Faculte de Theologie Evangelique de Boma is a Christian college located in Boma, Congo. It is an official school of the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
With the help of the Christianity and Missionary Alliance in the USA
and Canada, the Evangelical Community of the Alliance in Congo launched
the Boma Seminary in September 1976. Three students were part of the first class: Esaron Lelo Mavinga, Dynobert Nlandu Nguala and Justin-Abraham Kumbu-ki-Makaya.
With a teaching faculty of three full-time professors, Raymur Downey,
Lammert Hukema, and Britta Hukema, and one visiting professor, Nathalis
Songo Vangu, who became full time professor the following year, what
was then known as Institut Supérieur Théologie Évangélique de Boma
(ISTEB) began to offer pastoral training leading to an undergraduate
degree. The arrival of Dr. Flyod Shank in 1979 gave a new impetus the
seminary's academic programs, establishing a trend that continued with
the arrival of new professors, such as Arie Verduijn (1981), K. Bruce
Edwards (1983), Esaron Lelo Mavinga (Janvier 1986), Mabiala
Justin-Robert Kenzo (Octobre 1986), Louis Matundu Zulu (1986), Philippe
Manzali Tsisi (1986), Claude Lendo Luyindula (1990), César Mata Ndudi
(1991), Lydie Kwangu Seke (1991), Joseph Ngoma Nzita (1992), Véronique
Mabiala Dikoba Ngoma (1992), Jérémie Khele Tsatu (1994), Nzuzi Mbenza
(2000), Anastasie Masanga Mampoda (2004), and Gabriel Tsumbu Mayunda
(2005).
The seminary has also greatly benefited from its roster of part-time
and visiting professors such as Joachim Maduka Nzau, Joseph Mavinga
Nzita, Timothée Taty Tshika, Justin Mayenda Ma Mbongo, Kitikila
Dimonika, Nymi Panzu, Chris Braun, and Ron Brown.
Under the leadership of Dr. Nathalis Songo Vangu, its first African
Rector, the seminary underwent a significant growth sprout. As an
example, in June 1991, 11 men and women graduated from FACTEB. Unfortunately, this growth would come to a virtual halt with the turmoil in the Congo during the nineties.
Yet, it is also during this time that the seminary changed its status
from a seminary to graduate school, offering both undergraduate and
graduate degrees. This explains the change in the name of the
institution, from Institut Supérieur de Théologie Évangélique de Boma
(ISTEB) to Faculté de Théologie Évangélique de Boma (FACTEB).
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