The Team

Rev Dave Stedman

CEO

Dave worked in the print, publishing and marketing industry for several years before training for Baptist ministry at Spurgeon’s College. Whilst minister of Canterbury Baptist Church, Dave served APF as a trustee for APF until taking up the newly created CEO position in January 2015. He is married to Cyra and they have three grown up children.

Geoff Holder

Projects Coordinator

Geoff has a background in African development, firstly with a UK-Uganda school partnership charity, then in community development in Mozambique. He has an MSc in Sustainable Development. Geoff is married to Christine and they live with their two children in a village in the Welsh borders.

Jonathan Haddock

eVitabu Developer

Jonathan is an experienced IT professional from Kent. He runs an IT & Security business and develops eVitabu, our pioneering African church leader resource hub app.

Rossa Wanjiru

eVitabu Support

Rossa lives and works in Nairobi, Kenya where she runs a small computer store. Rossa helps APF upload new content onto eVitabu and trains new eVitabu users in Kenya to use the app and make the most of the resources on it.

Hannah Flemmming-Hill

Social Media Support (UK)

Hannah is passionate about using social media and digital for the Kingdom, currently studying an MA in Digital Theology (where she first met Dave and heard about APF) and supports APF in their social media content. She lives in Dorset in the south coast of England.

Johanna Chizenga

Social Media Support (Africa)

Johanna is a marketer and TV host from Malawi where she is known for her inspiring channel 'Faith Walk'. Daughter of the late Bishop Lloyd Chizenga, she has recorded gospel songs and writes uplifting stories that encourage others on their journey of faith, using her gifts to impact the world for Jesus.

Key African Partners

Rev Victor Imanaturikumwe

Église Evangélique de la Bonne Volonté Au Rwanda

Pastor Victor became a school chaplain for Rwanda's Northern Province in 2013 after qualifying as a teacher. With help from APF, he obtained a Church Leadership and Theology degree and now trains in-service pastors who lack access to theological education. He and his wife, Chantal, have three children and reside in Musanze Town, northern Rwanda.

Daniel Deng Bol

Saints Revival Committee, South Sudan

Daniel Deng Bol leads APF partner organisation Saints Revival Committee in South Sudan. Daniel has served as a pastor for 16 years and holds a diploma in Theology and Bible Instructions from Two Witness Ministry Bible School. He lives in Aweil, a small town in the far north of the country, close to the border with Sudan.

Walubo Jude

Bulugo, Uganda

Jude is a dedicated APF coordinator from Uganda. He excels in communication, organisation, and training, and is committed to supporting pastors and discipleship especially through eVitabu. Passionate about education, entrepreneurship, and environmental stewardship, Jude brings both teaching expertise and community development experience.

Lawson Limao

Zambia

A Zambian pastor since 2009, Lawson is passionate about empowering leaders through spiritual growth, leadership development, and sustainable initiatives. Driven by a vision of transformed communities, he focuses on training, resource provision, and community development initiatives especially in remote rural communities. He and his wife, Margaret Mwansa, have six children.

Daniel Masiga

Somalia

Pastor Daniel Masiga chairs the Christian Leaders Fellowship and is Senior Pastor of the International Christian Fellowship in Mogadishu. Born in Uganda in 1985, he answered a call to ministry aged 16. Besides his work in Somalia, Daniel is Associate Pastor at House of Transformation Church in Entebbe, Uganda. He is married to Faith and they have two children.

Pastor Heavenlight Luoga

Deeper Life Ministries, Tanzania

Heavenlight grew up in Dar es Salaam where, aged 24, he had a conversion experience. Leaving his job with the Tanzania Ports Authority, he attended Bible school and then served Rwandan and Burundian refugees in Ngara District, where he met his wife, Kesia. In 2002, his church sent them as missionaries to Karagwe, where they continue to serve, training pastors and their spouses.

Our History

Whilst visiting Uganda in the 1970s, Revd Derek Blundell saw the great need for pastor training in Africa. Back in the UK, he set up the African Pastors’ Fund, placing theological literature in local African languages, bicycles and other tools in the hands of African pastors.

Renamed African Pastors Fellowship, the charity was registered in 1981 and quickly built a committed supporter base, diversified its training and ministry portfolio, forged strong inter-denominational links and developed partnerships with church networks across East Africa.

With a reputation for working in pioneering ways, APF has always targeted support at church leaders living in marginalised and remote African communities.

“Derek Blundell came with the aim to assist pastors through teaching, transport and literature. During the time of Ralph Hanger cottage industry workshops were added which greatly benefitted pastor’s wives to generate income to support the ministry. The emphasis on literature, especially in our local languages and encouragement to local authors has been greatly appreciated.”

Rt. Revd. Francis Ntiruka, Former Bishop of Tabora, Tanzania

Patrons

Rt Revd Godfrey Sehaba
Bishop of Morogoro, Tanzania

Rt Revd Dr Christopher Cocksworth
Bishop of Coventry

Revd Dr Michael Okwakol
President of the All-Africa Baptist Alliance

Trustees

Revd Richard Suffern (Chair)

Andrew Richardson (Treasurer)

John Chambers

Revd Richard Tucker

Rose Mugabi

Kingston Ogango

Revd Andrew North

Prof Peter Flew

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