Friends Theological College -- training pastors and other leaders for the Friends Church in Africa

1. Friends Theological College:
a ministry of Friends United Meeting

2. Founded in Lugulu, Kenya in 1942 as
“Friends Bible Institute”
Moved to Kaimosi, Kenya in the early
1950s
Renamed “Friends Theological
College” in the 1990s

3. Dr.
Robert J.
Wafula,
Principal

4. Sammy Akifuma, FTC Board
Chairman, with his wife Joyce

6. Friends
Theological
College’s
mission is to
equip
pastoral
ministers
who will be…

7. … thoughtful listeners

8. … effective evangelists

9. … informed educators

10. … dynamic preachers

11. … and models of integrity

12. Serving men
and women,
of all ages,
from all the
East and
Central
African
countries.

14. The heart of
the College is
the vibrant
learning
community
formed by
students,
faculty and
staff.

18. FTC is a candidate for accreditation
by the Association for Theological
Education in Africa (ACTEA)

22. The new Academic Dean,
Margaret Amudavi

23. FTC welcomes visiting faculty

24. Lon
Fendall,
Academic
Consultant

25. Pat Shrock, former faculty

26. Patrick Nugent and Mary Kay Rehard,
former co-Principals

27. Ben Richmond, former Principal,
with Jody Richmond

28. Ann
Riggs,
former
Principal

29. The FTC
campus is in
Kaimosi, in
the fertile
highlands of
Western
Kenya.

30. Classroom building

31. Former administration building, now
a dormitory

32. The new Administration Building

33. Dining
Hall

34. Chapel

35. Women’s dormitory

36. Faculty
housing

38. FTC has one of the best theological
libraries in Western Kenya

40. Tree planting
is a popular
activity.
Even the
General
Secretary
takes part!

42. Satellite campus in Lugulu

43. Satellite campus in Samburu

44. Farm activities help the college
pay its bills.
This is the sugarcane acreage

45. Sugarcane

46. Dairy goats

47. Bananas

48. Dairy herd

49. Greenhouse tomatoes

50. Vegetables

51. Outreach with literature tables at
Quaker conferences

52. Graduation is a very special day for
students, families and yearly
meetings

57. John Muhanji, FUM’s Africa Ministries
Director, leads a prayer of commissioning

60. On campus clean-up days, everyone
works together

61. Gathering for prayers at the start of
a campus work day

64. To learn more and get involved:
www.fum.org
www.ftc.quaker.org