Neuroplasticity, Ubuntu, and the Reform of African Pastoral Formation

Neuroscience-Informed Pastoral Formation Intervention (NIPFI) By Ephraim T. Gwebu, PhDThis document presents the NIPFI — a 60-hour pastoral formation curriculum designed to be piloted across four theological colleges in Zambia, Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi. Its central argument is that the recurring pastoral failures across sub-Saharan Africa (sexual misconduct, financial abuse, exploitation) are not ...