A Response to Jack Robinson’s “Early History of FATEB”: Experience from the Shalom Faculty of Evangelical Theology

Editor’s Note: Chad has long been marked by armed conflict On 20 April 2021, Chad’s president, Idriss Déby, was killed by militants while he was on the front lines commanding soldiers against a rebel group in northern Chad Déby had survived several coup attempts and uprisings After his..... read more

Theological Education in Muslim-Majority Contexts: Challenges and A Proposed Approach

Abstract This article discusses some challenges facing Christian theological institutions in the Muslim World and addresses three in particular Though these are true challenges, this article will demonstrate how they can become opportunities for success and service to God and the community..... read more

Roundtable: Ukrainian Women’s Voices

Introduction: Evelyn Reynolds On the morning of February 24, my husband and I woke up to the news that Russia had invaded Ukraine My husband’s family is Slovenian; he had spent time in Russia in college As ScholarLeaders (SL) staff, I had been closely following SL’s work with seminaries in..... read more

Roundtable: Ukrainian Men’s Voices

Introduction: Evan Hunter “It has begun”: Taras Dyatlik and I looked at each other in the hallway of the apartment we shared on the campus of University Divitia Gratiae (UDG) in Moldova Four days before, we had arrived in Chisinau For the first two days, against the backdrop of rising..... read more

Roundtable: Reflections from Women in Theological Leadership

Introduction: Annelle Gumihid-Sabanal Recently, significant positive shifts have happened in society in the perception of women and in opportunities given to women While the evangelical community is catching up with this trend, changes have not been as extensive within as outside Although women..... read more

What Are We Learning? A Critical Question for Theological Institutions in a Time of Disruption

“You talk about coming out of the pandemic, but we are very much in the middle of it”: Those words, spoken by a friend in Latin America, stand as a stark reminder that the COVID-19 crisis has not only impacted the world but continues to do so Theological education in particular has not escaped..... read more

Theological Education and Leadership Integrity: A Response to Leadership Challenges in Africa

Abstract Africa needs leaders with integrity to overcome the numerous challenges that its nations and churches face Unfortunately, many leaders both in politics and in the Church do not serve with integrity This article defines Christian leadership with integrity Next, it demonstrates the need..... read more

The Church’s Leader Training Challenge: More than One Way to Address the Need

Based on the “Diversity of Theo Ed Prog in MW Theo Sem” Survey – Overseas Council, 2019 Abstract This article explores the results of a recent survey of 130 theological seminaries in the Majority World that are related to Overseas Council The results point to a diversity of programs,..... read more

Continuing On After the Hurricane

For many of us, time seems to have stopped since the term “COVID-19” entered the global lexicon Yet, in theological education, things have also sped up, as many leaders find themselves busier than ever – meeting immediate needs in the community, shifting to virtual learning, scrambling to..... read more

Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis: Moving from Desperation to Hope in Theological Education

“We live in an unprecedented time” Those words, alongside adjectives like “strange,” “unique,” and “challenging,” have been repeated frequently since the term “novel coronavirus” entered the collective lexicon In the last 50 years, perhaps no other event has impacted so much of..... read more