News of the extended network of faculty, alumni, students, visiting researchers, and mission partners is regularly updated, and some of the big ideas or major events in Global Christianity are covered in the CGCM News.

Samaila Ayuba

Samaila Wada Ayuba is a World Christianity and Mission Studies doctoral student at Boston University School of Theology. His research focuses on Christianity in Nigeria, particularly the growth and resilience of the Church of the Brethren in response to the Boko Haram insurgency in Northeastern Nigeria. Ayuba holds a Bachelor of Theology degree from ECWA Theological Seminary in Kagoro, Nigeria, and a Master of Theological Studies degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. Prior to his graduate studies at Princeton, he served as a volunteer youth missionary with Word of Life Nigeria Fellowship.

Stephen Warui

Stephen Apollo Warui is a PhD student in World Christianity and Mission at the Boston University School of Theology. Apollo’s research interest is Christianity in Kenya, and he is interested in examining the shifts and trends of Kenyan Christianity from independence (1963) to 2023, with a special focus on ecumenism and mission. Apollo holds a Bachelor of Divinity from St. Paul’s University, Limuru, Kenya; a Master of Theology Degree in Missiology from the University of South Africa; and a Master of Divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. Apollo has worked as Youth Director with the Presbyterian Church of East Africa for almost a decade, and he is on the ordination track with the Presbyterian Church of USA (PCUSA).

Exciting Opportunity for Scholars from the Global South

The Centre for Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge is pleased to announce a call for applications for funded Visiting Fellowships.

Themed Call: Science, Politics, and Justice

Application Deadline: 12:00 (midday) UTC, 24 February 2025

This prestigious program offers a unique opportunity for scholars to engage in interdisciplinary research and collaboration at one of the world's leading academic institutions.

For more information and application details, click here

AFUA KUMA – DORA YU PAPER PRIZE

This is an exciting opportunity for scholars to submit their proposals for the Afua Kuma – Dora Yu Paper Prize, honoring research on spiritual formation and lived theology across diverse global contexts.

Applications open Nov. 15–Feb. 28—learn more: https://bit.ly/kumayuPTSEM

2025 AETE and APM Calls for Proposals

We’re thrilled to announce that the 2025 Joint Meeting of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education (AETE) and the Association of Professors of Mission (APM) is now accepting proposals.

The Grand Instrument of Converting the World

The Center of Global Christianity and Mission invites you to a talk by Layla Koch on” The Grand Instrument for Converting the World”: Childhood, Children, and Child Readers in the U.S. Foreign Missionary, 1810-1865.

Conflict Transformation

Join us for an insightful session on dialogue and forgiveness through the arts led by Dr. André De Quadros.