Bible College of East Africa (BCEA)

The Bible College of East Africa is a Presbyterian theological college on Mirema Road, off Thika Road. It was founded by the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions (USA): ten acres of land just outside Nairobi were bought in 1964 and classes began early in 1965, with Dr William Hawks as the first principal. Rev Dr Mark Kim has led the college since 1990. BCEA trains men and women for pastoral ministry and church work through a model it describes as head (scholarship), heart (commitment) and hand (service), and runs a campus church and student fellowship groups in the surrounding estates. The college was accredited by ACTEA (the Association for Christian Theological Education in Africa) in 2015, and it has worked with Far Eastern Bible College in Singapore since 2001, which awards a Bachelor of Ministry to some BCEA graduates. Students come from Kenya and several other African countries. The Nairobi campus held its 52nd graduation in November 2023.