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"COMMIT
YOUR WAY TO THE LORD; TRUST IN HIM AND HE WILL
ACT" (PS. 37:5)
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BRIEF
HISTORY
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Divinity
training began in Mombasa in 1885 with the decision to form
the Freretown Divinity School with nine students. Initially
training was mainly for evangelists but in 1913 ordination
candidates were called. Some of those trained as
evangelists, such as James Beimler of Rabai, Lugo Gore of
Jimba and Timothy Mapenzi from Changombe, were later
ordained. In 1930 the Divinity School was moved to Limuru.
Training of ordinands was not done in Mombasa until in the
1960s, when the Coast Bible School was housed near the
Mombasa Memorial Cathedral.
In
1956, the institution was moved to a new site in the grounds
of St. Luke's Church, Makupa with the name Coast Bible
School. In 1990 students moved to the Buxton site behind
C.I.T.C. with a new name, the ACK Bishop Hannington
Institute. The institute was named after the first Bishop of
Eastern Equatorial Africa, James Hannington, who was
martyred on his way to Uganda in 1885. He was a man who knew
that commitment to Christ did not guarantee an easy life. In
naming the institute after him, one of the early men of
vision for theological training has been remembered.
Between
1985 and 1991, students were trained at certificate level,
but from 1992 education has been geared towards the St.
Paul's Diploma in Theology. Some students have gone on from
Diploma level to proceed for a Degree at St Paul's
Theological College Limuru.
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THE
MOTTO OF THE INSTITUTE |
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"Training
for the maturity of Christ" (COL. 1:28)
It
is the prayer of the board and the staff that the same
qualities that inspired Bishop Hannington may be developed
in training leaders for maturity in Christ.
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ADMISSION
REQUIREMENTS |
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The
ACK Bishop Hannington Institute is a Provincial College.
Students are selected after interviews at the Parish,
Deanery, Archdeaconry and Diocesan levels. |
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other things candidate should have the following
qualities: |
(a)
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Academic
- a minimum of a Div III school certificate or C-
of the 8-4-4 system. Otherwise a special entrance
examination set by St. Paul's Limuru has to be
passed. This is done in March. |
(b)
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Testimony
- each candidate needs a personal experience of
salvation, which is seen in his family family
& church life. |
(c)
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Call -
students must have a clear call to the ordained
ministry. A married student must share this call
with his/her spouse. |
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ACADEMIC
STUDY |
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course work is taught in five divisions |
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Biblical
Studies - students cover OT & NT subjects each
year. An introduction in the first year, exegesis
of set books in the second and the study of theme
in the third. |
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Historical
Studies are covered in two years - General History
and African Church History. |
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Theological
studies are taught in the second two years -
Systematic Theology and African Christian Theology
with Christian Ethics. |
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Religious
Studies in the first year covers three areas -
Introduction to Religions; African Traditional
Religion & Islam. |
| Pastoral
Studies are covered each year. First year has
psychology and sociology. Second year has
Christian Worship & Homiletics. In the third
year Mission & Development is taught along
with Pastoral Care & Counseling and Christian
Education. |
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CAPACITY
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Bishop
Hannington Institute has a capacity of 42 students at the
moment while there is also hope to increase the number of
students as time goes by. There are 19 extra murals and 23
full time students, that is we have 14 first years and 9
full time students.
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WAY
FORWARD
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Currently Bishop Hannington
Institute has two classrooms, a library and some offices,
dorms (both male & female), a dining room, kitchen and
tutors resident, but we are planning to expand the college
in terms of new buildings and increase the number of
students extra mural and full time. Computer training will
soon be offered, to enrich our students in Computer
technology. We believe the Lord will help us through this.
Amen.
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ADDRESS
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Bishop
Hannington Institute Mombasa
P.O. Box 81150
MOMBASA.
TEL.
011-491396
E-mail: ackbhanning-msa@swiftmombasa.com
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