A Report on Africa Arise Conference & AU's Prayer Breakfast for African Heads of State (January 24-30, 2017).
By Samuel Koranteng-Pipim, PhD
Just in case you miss the thrust of my report, this is what I want to say: “Success without a successor is failure. True leaders train others to succeed them; but great leaders develop others to supercede them.”
The above is a summary of the burden I shared in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where I was invited to the Africa Arise Conference and the African Union’s Prayer Breakfast for the African Heads of State (January 25-30, 2017). Now in its 9th year, the Africa Arise Network is a movement of African leaders who are committed to combatting Africa’s unique challenges from a Biblical perspective. The conference is a yearly event that is conducted by the “Africa Arise Network” alongside the annual African Heads of States Summit in Ethiopia.
I was one of the moderators to this year’s Africa Arise Conference conference, which focused on “Bridging the...
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A Tribute To Dr Raoul Dederen (1925-2016)
By Samuel Koranteng-Pipim, PhD
[NOTE: Dr. Raoul Dederen (1925-2016) was my “doctorvater,” theological and spiritual mentor, pastor, father, and role-model in research and teaching. I learned from him humility in service, simplicity in lifestyle, and graciousness to those who hurt us. Through him I not only discovered the joy of teaching, but also the fact that teaching is, perhaps, the highest office in the ministry. Below is my tribute at his funeral on Friday, October 28, 2016, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Below is my tribute at his funeral on Friday, October 28, 2016, in Ann Arbor, Michigan,[1] The tribute does not reflect his stature as one of our Church’s most distinguished theological giants. (At the appropriate time, I will do so). Rather, in presenting him as a man who was “formed of steel, but coated in clay, the tribute captures some of my personal interactions with him during the last five...