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    Examination of Ordination of Women as Church Ministers and Leaders in East Africa Pentecostal Churches :a case study of Tharaka North District.
    (2014-05-21) Kaibiru, Albert Kathenya
    This study exarrunes the perceptions held by leaders in EAPC on women ordination and leadership. A qualitative study and data collected using face to face open ended interviews that were recorded and transcribed. The report reveals that, there is no known theological stand on the issue of women ordination. The church has not formulated any universal church doctrine that could be passed on to her members as an official church view. Much of what is being practiced is based on cultural inclinations and each chooses what to believe as a leader and passes it on in his area of jurisdiction.
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    A study of the factors that prevent church leaders from implementing theological education by extension in the A.C.K. MT. Kenya Central Diocese
    (2014-05-07) Mwangi, Danson Kihwaga
    TEE is a theological education program where the content, motives and skills are based on the Bible and theology. Students attain new attitude and knowledge and improve their ministry skills. It is extension education because training programs are brought to where the people are. Nevertheless, it has been verified that this enterprise has not penetrated to many of our churches due to several factors. A research done at the A.c.K. Diocese of Mt. Kenya Central verified that the key factors impending the establishment and expansion of TEE work in many of our churches include: ignorance, apathy or indifference, negative attitude towards education, poverty, lack of established TEE leadership and administrative structures, lack of proper time planning, unclear perception of the roles of the vicar, the group leader and the coordinator and failure to recognize the importance of certificates. For this reason, continuous TEE awareness campaigns, thorough periodical bulletins and visits by the coordinator can enlighten the people about TEE. Secondly, the curriculum should be flexible so as to attract a variety of students especially those in the teaching profession. Also, the Christians ought to be enlightened on the importance of education. We should promote literacy from all fronts. Equally important is decentralization of TEE administrative structures. Similarly, the coordinator should ensure that students get the learning materials and certificates on time. Finally, TEE should be established as a continuous training program with advancement opportunities where students get certificates from recognized theological institutions.
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    Women preachers and leaders :examination of New Testament teaching with focus on 1 Timothy 2:11-15
    (2014-05-07) Makau, Agnes
    The Thesis discusses women preachers and leaders by examining the New Testament teaching with a focus on 1Timothy 2: 11-15. This is presented in five chapters. Chapter One is mainly introduction encompassing the statement problem, the hypotheses (major and minor), the significance of the study, the purpose of the study, assumptions, limitations and delimitations of the study, plan and method and literature review. Chapter Two deals with the examination of 1 Timothy 2: 11-15 emphasizing 1 Timothy 2: 12. This includes The Author, Recipient and Purpose of 1 Timothy, The Religious Situation at Ephesus, The Exegesis of the Text within the Context and, finally, A Synthesis of the Findings. 1 Timothy 2: 12 cannot be used to answer the question as to whether or not women can be preachers and leaders in the Church today. It must be understood within the context of the Ephesian situation. We would be reading into the text if we use it to decide the outcome of women as preachers and leaders in the Church today. Chapter Three is the examination of selected passages relating to women. These are Romans 16: 1-7, 1 Corinthians 11:5, 1 Corinthians 14:34- 35; 2 Timothy 2:2. They are the texts which are more clear on what women can do. A look at these passages yields findings that do not deter a woman from being a preacher or leader in today's church. Romans 16:1-7 talks of Phoebe who was a deacon in a church and includes others that were fellow workers with Paul. 1 Corinthians 11:5 allows a woman to pray and prophesy in public. 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 is in the context of the order of worship and is not related to the concept of women as preachers and leaders today. 2 Timothy 2:2 addresses the issue of criteria for those who would be entrusted with the word of God or the responsibility of teaching the word of God. This text includes women which is evident upon application of correct interpretation. Chapter Four discusses the relation of 1 Timothy 2: 11-15 to Romans 16:1-7, 1 Corinthians 11:5, 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, 2 Timothy 2:2. In relating the findings of Selected Women-Related Passages in Chapter Three to the teaching of 1Timothy 2:11-15, we determine that Paul cannot be saying women may not be preachers and leaders. If we insist that the teaching of 1Timothy 2: 11-15 is a universal prohibition of women as preachers and leaders in the church, then we must also conclude that the Bible contradicts itself. Chapter Five is the Conclusion. It also outlines the relevance of this thesis to the church in Africa today. A careful look at the passages under study reveals that women can be preachers and leaders in the church and should be accepted as such. As a matter of course, the gift must be polished by education to produce respected leaders such as we see in Phoebe and qualified preachers/teachers as exemplified by Priscilla.
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    Description and evaluation of missions activitiesby various leaders of Africa Inland church Tanzania Pwani diocese (AICTPD).
    (2013-06-24) Ndaro, Alfred Mang’ere
    This study was intended to investigate the understanding of missions among various leaders of Africa Inland Church Tanzania Pwani Diocese (AICTPD). So it is a descriptive research in which 62 leaders from AICTPD churches were consulted. These leaders include the bishop, the assistant bishop, general sectary, pastors and missionaries with their wives, one evangelist, two church elders and AICTPD partners in the diocese. These partners are AIM Regional leader, TIMO leader and BFC leader. Among these leaders, 7 of them were interviewed in Arusha, the other seven were both interviewed and asked to fill the research questionnaire in Morogoro, and the 48 filled the research questionnaire. A questionnaire and interview were the two combined methods used to collect data. The research discovered that the predominant missions activities include training in theology, improving existing churches, sending work reports, reaching out to unreached, encouraging pastors and missionaries and training in missions. The main challenges among others are inadequate support to missionaries, inadequate missions training, extreme size of geographical area of the diocese, lack of strategic planning priority, vision and creativity. All this provide the grounds for the recommendation that is given below. The data also revealed that the church achieved some successes which are the establishment of IBM, evangelism and discipleship, reaching out to Muslim communities and initiating strategic planning. In order to maintain these successes, the leaders suggested that they will involve the entire church in missions, reduce the size of the diocese, hold annual conferences and allocate resources into the diocese. Other areas will include providing missionaries with opportunities to share their testimonies with churches, develop positive attitude towards missions, cultivate more partners and improve training in the IBM. Based on these research findings, the diocese had never been able to develop a master strategic planning until the year 2010, when they put one in place. AICTPD, therefore, has survived without concrete, measurable and tangible goals and objectives. The diocese needs to develop missions strategic planning that could be integrated into the master plan of the diocese. MAPANA (Missions Awareness Program for African Nations Abandoned) strategic planning has been recommended, which if well supervised and coordinated will bring efficiency into the entire church structure. Missions training and involvement from individual believers, local church to top leadership of the diocese, needs to be given priority as other church ministries.