University to help train ministers in Malawi

A Scottish university has entered into a partnership to provide additional training to ministers in one of the world’s poorest countries.

Aberdeen University has teamed up with Zomba Theological College in Malawi to ensure students no longer have to come to the UK to study special Masters degrees.

It is the first UK institution to take a theological postgraduate programme and teach it to church leaders in Malawi.

The initiative is supported by the Church of Scotland which is partnered with the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP).

A total of 14 students have been accepted onto the two year, part-time MTH in Ministry Studies, which starts in September.

The university has reduced fees by 85 per cent and students can apply for funding from a £20,000 scholarship programme set up by the World Mission Council of the Church of Scotland.

Aberdeen Presbytery is sup- porting the initiative, which will initially run for five years, by paying for course text books.

Rev George Cowie of South Holburn Parish Church, which is twinned with the congregation of Kachere CCAP in Blantyre, said: “The developing relationship between the college and university is to be welcomed and celebrated.”