School of Theology
HOD, Religion, History, Mission and Practical Theology
Academic Qualifications
Bio
Dr. Kevin Muriithi Ndereba (PhD, University of South Africa) is Lecturer and Head of Department, Practical Theology in the School of Theology at St. Paul’s University, Kenya and is an affiliated Research Fellow in the Department of Practical Theology and Missiology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He brings pastoral ministry experiences to theological education, with prior experiences in cross-cultural collaboration, higher/theological education, leadership development, non- profits, and youth engagement. He previously worked as an Electrical Engineer before serving in pastoral ministry in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa. Research, teaching, and mentoring/supervising interests include youth ministry, practical theology, pastoral and public theology, African contextual theologies, and apologetics, and welcomes postgraduate students working on any of these themes.
In terms of academic and university service, Dr. Ndereba serves as a senate member and member of the ethical research committee of the university, Presbyterian denominational head, and serves in various professional societies as follows: vice-chair of the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology (ASET, 2021 to present), executive member of the International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry (IASYM, 2022 to present), member of the International Academy of Practical Theology (IAPT), member of the Society of Practical Theology in South Africa (SPTSA) and member of the International Research Network for the Study of Science and Belief in Society (INSBS). He is also a review board member of the Conspectus: Journal of the South African Theological Seminary. He is participating in two research projects: Equipping Christian Leaders in an Age of Science which is a collaboration between St. Paul's University and St. John's College, Durham University and “African Publics’ Perceptions of Science and Spirituality Post COVID-19 Pandemic: A Collaboration between UK, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa” which is part of the INSBS regional network grant scheme in collaboration with a PI at the London School of Economics, Department of Psychological and Behavioral Science.
His research interests are faith and science, youth ministry, pastoral/public theologies, and apologetics, where he has published more than 15 peer-reviewed articles in international journals including Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, Journal of Youth and Theology, Acta Theologica, Stellenbosch Theological Journal, Ecumenical Review, Global Missiology, Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science and the International Journal of Public Theology. He is editor of the book Apologetics in Africa: An Introduction with Langham Publishers, which brings a variety of pastor-scholars together to answer the questions of faith in the African context from biblical, philosophical, cultural, and practical perspectives. He is also developing his PhD thesis as a monograph tentatively titled Youth Ministry after the Pandemic: A Practical Theology from the Global South with Wipf and Stock.