Yaw Adu Gyamfi(Prof.)

Yaw Adu-Gyamfi (PhD)

Associate Professor

Dean, Faculty of Humanities

Email: yadu-gyamfi@csuc.edu.gh

ORCiD: 0000-0002-8185-6040

Educational Qualifications

•  Old Testament Studies, The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, 2007
•  Old Testament Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, 2000
• BA (Hons), Biblical Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa, 1998
• Dip in Theology (External), University of Ghana, 1994
• Dip in Biblical Studies (ACTEA), Christian Service College, Kumasi, Ghana, 1994

Areas of Specialisation

• Old Testament Studies

Research Interest

• African reflection on the Old Testament texts

Christian Service University

• 2021-2023: Chairman, Research Committee
• 2023-Date: Member, Research Committee
• 2024-Date: Editor-in-Chief, JASAB
• 2024-Date: Chairman, Statutes Review Committee

Other Institutions

• 2023-Date: PhD students’ Supervisor, All Nations University, Koforidua
• 2023-Date: Consulting Editor, International Journal of Family Life and Societal Development (IJOFALSOD)
• 2019-Date: Member (OT Team), Ghana Study Bible Project of Bible Society of Ghana
• 2019-Date: Consulting Editor (Old Testament), Sacrum Testamentum.
• 2019: Adjudicator, Scriptura.
• 2015: Adjudicator, Old Testament Essays.
• 2012-Date, Extraordinary Researcher, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

Ghana Baptist Convention

• 2016-2021: President, Ghana Baptist University College
• 2014-Date: Senior Pastor, Believers Baptist Temple, Kumasi
• 2013-2015: Dean, School of Theology and Ministry, Ghana Baptist University College
• 2000-2003: Head Pastor, Nkunim Baptist Church, Nkawie
• 1994-1997: Head Pastor, Believers Baptist Temple, Kumasi

NGOs

• 2015-Date: Director, Community Development Services Alliance Ltd (CODESA), Leeds, UK

Media-Related

• 2018: Presenter, Awares], Royal TV with ADEPA Foundation.
• 2019-2021: Preacher, Truth Hour, Ultimate FM (106.9).
• 2016-2017: Initiator and Presenter, Church and Society, BOSS FM.

Recent Publications

Books

1. Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. Old Testament Texts Through an African Eye. Studien zu Interkultureller Theologie an der Missionsakademie 25. Hamburg: Missionshilfe Verlag, 2023.
2. Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. Praying Against Our Enemies: What Does the Bible Say? Accra, Ghana:

SonLife, 2019.

 Chapters in books

3. Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. ‘Contemporary Akan Christian Belief and Practice and “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live” (Exod 22:18): A Translational and Hermeneutical Problem’. Pages 137-166 in Witchcraft Accusations in Global Perspective. Studien zu Interkultureller Theologie an der Missionsakademie 18. Edited by Werner Kahl and Gabriele Lademann-Priemer. Hamburg: Missionshilfe Verlag, 2020.
4. Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. ‘How Do We Sustain the Vitality of Christianity in Africa?’ Pages 7-36 in The Future of Christian Faith. Edited by Emiola Nihinlola and Folashade Oloyede. Ogbomoso, Nigeria: Kingdom Impact Publishing, 2020.

 Peer Review Articles

5. Kuwornu-Adjaottor, JET, Ernest Frimpong, Samuel Zuul Bayeti, Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, Frimpong Wiafe, ‘Structuralism, Deconstruction and Bible Translation and Interpretation: Philosophical Dimensions for Mother-Tongue Bible Translation’. Archives of Humanities & Social Sciences Research, vol. 2, no. 1 (2025):

6. Emmanuel Twumasi-Ankrah and Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw & ‘A Religious Response to

7. Environmental Flippancies in Akan Communities in Ghana.’ E-Journal of Humanities,     Arts and Social Sciences 5, No.16 (Dec 2024): 3043-3056. DOI:https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.202451629

Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. ‘Christian Family and Theology of Sexual Behaviour’. International Journal of Family Life and Societal Development (IJOFALSOD) vol. 2. No. 2 (2023): 21- 48.

8. Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. ‘“Strike Your Hands” in the Book of Ezekiel and Contemporary Ghanaian Christian Practice of Clapping in Prayer: The Problem of Interpretation and Application of Scripture’. E-    Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 4, No. 13 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.202341311

9. Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. ‘A Literary and Ritual Analysis of Leviticus 16’. Scriptura 112, No. 1

(2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.7833/122-1-2075

11. Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. ‘Obedience as Healing Wisdom in the Book of Proverbs’. Sacrum Testamentum 3 (2023). https://sacratestamentum.wixsite.com/sacrum-testamentum/volume-1-1
12. Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. ‘An African Reflection on the Milieu and Literary Functions of Jewish Apocalyptic Writings’. NOESIS: African Journal of Contemporary Trends in Religion and Society 1, no. 1 (May 2022): 122-144.
13. Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. ‘The Forms and Meaning of Ancient Judahite Sacrificial System: A Discussion Based on Leviticus 1-7’. E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies 6, No. 8, November (2020): 354-362.
14. Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. ‘Corruption of the “Powerful” in Ancient Judah in Micah 2:1-11 and 3:1-12: An African Reflection’. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 1, No. 2, June (2020): 86-99.

Articles under review

• Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. ‘A Study of Exodus 30:22-33 and the ‘Holy Anointing Oil’ of Contemporary Churches in Africa’, Scriptura. January 2025.
• Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw. ‘A Study of Pre-Christian and Christian Africa and Environmental Sustainability: A Reflection for the Church in Africa’, E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (EHASS), March 2025.

Research in progress

Books

1. Biblical Faith and Asante Religion: A study of Leviticus 16 and Asante Odwira Festival (PhD Thesis [2007] reworked for publication)
2. Apocalyptic Literature: Its Relation to Wisdom and Prophetic Literature (MPhil thesis [1999] reworked for publication)

Articles

1. Factors that contributed to the emergence of false prophecy in ancient Israel
2. A critical study of Old Testament criteria in distinguishing between true and false prophecy
3. A Study of 2 Kings 20:1-11 on Faith Healing and Medicine: A Reflection for the Church in Africa

Recent Conference

1. ‘The Role of Phineas ben Eleazer in Peacemaking in Joshua 22: A Reflection for Theological Education Institutions in Africa’. Commissioned Paper at the 22nd International Education Conference held at the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary, Obgomoso, Nigeria, March 2025.
2. Keynote Address at the Institute of Family Life and Societal Development conference held at School of Theology and Ministry, Ghana Baptist University College, Kumasi, Ghana, February, 2024.
3. ‘Christian Family and Theology of Sexual Behaviour’. Commissioned Paper at the Institute of Family Life and Societal Development conference held at Baptist College of Theology, Igede Ekiti, Nigeria, February 14^th – 16^th, 2023.