One of the objectives of Africa International University is to build institutional capacity for research,transmission and preservation of knowledge. One of the departments in AIU is working to ensure that students can access materials that will aid in the advancement of their knowledge wherever they are.

We are happy to report that the AIU library has launched a system where students and members of the AIU library can renew their borrowed books without having to bring them to the library or calling.

The reason behind the introduction of the online renewal of books Read the full story »

NEGST’s has a rich history of incessant partnership in recruitment of students. This heritage is alive and well at AIU. Rev. Josphat Lumasia the Students Recruitment Officer at AIU was in Nigeria from 4th to 13th May, 2011 attending a leadership Conference hosted by the New Covenant Church. Through the assistance of AIU students Emmanuel Omiyotin (MA) & Lawrence Oladimeji (DMin), Josphat got to exhibit AIU at the Annual Convention in Session of the Nigerian Baptist Convention. At the convention, he got an opportunity to talk about AIU programs especially the post graduate courses and established valuable relationships.

The AIU Students Recruitment team has recently participated in youth camps like the Ndiguna and Kijabe Youth Camps where the team got an opportunity not only to market the AIU programs but also speak to the youth who were attending those camps. This was facilitated by Eliud Kiarie a Bachelor of Theology student. The team has also been able to attend graduation events of middle level and bible colleges in the country led by AIU alumni or where AIU faculty members were guest speakers. Read the full story »

AIU and ALARM Kenya have recently published a book, Restoring the Beauty and Blessing of Ethnic Diversity: A Training  Manual on Ethnicity.

As stated in the Standard, a Kenyan national newspaper: Restoring the Beauty and Blessing of Ethnic Diversity is a training manual to help people dialogue on negative ethnicity. This book will help greatly to start and maintain dialogues on negative ethnicity and encourage equal sharing of opportunities and togetherness. The urgency and necessity to provide a tool to deal with the challenge of ethnicity is mission critical. Because of the current realities of ethnic and tribal violence in East and Central Africa, the authors of this manual believe that its relevance and application is Read the full story »

Dr. Margaret G. Sim is an International Translation Consultant with SIL and has been lecturing in New Testament at Africa International University (NEGST) since 1992. Dr. Sim recently published a book titled Marking Thought and Talk in New Testament Greek.

This book uses insights from a modern theory of communication, called relevance theory, to examine the function of the particles ‘hina’ and ‘hoti’ in New Testament Greek. It claims that the particle ‘hina’, contrary to accepted wisdom, does not Read the full story »

NEGST Theological Studies lecturer Dr. James Nkansah-Obrempong recently published Visual Theology: Some Akan Cultural Symbols, Metaphors, Proverbs, Myths and Symbols and their Implications for Doing Christian Theology. In his book, Nkansah explores the relevance of this rich religio-cultural heritage for Christian theology, discussing its impact on African Christian thought.

For centuries, the Akan people dominated gold mining and the gold trade in regions of West Africa. Long the most powerful group in West Africa, they fought against the colonists for their autonomy. Yet, by the early 1900′s all Akan Lands were colonized by the French and English, until they were liberated on the 6th of March 1957 by Kwame Nkrumah, and joined with other lands to form the state of Ghana. Akan Lands in the Ivory Coast were liberated three years later. Today, more than 20 million Akan people reside in West Africa and beyond.

In his examination of the cultural and religious contexts of the Akan people, Dr. Nkansah follows the Akan ontology Read the full story »

Mutheu Elizabeth Talitwala is a student at NEGST who has written two books When Death Strikes, What Next? and Counseling in Conflict.

Elizabeth was inspired to write When Death Strikes, What Next? when she was a nurse. One day, ten children were admitted to the hospital, and by six o’clock, eight of the children had died. She felt like walking out of nursing, but instead decided to search for the answers to many questions about death. The deaths of these children could have been prevented by simple immunization. In 1995, Elizabeth attended a course in loss and grief management that gave her answers about death, to the extent that she was able to the book.

Uzima Publishing Press asked Elizabeth to write her second book Counseling in Conflict. The book focuses Read the full story »

NEGST Master of Divinity in Christian Education student Bernard Kariuki Kimani recently published a book,  Success Boosters:Reflections on the life of Samson. The thesis of the book is that success in life is just not an accumulation of wealth, achievement of personal ambitions, or the attainment of personal success. Real success is having a relationship with God that changes one’s outlook in life.

Bernard’s inspiration to write this book was pegged on two grounds; first, it was sparked by the challenge to speak on the life and times of Samson in his church’s annual regional camp in 2007. As Kariuki reflected on the portion of scripture in the book of Judges that deals with Samson, he was thrilled to discover that real success goes beyond personal aggrandizement and having all that a person would desire. Second, the books Read the full story »

NEGST Master of Divinity in Christian Education student Bernard Kariuki Kimani recently published a book,  Success Boosters:Reflections on the life of Samson. The thesis of the book is that success in life is just not an accumulation of wealth, achievement of personal ambitions, or the attainment of personal success. Real success is having a relationship with God that changes one’s outlook in life.

Bernard’s inspiration to write this book was pegged on two grounds; first, it was sparked by the challenge to speak on the life and times of Samson in his church’s annual regional camp in 2007. As Kariuki reflected on the portion of scripture in the book of Judges that deals with Samson, he was thrilled to discover that real success goes beyond personal aggrandizement and having all that a person would desire. Second, the books Read the full story »

Our own Dr Samuel Ngewa, academic dean and NT lecturer at NEGST, has written the first volume in the Africa Bible Commentary Series, 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus, which has now been published.

Dr Ngewa highlights the relevance of biblical concepts on the life of the church by presenting the book in sermon preparation units. I Timothy is broken down into 19 units, 2 Timothy into 15 units and Titus into 7 units. The commentary on each book also includes case studies.

The church today struggles with weak leadership, and Dr Ngewa’s work walks pastors through Paul’s advice on becoming rooted and flourishing.

Christopher Wright, of John Stott Ministries, notes in a blog post about the book, “Sam Ngewa is also one of the editors of the Africa Bible Commentary – which has sold over 80,000 in English in Afria, and is available also in French, Portuguese, and Swahili, with translations in Hausa, Amharic and Malagasi on the way.  This too is entirely written by African evangelical scholars, some of whom got their doctorates through Langham – JSM.  Check out Read the full story »