Christopher Mwashinga has published books of Christian poetry, theology, mission, and religious history.
17 Facts About Christopher Mwashinga
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Christopher Mwashinga's poetry has been published in reputable anthologies in the United States, and other countries including Kenya, Singapore, and Tanzania.
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Christopher Richard Mwashinga was born to Richard Male Mwashinga and Christine Mwashinga in the Igawilo ward of Mbeya, Tanzania.
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Christopher Mwashinga spent his first 20 years in West Kilimanjaro about 1,000 kilometres from his home village in the southern highlands of Tanzania.
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Christopher Mwashinga is the third of the eleven children born to his parents.
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Christopher Mwashinga then moved for graduate studies to the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary on the campus of Andrews University, located at Berrien Springs, Michigan, US.
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At the seminary, Christopher Mwashinga earned two master's degrees: a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Religion.
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Christopher Mwashinga is currently completing a PhD in Systematic Theology in the same institution.
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Christopher Mwashinga enjoys traveling to new cultures as he preaches and writes his Christian poetry and non-fiction.
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For many years, Christopher Mwashinga, an ordained minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, served the youth and public university students in East Africa.
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Christopher Mwashinga served as director of several church departments in the Eastern Tanzania Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, including: Public Campus Ministries, Youth, Education, Children's Ministries, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, and as coordinator of the Satellite Evangelism Program for the same conference.
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Christopher Mwashinga spoke to university communities in a number of Kenyan universities including the University of Nairobi, Moi University, and the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton.
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Christopher Mwashinga's was a familiar voice in many of these centers of learning.
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Christopher Mwashinga spoke internationally as he visited universities around the world.
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Christopher Mwashinga wrote hundreds of poems both English and Kiswahili, and always kept a diary.
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Christopher Mwashinga began to write and recite poetry at a fairly young age.
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Christopher Mwashinga was about 13 when his first piece was published in Kilimanjaro Leo a weekly Kiswahili Newspaper in his native country of Tanzania.