Associate Professor of Biblical Studies

Rev. Canon. Prof. Peter T. N. Nyende (PhD)

Rev. Canon. Prof. Peter T. N. Nyende (PhD)

Peter Nyende (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is an Associate Professor in Biblical Studies at the School of Divinity of Uganda Christian University. He is also a priest and a Canon in the Anglican Church and a commissioned evangelist with the Church Army Society of Africa. His area of interest in scholarship is Biblical theology. He is widely published and has a number of articles in leading biblical journals, with the most recent, by Langham Publishing titled The Restoration of God’s Dwelling and Kingdom” ( a 300-page volume). The other recent biblical theology article by Prof. Nyende is titled “YHWH, His Son, and His Spirit: A Biblical Theology of God.”, published in 2020 in the African Journal of Evangelical Theology, Vol 39.1: 1-20. 

Biography

Nyende was born just over fifty years ago in Kenya which is where he grew up and was educated before moving to the UK for postgraduate studies.  He is married to Josephine, and together they have two children – Brodie and Arabel. 

Nyende was ordained as an Anglican priest in the Anglican Church of Kenya in 1998  and collated a Canon of St. Luke’s Cathedral of Butere Diocese of the Anglican Church of Kenya in 2013. 

Teaching & Research Philosophy

Central to my pedagogy are students.  What they need to learn, know, and achieve, and how they are to do so, is what informs and drives my teaching.  For this reason, too, my classes are characterized by illustrations, discussions, and applications of class content that are drawn from the students’ contexts and experiences. 

As for research, it is clear to me that research in the context of theological education must be based on prominent issues facing churches in Africa.  In this way, theological research is not simply about career advancement and scholarly prestige, but one that helps pastors in African churches face their challenges and faithfully fulfil their ministries.  Moreover, theological educators who conduct such theological research build expertise that enables them to deliver quality and highly relevant theological studies to the students they teach. 

Research Interests and Projects

My research interests currently lie in whole-readings of the Bible, i.e., biblical theology, focussed on critical topics and issues for the Churches in Africa.   I have already written and published a couple of biblical theology articles. But I have also embarked on a rigorous 4 volume biblical theology research project thus:

Academic Book Publications

Publications in Academic Journals

Publications for Church

  • 2001: Anglican Theology: Its Authorities, Influences and Approaches. An Occasional Paper published by Anglican Church of Kenya, Nairobi Diocese.
  • 2008: A Handbook on leading Sunday Worship Services. Nairobi: Uzima Publishing House. (My handbook on Leading Sunday Service Worship was passed by the Synod of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) in 2008 as the official ACK's handbook on leading worship services.)

Notable Academic Responsibilities

  • Reviewer for Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies.
  • Reviewer for, and member of, the Editorial Board of, the journal Sacrum Testamentum.

Professional Membership

  • Member of Society of Biblical Literature (SBL).

Professional Work

  • 2015 to date: Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Bishop Tucker School of Theology, Uganda Christian University, Mukono, Uganda
  • 2010-2014: Principal, Carlile College and adjunct Biblical Studies Lecturer, Africa International University.
  • 2009-2010: Head of Biblical Studies Department and Lecturer in Biblical Studies, NEGST.
  • From October 2007: Full time lecturer in Biblical Studies at NEGST
  • 2005-2007: Adjunct New Testament Lecturer, Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST), Nairobi, Kenya.
  • August 2005 to September 2007: Dean and Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Carlile College for Theology, Nairobi, Kenya
  • 2005-2007: Adjunct New Testament Lecturer, Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST), Nairobi, Kenya.
  • August 2005 to September 2007: Dean and Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Carlile College for Theology, Nairobi, Kenya
  • 2004-2005: Visiting lecturer in New Testament, All Nations Christian College, Hertfordshire, UK.
  • 1999-2001: Tutor and Chaplain, Carlile College for Theology, Nairobi, Kenya, and an attached Clergy, St. Francis' Parish, Nairobi, Kenya.
  • 1997-1998: Curate at St. Luke's Cathedral, Butere, Kenya, and Chaplain of Butere Boys' and Butere Girls' High Schools, Butere, Kenya.
  • 1995-1996: Worked among Sudanese refugees and churches in the Sudanese refugee camps in Northern Uganda with Association of Resource Organizations Serving Sudan (ACROSS).

Community Engagement

  • Mentorship of students. I give time to my students by being available to them for sup-port, encouragement, and for guidance and inspiration. This is most particularly through the discipleship groups I am responsible for every year since 2015.
  • Preaching in churches. Besides being a biblical scholar, I have continually offered myself for the practice of what I teach, namely, preaching. I honour invitations to preach both here in UCU but through out Uganda and beyond.
  • Pastoral Retreats for dioceses. Since 2016 when I developed a tool for assessing pas-toral work, I have conducted retreats for various dioceses on the same here in Uganda and beyond. The last of such retreats I conducted was in May 2023 in the diocese of Dar-Es-Salaam of Tanzania.