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Rich and KathyRich Stuebing was one of THETA's original faculty members at TCCA in 1982. Besides being a full-time lecturer (New Testament, Greek, Bible Study Leadership, Spiritual Life and African Church History), he also served in a variety of administrative roles such as Business Administrator. Beyond TCCA, Rich remains involved in theological education throughout Africa as the administrator of the theological journal BookNotes for Africa and 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, and his thesis, Training for Godliness, is widely used as a resource in Spiritual Life courses. This training and his four decades of experience in church and student ministries in Zambia enrich his teaching when he returns to lecture at TCCA for a term each year.


Kathy Stuebing has taught with Rich at TCCA since it began and she now returns yearly to teach courses in the areas of education, community development, psychology and research methods especially related to childrearing issues. She also helped organize and teach in the instruction program offered to student wives. She has promoted women’s literacy/family health projects based on her doctoral work at Harvard Graduate School of Education. As TCCA graduates are able to help women improve their literacy and business skills, this leads to better family health through communication on crucial issues such as HIV/AIDS. The focus of Kathy's work at TCCA has been to prepare Christian Zambians for community service in their ministries after graduation.

Here's where THETA is important.

  • Student fees (including tuition, room and board) pay the expenses at TCCA. More students mean a more financially healthy College. But many prospective and current students struggle to find full funding for fees. Student scholarships given through THETA and administered by the TCCA Finance Committee can enable many more eligible men and women to prepare for significant ministry and service.
  • To keep student fees low, TCCA does not pay the faculty. Rich and Kathy Stuebing are supported by gifts to THETA, and their continued part-time service at TCCA depends on this support. African faculty often cannot secure full financial funding locally, so TCCA seeks to assist them through THETA’s National Lecturers Fund, also administered by the Finance Committee.
     

"In the years that I have known Rich and Kathy, I have had the joy of serving with them in ministry to youth as well as church leadership in Lusaka. We now labor together in the task of preparing quality leaders for this part of the world." - Joe Simfukwe, TCCA's Zambian Principal.

"Kathy's course on Children and the Church has encouraged me to ask the hard questions ... and give Biblical teaching on cultural taboos that are binding our people with fear." - TCCA graduate.