Cunningham, Scott2019-09-252019-09-252016-03-182007http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/235709"There is no doubt the third stage of development has begun in evangelical post-secondary theological education on our continent. When I first came to Africa in 1981, the number of competent programmes at the bachelors level was minimal. In the early 1990s, a few credible masters level seminaries began to be noticed, but they could be counted on one hand. And, now in this decade, we have seen the establishment of nearly a halfdozen new doctoral level programmes. This significant upward movement in the academic capacities of seminaries may be among the most significant trends in African evangelicalism over the past quarter century. African evangelicalism has reached a milestone in its· intellectual maturity. 55 It has come of age. African Christianity is being heard with increasing volume throughout the world and its intellectual foundation is now being strengthened, widened, and deepened on African soil at the highest academic levels for the cause of Christ and to the praise of God. "engWith permission of the license/copyright holdertheological educationAfricaevangelicalsdoctoral-level programmesCommunity ethicsEducation and ethicsIntercultural and contextual theologiesPractical theology and theological educationTheological schools, associationsArticle