Sara Abdella Kedir

Country: Ethiopia

School: University of Aberdeen (UK)

Area of Study: Christian Ethics

Research Focus: “Following and Witnessing Jesus Christ” in the university students’ union in Ethiopia (EvaSUE)

Tsion Seyoum Meren

Country: Ethiopia

School: University of Zurich (Switzerland)

Area of Study: New Testament

Research Focus: An embodied reading of the Pauline conception of new life in Christ, with emphasis on Galatians and Romans

Ruhama Gezahegn Worku

Country: Ethiopia

School: Talbot School of Theology (Biola University) (USA)

Area of Study: Educational Studies

Research Focus: How education helps to shape identity, especially in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

Emmanuel Tettey

Country: Ghana

School: University of Edinburgh (UK)

Area of Study: Islamic Studies

Research Focus: How Christian & Muslim financial systems, especially microfinance, might intersect for the common good.

Haruna Mogtari

Country: Ghana

School: University of Ghana

Area of Study: Theology

Research Focus: Christian-Muslim relations in Ghana in the face of rising extremism.

Yosam Manafa

Country: Uganda

School: Fuller Theological Seminary (USA)

Area of Study: Intercultural Studies

Research Focus: The changing demographics of the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement and its missional impact in Uganda.

David Hayfron

Country: Ghana

School: Fuller Theological Seminary (USA)

Area of Study: Intercultural Studies

Research Focus: Herbal healing in Ghana and its missiological impact, especially in relation to faith healing practices.

Habtamu Kebede

Country: Ethiopia

School: Asian Theological Seminary (Philippines)

Area of Study: Contextual Theology

Research Focus: A Biblical theology of prophecy for the current Ethiopian prophetic movement.

Wubshet Senbe

Country: Ethiopia

School: Africa International University (Kenya)

Area of Study: Interreligious Studies

Research Focus: The influence of political Islam on contemporary Ethiopia.

Raymond Ayayee

Country: Ghana

School: Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology – Mission and Culture (Ghana)

Area of Study: Intercultural Studies

Research Focus: Holistic disciple-making and Africa’s transformation, especially the sociocultural impact of parachurch groups in Ghana.

Motuma Amante

Country: Ethiopia

School: University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)

Area of Study: Biblical Studies

Research Focus: The Role of Genealogies in the Antiquities of the Jews and the Gospel of Matthew