and How Should It Change The Way We Do Mission and Church?How have multiculturalism and evangelism been entwined since the first days of the Church’s mission? How is multiculturalism part of the Christian faith’s DNA? Why is the Church of today more tribal than it was 2000 years ago? How should an awareness of each others gifts change how we do Church and leadership? How is the medium the message?Harvey Kwiyani lectures in African Christianity and Theology at Liverpool Hope University and has previously taught courses in Theology, African studies, and Mission at several colleges across Europe and Africa, as well as in the U.S. H...
2020-11-0231 min
Church Mission SocietyThe 'Ins and Outs' of the Christian mission community - part 2Talks from the Church Mission Society Africa conference, held at the Hayes conference centre, Swanwick, 7-9 October 2016. Featured speakers are Dennis Tongoi (pictured), executive director of CMS-Africa, Philip Mounstephen, executive leader of Church Mission Society, and Harvey Kwiyani, executive director of Missio Africanus.
2016-10-2435 minChurch Mission SocietyThe 'Ins and Outs' of the Christian mission community - part 2Talks from the Church Mission Society Africa conference, held at the Hayes conference centre, Swanwick, 7-9 October 2016. Featured speakers are Dennis Tongoi (pictured), executive director of CMS-Africa, Philip Mounstephen, executive leader of Church Mission Society, and Harvey Kwiyani, executive director of Missio Africanus.
2016-10-2435 min
Church Mission SocietyHarvey Kwiyani - Engaging with Africans where you liveTalks from the Church Mission Society Africa conference, held at the Hayes conference centre, Swanwick, 7-9 October 2016. Featured speakers are Dennis Tongoi (pictured), executive director of CMS-Africa, Philip Mounstephen, executive leader of Church Mission Society, and Harvey Kwiyani, executive director of Missio Africanus.
2016-10-2421 minChurch Mission SocietyHarvey Kwiyani - Engaging with Africans where you liveTalks from the Church Mission Society Africa conference, held at the Hayes conference centre, Swanwick, 7-9 October 2016. Featured speakers are Dennis Tongoi (pictured), executive director of CMS-Africa, Philip Mounstephen, executive leader of Church Mission Society, and Harvey Kwiyani, executive director of Missio Africanus.
2016-10-2421 min
Church Mission SocietyGlobal Mission from an African PerspectiveDennis Tongoi (pictured), executive director of CMS-Africa, and Harvey Kwiyani, executive director of Missio Africanus, discuss an African perspective on gloabl mission. With Philip Mounstephen, executive leader of Church Mission Society. Recorded at the Church Mission Society Africa conference, held at the Hayes conference centre, Swanwick, 7-9 October 2016. Featured speakers are
2016-10-2438 minChurch Mission SocietyGlobal Mission from an African PerspectiveDennis Tongoi (pictured), executive director of CMS-Africa, and Harvey Kwiyani, executive director of Missio Africanus, discuss an African perspective on gloabl mission. With Philip Mounstephen, executive leader of Church Mission Society. Recorded at the Church Mission Society Africa conference, held at the Hayes conference centre, Swanwick, 7-9 October 2016. Featured speakers are
2016-10-2438 min
The Mind Renewed with Julian CharlesTMR 141 : Rev. Israel Olofinjana : Reverse Mission and the Black Majority ChurchesWe are joined by Rev. Israel Oluwole Olofinjana—an ordained Baptist minister and pastor of Woolwich Central Baptist Church, a multi-ethnic inner-city church in south-east London—for a discussion centred in his provocative 2015 book, Partnership in Mission : A Black Majority Church Perspective on Mission and Church Unity, published by Instant Apostle.Israel Olofinjana comes from a Nigerian Pentecostal background and holds a MTh (Master of Theology) from Carolina University of Theology. He is many-times published academically and is a member of the editorial board of Missio Africanus, an online journal of African missiology in Britain. He has authored thre...
2016-04-221h 08
The Mind Renewed : Thinking Christianly in a New World OrderTMR 141 : Rev. Israel Olofinjana : Reverse Mission and the Black Majority ChurchesWe are joined by Rev. Israel Oluwole Olofinjana—an ordained Baptist minister and pastor of Woolwich Central Baptist Church, a multi-ethnic inner-city church in south-east London—for a discussion centred in his provocative 2015 book, Partnership in Mission : A Black Majority Church Perspective on Mission and Church Unity, published by Instant Apostle.
Israel Olofinjana comes from a Nigerian Pentecostal background and holds a MTh (Master of Theology) from Carolina University of Theology. He is many-times published academically and is a member of the editorial board of Missio Africanus, an online journal of African missiology in Britain. He has authored three books to d...
2016-04-221h 08The Mind Renewed with Julian CharlesTMR 141 : Rev. Israel Olofinjana : Reverse Mission and the Black Majority ChurchesWe are joined by Rev. Israel Oluwole Olofinjana—an ordained Baptist minister and pastor of Woolwich Central Baptist Church, a multi-ethnic inner-city church in south-east London—for a discussion centred in his provocative 2015 book, Partnership in Mission : A Black Majority Church Perspective on Mission and Church Unity, published by Instant Apostle. Israel Olofinjana comes from a Nigerian Pentecostal background and holds a MTh (Master of Theology) from Carolina University of Theology. He is many-times published academically and is a member of the editorial board of Missio Africanus, an online journal of African missiology in Britain. He has authored three books to d...
2016-04-221h 08
Church Mission SocietyLet's work together: Prayer Focus July 2015Last month saw two landmark days in the development of cross cultural mission work in the UK – with both African and Asian Christians emphasising this month's theme of "let's work together". At Lambeth Palace, CMS launched its Prayer and Aware campaign to throw the spotlight on mission to and from Asia and Asians. We hear from the Rev Rana Khan, chair of the CMS Asia Forum. The other landmark was the conference, held at CMS in Oxford, of Missio Africanus, an organisation we learn more about with CMS mission partner Harvey Kwiyani, who is originally from Malawi. We also hear fr...
2015-06-3020 minChurch Mission SocietyLet's work together: Prayer Focus July 2015Last month saw two landmark days in the development of cross cultural mission work in the UK – with both African and Asian Christians emphasising this month's theme of "let's work together". At Lambeth Palace, CMS launched its Prayer and Aware campaign to throw the spotlight on mission to and from Asia and Asians. We hear from the Rev Rana Khan, chair of the CMS Asia Forum. The other landmark was the conference, held at CMS in Oxford, of Missio Africanus, an organisation we learn more about with CMS mission partner Harvey Kwiyani, who is originally from Malawi. We also hear fr...
2015-06-3020 min