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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. Dr. Ndereba is also participating in a 16-month Psychology Cross-training Fellowship at the University of Birmingham, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, and using this opportunity to undertake research on youth resilience in African congregations.

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.

Books

1. Youth Ministry after the Pandemic: A Practical Theology from the Global South. Forthcoming Wipf & Stock 2025.
2. ed., Apologetics in Africa: An Introduction. Carlisle, Cumbria: Langham Publishers, 2024. [Link]

Select Book Chapters and Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Youth Transitions During the Pandemic: An Empirical Approach. In The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change edited by Rajendra, S.M. Sajid, Varoshini Nadesan, Jaroslaw Przeperski, M. Rezaul Islam, and Jianguo Gao (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) [FINAL PROOFS]
2. Youth as Agents of Change: Disability Inclusion in Digital Church Ministries. In Seyram Amenyedzi ed., Let the Digital Doors Open! Digital Ecclesiology and (Dis)Ability (IRTG Transformation and Religion, Humboldt University) [IN PREPARATION]
3. Falade, B. A.; Ndereba, K. M., Darkwah, E., and Tijani-Adenrele, G. Perspective taking, Cognitive Polyphasia, Trust in Science and Beliefs Post Covid 19 Pandemic in Africa. Archive for the Psychology of Religion. Submitted to the Special Issue “Grassroots” Research: International Perspectives on Science and Belief in Society.”
4. with Susan Wanja. Integrating Spirituality in Health Science Education: An Empirical Study of University Students and Lecturers. Christian Higher Education. [FINAL PROOFS]
5. An Exploration of Pentecostal Theology and Praxis of Salvation in Kenya. In: David Ngaruiya & Rodney Reed (eds.), Salvation in African Christianity. Carlisle, Cumbria: Langham Publishing, 2023. [Link]
6. Emotive or Ethical? A Theological Reflection on Kenya’s Comprehensive Sexuality Education. Conspectus: Journal of South Africa Theological Seminary 36 (2023): 58-70. [Link] 
7. Digital Ecclesiology and Africa’s Digital Natives: Prospects and Challenges. Acta Theologica 43 no. 1 (2023): 98-111. [Link]
8. Ethnic Reconciliation from the Margins: Public Theology from the Perspective of Youth Ministry. International Journal of Public Theology 17 (2023): 117-131. [Link]
9. Faith, Science and Non-Religious Identity Formation among Male Kenyan Youth. Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 58, no. 1 (2023): 45-63. [Link]
10. Analysing African Traditional Gods through Trinitarian Apologetics. African Theological Journal for Church and Society 3.2 (2022), 72-89. [Link]
11. The Relevance of Covenant Theology to Fatherlessness in Kenya: A Youth and Family Ministry Perspective. Acta Theologica 42, no. 1 (2022): 84-97. [Link]
12. Emerging Apologetics Themes in Contemporary African Youth Ministry: A Kenyan Perspective. Stellenbosch Theological Journal 8.2, (2022), 1–18. DOI: [Link]
13. A Holistic Approach to Youth Ministry Models in Africa: A Practical Theology for Faith Formation. Journal of Youth and Theology (2022), 66-77. [Link]
14. Environmental Justice and Ecumenism: The Lacuna in African Christianity. Ecumenical Review 73.4 (2021), 524-534. [Link]
15. Let them Come to Me: A Youth Inclusive and Missional Perspective in Presbyterian Context. Journal of Youth and Theology1 (2021). [Link]
16. Transforming Youth Ministry Higher Education in Kenya: A Practical Theological Approach (co-authored with Prof. Nathan Chiroma). Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science 32.1 (2019), 1-10. [Link]
17. Integrating a Biblical Worldview and STEM: Implications for the Kenyan Public University and Theological Education. In: David Ngaruiya & Rodney Reed (eds.), Governance and Christian Higher Education in the African Context. Carlisle, Cumbria: Langham Publishing, 2019. [Link]
18. Toward a Theology of Creation: An African Approach to the Environment. In: David Ngaruiya & Rodney Reed (Eds.), God and Creation. Carlisle, Cumbria: Langham Publishing, 2019. [Link]

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