OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY
The ACK Provincial Secretary is the Executive officer of the Church. He/She Oversees the execution and implementation of Managerial duties at the Provincial office which serves as the secretariat of The Anglican Church. He/she is appointed by the Archbishop in consultation with the Standing Committee of the Provincial Synod.
The functions of the Provincial Secretary’s office are:
- It’s the Public Relations office of the Church
- Coordination of the Church’s governance meetings
- Serves as a secretariat for the Church
- Liaises with Dioceses and Church partners all over the world with consultation with the Archbishop’s Office and other organs of the Church
- Handles the staffing needs, Human Resource Development, General management and coordination of the Provincial office.
- Counselling and conflict resolution of control and safeguarding of Church resources
- Keeping inventory of all Church assets
- Responsible for the church archives.
- Ensures Compliance of the Church to the laws of the Country.
Rt. Rev. Prof. Joseph Galgalo
Rt. Rev. Prof. Joseph D Galgalo is the Provincial Secretary. He is the immediate former Vice-Chancellor of St. Paul’s University in Limuru, Kenya. He holds a PhD in Systematic Theology from the University of Cambridge, UK from where he graduated in 2001. His doctoral research was on “Eucharistic Sacrifice: A Theological Study of the Sacrificial Interpretation of the Early Eucharist and its Role in the Economy of Salvation (AD.30-202).
Bishop. Prof Galgalo is a born-again Christian and is married to Jane Galgalo, and are blessed with three children. He is an assistant Bishop in the ACK Diocese of All Saints Cathedral.
He has experience spanning over 20 years in teaching, supervision, research, mentorship and administration at the university level. He served as the Head of the Department in the Faculty of Theology, St. Paul’s University (2003 – 2006) and later as the Dean of Faculty of Theology (2006 – 2010) before he was appointed to the position of the University’s Vice Chancellor, a role he has held from 2010 to 2020.
He has served on the Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission (2001-2007), Archbishop of Canterbury’s Panel of Reference (2005-2006), Theological Education Reference Group for the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa (CAPA) (2004-2008), member of Ecumenical Theological Education Board of WCC (2003 – 2006); and currently on the committee of the Anglican Communion’s Lambeth Working Group (LWG); and is also on numerous other academic networks, community and non-governmental organizations where he has served or continues to serve.
Prof. Galgalo is a recipient of numerous awards in recognition of his service including the most recent award of the Cross of St Augustine for Services to the Anglican Communion from the Archbishop of Canterbury. He is an experienced speaker and delivers academic lectures globally, the latest being the 2020 Henry Martyn Lectures, a prestigious biennial lecture series sponsored by the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, University of Cambridge; where he delivered a three-part lecture series titled: “Uniqueness and Universality of Jesus Christ: Inculturation Christologies of Africa”
He has a keen interest in inter-contextual and contextual theologies and theological education. His research interests include developments in contextual theologies, especially African Christianity, inculturation Christologies, Theological Education and Church Relations. He is the author of African Christianity: The Stranger Within; and African Christologies: A Survey and Critique of Interpretations of Jesus in Africa and has co-edited many books including, Theological Education in Africa, and Theology, Disability and Society, and have published several book chapters and articles in refereed Journals on various subjects including African Christology, Anglican Church Growth, Syncretism and ethno-Christianity, Eucharist, Theological Education, Theology in the University, God and Disability, Human Sexuality, Christian response to Terrorism, Leadership and Mission Strategies, and many more.
Provincial Secretary
Alice Murage
Alice Murage
Secretary
- The Ven. Sospeter Magua (1970-1976)
- The Ven. John Kago (1976-1993)
- Rev. Canon Enos Zablon Ashimala (1994-1999)
- Susan Nzisa Mumina (1999-2002)
- Rt. Rev. William Waqo Boru (2002-2006)
- Rt. Rev. Lawrance Kavutsa Dena (2007-2009)
- Rev. Canon Dr. Rosemary Mbogo