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Anlené Taljaard

Constructive Theology: Chair

Anlené Taljaard

Constructive Theology: Chair

Anlené Taljaard holds a Research Masters in Reformed Theology at the Vrije University of Amsterdam, Netherlands and a Licentiate and Masters of Divinity at Stellenbosch University. Her research focuses on Christology and theological ways to support sustainable and just societies.

She worked on several university research projects, church and community initiatives for the last 25 years ( Gugulethu, Stellenbosch University, Free State University and Heidedal) to engage on how to create a more humane, just and sustainable world. She lectured Ethics at the University of the Free State and was a part-time pastor (Uniting Reformed Church of Southern Africa) for more than 10 years.

She is keenly interested in the articulation of who Jesus Christ is and has studied the work of John Calvin, Karl Barth, and Thomas Torrance. This work enables contemporary theological responses to current times and issues. She enjoys engaging with theology that makes sense for people today while drawing from classical theological and traditional spiritual wells.

Phone:021 448 0050
Email:anlenet@cornerstone.ac.za

Thembelani Maqajana

Constructive Theology: Adjunct Lecturer

Thembelani Maqajana

Constructive Theology: Adjunct Lecturer

Thembelani Maqajana holds a B.TH degree from Evangelical Bible College in Association with South African Theological Seminary (SATS), an Honors Degree from Cape Town Baptist Seminary, a master's degree in Pastoral Studies from Northwest University, and a master's in Systematic Theology from Stellenbosch University. He is currently a PhD candidate at Stellenbosch University.

He is a pastor at Grace Baptist Church, which he has planted, and he loves reading systematic theology. He is married to Vathiswa Maqajana, and they are blessed with three children, Simthandile, Sinovuyo, and Simamkele.

He enjoys watching soccer and is involved in a local soccer team.

Phone:021 448 0050
Email:thembelanim@cornerstone.ac.za

Headman Ntlapo

Practical Theology: Adjunct Lecturer

Headman Ntlapo

Practical Theology: Adjunct Lecturer

Headman Ntlapo received a B.TH at the University of Western Cape and a Master of Theology at Stellenbosch University. He regards himself as a black liberation theologian who is biased toward the liberation cause and teaches in Practical Theology.

Phone:021 448 0050
Email:headmann@cornerstone.ac.za

David Smit

Biblical Studies: Chair

David Smit

Biblical Studies: Chair

Biblical Studies: Chair Dr. Dave Smit David C. Smit (PhD, UCT), is a minister emeritus in the Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, having retired from 23 years of pastoral ministry with the congregation of Mowbray Presbyterian church. His PhD was completed in 2019 through UCT with a thesis entitled "Reimagining the birth of the Messiah and his forerunner in Luke’s Gospel: A Socio-rhetorical Interpretation." He completed his ThM at Princeton Theological Seminary in the USA in the late 1990s. He and his wife, Reneé, have two married children living and working overseas. He loves walking on the mountain near his home in Glencairn, where he and Reneé now live, and he enjoys researching and teaching areas of interest in New Testament studies. As a trained Integral Life Coach through the UCT Centre for Coaching, he enjoys engaging in meaningful conversations with people about their vision, purpose, and life transitions, especially helping them find ways to get “unstuck.”

Phone:021 448 0050
Email:davids@cornerstone.ac.za

Dr. Paul Adebayo

Biblical Studies: Adjunct Lecturer

Dr. Paul Adebayo

Biblical Studies: Adjunct Lecturer

Oluwarotimi Paul Adebayo (PhD, SU) has pastored and lectured at higher institutions of learning in Nigeria before he sojourned to South Africa to obtain his PhD at Stellenbosch University.

He completed his PhD studies specializing in the New Testament in 2023. His PhD was on “Cosmological accents in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans in the light of ecological concerns: antecedents and later developments”.

He is a member of the New Testament Society of Southern Africa (NTSSA), he was the immediate past Development Officer for the society and a member of its editorial body, Neotestamentica. He works also with the Writing Laboratory of Stellenbosch University, where he assists students to be better academic writers and lead postgraduate candidates across faculties in workshops on how to write effectively their masters thesis and PhD dissertations.

Phone:021 448 0050
Email:ntandoyenkosim@cornerstone.ac.za

Charmaine Manuels

Practical Theology: Chair

Charmaine Manuels

Practical Theology: Chair

Charmaine Manuel (PhD candidate, Stellenbosch) worked as a Children’s Ministry director in churches and as a ministry leader in several child-focused non-profit organisations for almost 3 decades.

She is experienced in training and mobilising volunteers to “reach, rescue, root and release” children. She uses experiential education and artistic modes, such as puppetry, to equip people. Charmaine has a heart for special needs children, and volunteers in disability ministry. She also trains faith-based organisations for disability inclusion.

Charmaine believes in a love for life-long learning, where higher education is a platform to discover and hone one’s best thinking skills, for the sake of others.

Phone:021 448 0050
Email:charmainem@cornerstone.ac.za

Mawonga Celesi

Lecturer

Mawonga Celesi

Lecturer

Phone:021 448 0050
Email:ntandoyenkosim@cornerstone.ac.za

Lynton Daames

Lecturer

Lynton Daames

Lecturer

Lynton Daames holds a Master of Divinity degree from Stellenbosch University. He has a passion for Church ministry and Missions, and has been involved in this sphere for more than two decades of which the greater part has been in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Lynton has a love for learning, a heart for discipleship and spiritual formation. He also has a keen interest in leadership development and has provided extensive training in the areas of relationship building and the value of establishing sound vertical and horizontal relationships. Lynton and his wife, Liz, have two beautiful daughters, Erin and Skye. As a couple, Lynton and Liz both serve in the space of social justice, marital counsel and mentorship. Lynton's interests involve reading, scuba diving and exploring new places on God's beautiful earth.

Phone:021 448 0050
Email:ntandoyenkosim@cornerstone.ac.za