Joseph Ola

Joseph Ola

Joseph Ola

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Joseph is a lecturer on the African Christianity undergraduate and MA programmes.

He holds Master’s degrees in Biblical and Pastoral Theology, as well as African Christianity from Liverpool Hope University.

Currently, he is pursuing a DTh in Practical Theology at the University of Roehampton, London.

Joseph founded the Alive Mentorship Group in 2015, a platform that provides online mentoring to teenagers and young adults with a growing global outreach to thousands of young people.

Joseph is a pastor in The Apostolic Church Liverpool, and his recent publications include Echoes: Life Lessons from an Online Village (2022), Pandemic Joy (2020), and Biblical Wisdom for Young Adults (2020).

He is blissfully married to Anu and together, they host two podcasts: Not Alone Today (for their youth outreach) and Ọmọlúàbí Podcast (where they reflect on African proverbs through the lens of the Bible).

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Sarah Clarke

Sarah lectures on and leads the undergraduate programme.

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Dr Harvey Kwiyani

Dr Harvey Kwiyani is African Christianity Programme Lead. He is a Malawian missiologist and theologian who has lived, worked and studied in Europe and North America for the past 20 years.

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Dr Sheila Akomiah-Conteh

Sheila is a lecturer on the African Christianity programme. She initially started her career in journalism as a sub editor for a prominent national newspaper in The Gambia.

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