Dr. Mbengu David Nyiawung, a Cameroonian Presbyterian minister, is President of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary (PTS), Kumba, where he has taught theology for 18 years. A New Testament exegete specializing in contextualization, he developed the “African Biblical Hermeneutic Approach” and led curriculum revision at PTS. He also founded and directs ICRIDEV, focusing on research, inter-religious dialogue, and development. He consults with Tearfund, serves on his church’s executive committee, lectures at the Protestant University of Central Africa, and is a founding member of RTAF. He coordinates the Shepherds Academy program at PTS and is ACTEA’s Regional Accreditation Officer for Francophone Africa. His research focuses on domestic violence, widows, and holistic African theological education.
Rev. Prof. Mbengu David Nyiawung
Regional Accreditation Officer Francophone
book
- Know, Plan and Conduct Research: Some Tips on Writing Academic Papers. Limbe, Cameroon: Presbook, 2022.
- Understanding the Bible: A Guide to New Testament Interpretation. Limbe, Cameroon: Presbook, 2020.
articles & chapters
- “An African hermeneutic reading of Luke 9:18–22 in relation to conflict and leadership.” Voices from Kumba 3 (2010): 69−85.
- “Contextualising biblical exegesis: What is the African biblical hermeneutic approach?” HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 69, no. 1 (2013): Article 2011, 9 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v69i1.2011
- “In Search of a Samaritan: The Risk-Taking Motif in Luke 10:30–35 as a Paradigm for African Socio-Economic Development.” Neotestamentica 52, No. 2 (2018): 267–288. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26727260
- “Holistic Theological Education for Sustainable African Churches: Community-Focused Theological Education.” Voices from Kumba 5 (2023): 55-75.
- “The Prophetic Witness of the Church as an Appropriate Mode of Public Discourse in African Societies.” HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 66, no. 1 (2010): Article 791, 8 pages.
- “Theological Education in the Context of Crisis.” Didaktikos: Journal of Theological Education 4, no. 2 (2020): 17–19.
co-written articles & chapters
- van Eck, Ernest, and Mbengu D. Nyiawung. “An African hermeneutic reading of Luke 9:18–22 in relation to conflict and leadership in pastoral ministry: The Cameroonian context.” HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 69, no. 1 (2013): Article 1201, 9 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v69i1.1201
- Jackson, Glenna S., Jean Ntahoturi, and Mbengu David Nyiawung. “Death, Afterlife, and Ancestors in Africa.” Chapter 8 in Heaven, Hell, and the Afterlife: Eternity in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, vol. 3: End Times and the Afterlife in Islamic, Buddhist, and Indigenous Cultures, edited by J. Harold Evans, 109–134. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger, 2013.
- Nyiawung, Mbengu David, and Ernest van Eck. “Characters and ambivalence in Luke: An emic reading of Luke’s gospel, focusing on the Jewish peasantry.” HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 68, no. 1 (2010): Article 829, 12 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v68i1.829