Born in Sierra Leone, John served as professor and Dean of the School of Education, Arts and Social Sciences and taught in the Educational Studies Department at Africa International University in Nairobi. He now serves as the Regional Director for Africa for Overseas Council. John earned his PhD in Educational Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Research-Based Curriculum Review: Learning from the Africa Leadership Study
Introduction
Leadership development is a buzzword found in the vision and mission statements of many evangelical theological institutions in Africa. The irony, however, is that the more theological institutions claim to be developing transformational leaders for the African church, the more leadership crises the church continues to encounter. Elliston (1988) used graphic words like over-functioning, non-functioning, undertrained, over-trained, inappropriately trained, dropout, overextended, and springboard to describe the perilous state of leadership in Africa. The phenomenal growth of the church in Africa further aggravates the situation.
