Special Update: Nigeria

By Victor Nakah, Regional Director for Africa

[Itinerary]
Last month, I visited five training centers that Overseas Council collaborates with on varying levels. These centers include: Evangelical Churches Winning All Theological Seminaries (ECWA) in Jos and Igbaja, Life Theological Seminary (LTS) in Lagos, the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary (NBTS) in Ogbomosho and the United Missionary Church of Africa (UMCA) in Ilorin.

[4 Things in Common]
Upon completion of this visit, I identified four strengths these schools have in common:

1.  Each school has high levels of collaboration and camaraderie among the seminary leaders.

2.  The academic quality is high, without the usual associated costs (in Nigeria, schools can offer PhD programs without paying to become a state-recognized university).

3.  Each training center has rigorous academic qualifications for students and challenging experience qualifications for faculty.

4.  Every school I visited has the capacity to respond to the training needs of this populous country (166 million) through e-learning. Life Theological Seminary (LTS) has a Theological Education by Extension program. Each school has identified e-learning as a goal to be achieved in the near future.


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