Verena Schafroth (PhD) has worked as a theological educator in South Sudan and Mozambique for many years training pastors for the African church. She gained her B.A. Hons in Applied Theology from Manchester University (UK) and her Master of Theology from Bangor, University of Wales (UK). After her time in South Sudan, she decided to focus on leadership and faculty training and obtained a PhD in Educational Leadership from Columbia International University in the United States of America. She now serves as the ACTEA Engagement Director for Women in Theological Education in addition to supporting ACTEA in the accreditation department and other training initiatives.
Dr Verena Schafroth
Engagement Director, Women in Theological Education
articles & chapters
- “1 and 2 Peter.” Chapter 19 in A Biblical Theology of the Holy Spirit, edited by Trevor J. Burke and Keith Warrington, 238–249. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books; and London: SPCK, 2014.
- “An Exegetical Exploration of ‘Spirit’ References in Ezekiel 36 and 37.” Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association 29, no. 2 (2009): 61–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jep.2009.29.2.006
- “The Context and Shape of Theological Education in Mozambique with Special Reference to Women.” International Review of Mission 107, no. 1 (2018): 240–260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irom.12220
- “Female Genital Mutilation in Africa: An Analysis of the Church’s Response and Proposals for Change.” Missiology: An International Review 37, no. 4 (2009): 527–542. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009182960903700405
- “Romans 8: The Chapter of the Spirit.” Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association 30, no. 1 (2010): 80–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/jep.2010.30.1.007
- “Teaching Cross-Culturally in Mozambique.” In Teaching Across Cultures: A Global Christian Perspective, edited by Perry Shaw, César Lopes, Joanna Feliciano-Soberano, and Bob Heaton, 243–248. ICETE Series. Carlisle, UK: Langham Global Library, 2021.
- “Theological Education by Extension in South Sudan.” Evangelical Review of Theology 34, no. 2 (2010): 167–175.
- “Women in Male Spaces: Female Faculty in Theological Education in Africa.” [forthcoming chapter]