First Congregational Church of Hamilton

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Rich Stuebing is one of Theological Training in Africa (THETA's) faculty members at TCCA. Rich is the only one of the original faculty still serving at TCCA. He teaches a number of courses, serves in a variety of administrative capacities, and advises students and graduates. Beyond TCCA, Rich's influence stretches to theological education in all of Africa. He reviews theological works for BookNotes for Africa and is the Deputy Director for Administration for the Accrediting Council for Theological Education in Africa (ACTEA). In 1994 he completed a Doctor of Ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

This training and his three decades of experience in church and student ministries in Zambia enrich his current teaching and administrative work both at TCCA and in African theological education.

Kathy Stuebing teaches part-time at TCCA while also doing community development work. Kathy teaches courses at TCCA in the areas of education, communication, community development, psychology and childrearing; and she guides students in doing research projects that enrich their understanding of community issues. She helps organize and teaches regularly in the instruction program offered to student wives by TCCA faculty wives and others.

Kathy has sought funding from charitable foundations to develop a women's literacy/family health project based on her doctoral work at Harvard Graduate School of Education. The project is designed to improve women's literacy, thus enabling them to understand and implement more healthful practices in their families, communicate with their families on pressing problems such as HIV/AIDS, and develop business skills for use in their income generating projects.

The focus of Kathy's work at TCCA is to prepare Christian Zambians for community service in their ministries after graduation.

Here's where THETA is important. To keep student fees low, TCCA does not pay the faculty, so others must do this. Rich and Kathy Stuebing are supported by gifts to THETA, and their continued service at TCCA depends on this support. Because of local economic problems, TCCA supplements African faculty support through the National Lecturers Fund. THETA also channels gifts to the fund.