The African church needs preachers who preach the Scriptures to bring people to Christ and nurture them in faith. Yet many are failing at this task. Some use their sermons to promote themselves rather than Christ, while others do not know how to preach from the Scriptures. In this book Biwul addresses these problems. Using African stories and illustrations, he clearly sets out the process of preparing and delivering a sermon rooted in the Scriptures.
When a Christian has “turned the other cheek” only to be slapped on the other, what options remain? How should Christians respond to violence against them? In this book Sunday Agang tells of his own journey from an angry young pastor to a peacemaker. The questions he asks throughout are intended to help Christians understand the practical implications of a Christ-centred theological response to violence.
The Africa Bible Commentary is a unique publishing event---the first one-volume Bible commentary produced in Africa by African theologians to meet the needs of African pastors, students, and lay leaders. Interpreting and applying the Bible in the light of African culture and realities, it furnishes powerful and relevant insights into the biblical text that transcend Africa in their significance.
If you want to be a blessing to the kingdom, you have to get the basics right! First Things First deals with spiritual and practical issues you need to address in the early days of leadership, before the spotlight is on you.
The testimony to God’s support, deliverance and encouragement of Bishop Benjamin Kwasi and and his wife Gloria, a remarkable couple serving in a tumultuous Christian-Muslim situation in Jos, Nigeria.
God is eternal, but the questions we ask about him are always rooted in our own culture. This book constitutes an excellent introduction to systematic theology in relation to the traditional African worldview and to the Bible.
Meet Benjamin Kisoni. He was a gifted student, confident that he would make his mark as a Christian leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But war robbed him and his wife and children of all they possessed. Living by Christian principles brought them abuse rather than praise. Fighting for justice made him a marked man. Now he tells us what he learnt about God and himself.
Femi Adeleye draws on his wide-ranging experience as he examines the appeal and peril of this new gospel of prosperity that has made deep inroads in Africa, as well as in the West.
My Neighbour's Faith sheds light on the beliefs and teaching of Islam by addressing matters of contemporary importance to Christians and the wider non-Muslim audience.
This is an introduction to African Christian Ethics for Christian colleges and Bible schools. The book is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the theory of ethics, while the second discusses practical issues.There are questions at the end of each chapter for discussion or personal reflection, often asking students to reflect on how the discussion in the chapter applies to their ministry situation.