THETA
was formed in October 1997 to "provide financial, material and personnel support
for post-secondary theological education in Africa." The THETA story begins with
TCCA - the Theological College of Central Africa.
TCCA was
founded in 1982 by Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia to train African Christian
leaders in their own culture and locale for service in churches and Christian
organizations in southern Africa. The college offers an accredited four-year
degree as well as a three-year diploma program. The students and faculty have
come from almost twenty different Christian church denominations which include
Anglicans, Baptists, Brethren in Christ, Pentecostals, Presbyterians and
Wesleyans.
TCCA's graduates serve in ten countries as:
- church pastors in
Zambia and the region,
- bishops and church administrators,
- principals and teachers at Bible colleges,
- Christian education directors,
- Bible translators and distributors,
- Christian relief and development workers,
- leaders in student ministries of various kinds,
- youth leaders in music ministries,
- students in graduate programs in Kenya, England, South Africa and the
U.S.A.
TCCA's current faculty is Zambian-led, two of whom are alumni who returned
after completing graduate degrees. In addition to their work at TCCA, these
Zambians are having a positive impact on the wider church in Zambia.
 Although
THETA has been structured broadly, our primary focus is to support the ministry
of Richard and Kathleen Stuebing at TCCA.
We also invite funding for the support of national lecturers (African faculty)
at TCCA, for TCCA student scholarships, and for other specific needs at TCCA.
See our How to Help page.
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