Bishop Idore Nyamuke Asial’ubul

Topic:“Unifying the Body of Christ to Fulfill Its Rightful Role in Reclaiming the Future for Africa’s Children”

Bishop Nyamuke was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  He was converted in 1976 through Scripture Union.  While attending University he was elected as President of the International Fellowship of Evangelical of Students (IFES). Since 1978 he has worked as a high school religious studies teacher and serves as the pastor in a local Baptist Church in Kinshasa.

In 1988 Bishop Nyamuke founded the Church Growth Institute (CGI) of the DRC for the training of church planters and evangelists to accelerate the growth and strengthening of the church.  Because of his vision for training and church growth, he was appointed as General Director of the International School of Evangelism/DRC.  He has lectured in the areas of Church Planting, Lay Leadership for Church Growth, and the Principles of Church Growth at the Missiological University Centre of Kinshasa.  He has also served as the coordinator for “More than a Mile Deep Ministry in the DRC. 

Dr.Faith Nguru
Director, Research, Publications, and Consultancy, Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya

Topic:  God’s Redemptive Plan for Reaching the Lost and Future Generations of Africa.

Dr. Nguru has an M.A and a PhD in Mass Communication, and an M.A. in Christian Ministries. She is currently the Director, Research, Publications and Consultancy at Daystar University.  She has been a high school teacher and a university lecturer.

Dr. Nguru is a pastor’s wife since the year 2000. She is a trained Sunday school teacher and have taught Sunday school for the last two decades. She is also a trainer of Sunday school teachers and youth workers.

Mr. Gavin Brettenny

Topic:  “Reclaiming and Planning for the Future of Christ-Centred Education in Africa”

Mr. Brettenny will present this topic along with a panel of experts from the field of Christian schooling in Africa as they share best practices and what works in the African context

Gavin Brettenny has a Zimbabwe heritage.  He graduated with a Bachelor of Education, Honours, from the University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Mr. Brettenny currently serves as the Headmaster of Harvest Christian School, Pre School to Grade 12.  He is a member of Executive Leadership Team of Harvest Christian Church and the founding Director of Harvest Institute’s School of Education and School of the Bible and Theology.  Mr. Brettenny serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), Southern Africa.

Mr. Brettenny has traveled internationally on study and lecture tours across the sub-continent of Africa and the USA.  He participated in a research tour to the United Kingdom and Israel for the University of Port Elizabeth in 1992 and 1993. He has conducted leadership training for school principals and training workshops for teachers in Malawi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2003 – 2006.  In addition he has presented national workshops for the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) on Biblical worldview for Biblical Integration of school curriculum
From 2004 – 2006 he has been engaged in extensive work at the provincial and national level in South Africa on behalf of independent schools.  He argued in the South Africa Parliament for some of the current rights that have been granted to Independent Schools in the South Africa Schools Act. 
 
He is a member of reference group for the new Grade 10 -12 Religious Studies curriculum for South African schools, serves as a writer for the new national South Africa Principal’s qualification, and is chair person of the Eastern Cape Joint Liaison Committee on Independent schools for the Provincial Department of Education.


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Mr.John Scholtz

Topic:  “Redefining the Role of the Church in Reaching Africa’s Children.”

John Scholtz was born in South Africa in the early fifties and grew up in a small mining town.  He attended high school in Johannesburg and then studied Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. John qualified as a medical doctor in 1976.  Following graduation from medical school he did his internship in Pietermaritzburg and continued working at the hospital. 
 
For five years John served as a doctor in resident at a mission hospital in KwaZulu-Natal followed by private general practice in Port Elizabeth for twelve years.  After twenty years in medicine God called John to fulltime pastoral ministry in 1996 as the Senior Pastor of Harvest Christian Church, Port Elizabeth, where he continues to serve today.

John has been strategically involved with the Harvest Christian School since its inception.  The school is an integral part of the ministry of the Harvest Christian Church.   John also serves on the international Steering Team for Church of the Nations which is an international network of local churches.

John travels extensively throughout Africa and the world, and has a burden for reaching the lost and future generations of Africa with the life changing message of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Mr. Samson Makhado

Regional Director, Southern Africa, for the Association of Christian Schools International