Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana
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Biography Bishop M. Malusi Mpumlwana is pro-deo the Bishop of the Northern Diocese of the Ethiopian Episcopal Church, giving strategic direction to the mission of the diocese and overseeing the pastoral ministrations of priests and lay leaders in his diocese. His mission in the church is “to contribute to the making of an all-inclusive African church experience whose spirituality empowers the weak – the poor, women and the young, and engages the social and economic realities of our time for the common good”. This is in line with his other pursuits, including his role as current chair of the board of South Africa’s National Development Agency, a grantmaking agency that also informs government developmental policies. He is also a member of the President’s Advisory Council on National Orders; and sits on the board of the Historic Schools Project, among other non-profit organizations and corporates. He is currently Senior Associate for Setsing sa Modisa focusing on platforms for youth development, social giving and instruments for social security for the poor, for “empowered people that are at peace with their identity, and are enabled to assume an increasing role in leading their economic and social development, to manifest the value of the human person as dignified, and powerfully innovative and creative as created in the image of God”. Trained at the Federal Theological Seminary and the University of Cape Town, Bishop Malusi’s theological work has been developed out of the practice of what he calls Kairos Theology, with South Africa’s 1985 Kairos Document as example. It is a theology that reflects on momentous challenges and distills those elements that cry out for intervention, failing which history would judge adversely. In this regard he has worked with other theologians in South Africa, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Until August 2006, Bishop Malusi served as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Afrika Regional Director, providing leadership for the Foundation’s programming in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Moçambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. << Back to Patrons |