
Dr Collium Banda
- Staff category
- Academic
Programme responsibilities
Biography
Collium studied theology at the Theological College of Zimbabwe, the University of South Africa, and Stellenbosch University. His vocational experience includes congregational ministry in the Churches of Christ in Zimbabwe, chaplaincy in the Zimbabwe National Army, lecturing at the Theological College of Zimbabwe, and research and academic writing at North-West University. Collium’s theological work focuses on the sufficiency of Jesus Christ in African contexts marked by suffering and uncertainty, engaging questions of faith, resilience, and hope. He is married to Vhaidha, and they have two children, Matipa Nqobasande and Qinasakhe Munesu. The memory of their first daughter, Sinomqhele Atinatsa, who was stillborn, has also deepened his pastoral sensitivity toward grieving parents.
Specialization
African Traditional Religions
African Christianity
New African Pentecostal Prophets
Public Theology in Africa