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Church and Interfaith Education
Africa has often been described as a religious continent, which it, indeed, is. Its religiously pluralistic landscape, in which Christianity and Islam are the dominant religious communities, has presented both opportunities and challenges. Cognisant of this fact, our Church and Interfaith Education programme, which sits at the core of our existence, has provided a platform to primarily empower the Church in matters of Christian-Muslim Relations for effective Christian witness of the Gospel in an interfaith environment that Africa is today.
Apart from providing churches across Africa with platforms to engage on contextual issues in Christian-Muslim Relations, we have been building the capacity of church leaders, women and the youth on the need and importance of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (ICMR) within the church’s broader mission. Having trained hundreds of church leaders across Africa in ICMR at the master’s degree level, we are going out of our way to ensure that churches in Africa have a resource pool of ICMR graduates and Experts at their disposal to advise them on matters related to ICMR.
We have also been empowering the church on sensitive issues, such as interfaith marriages, particularly among church leaders, women, and girls, with the understanding to navigate the complex realities of such unions with compassion and clarity of mind.
We are open to partnerships that continue nurturing a healthy religious environment across Africa, one rooted in the foundations of an informed Church, constructive Christian-Muslim Relations, understanding and mutual respect for the religious other, peaceful coexistence, and a shared commitment to human dignity.