The African Liaison Committee (ALC)
(established 2003)
Chair: Professor Jean-Claude Loba-Mkole, Nairobi, Kenya
The ALC operates in association with the Institute for the Study of Sacred Texts in Africa (ISSTA), successor of Institute for Biblical Scholarship in Africa (IBSA), and in liaison with the New Testament Society of Southern Africa (NTSSA). Recent meetings have been primarily online.
ALC/ISSTA Meeting (Online)
2023 – 7 October
ALC/IBSA Western Africa Meetings (Online)
2023 – 10 June
2022 – 23 November and 18 June
2021 – 4 December and 4 September
2021 – 10 July, inaugural meeting of Western Africa section of ALC/IBSA
ALC/IBSA East Africa Meetings (Online)
2023 – 3 June
2022 – 29 October, and 28 May
2021 – 25 September, inaugural meeting of ALC/IBSA East Africa
2021 – 29 May, 19th meeting of ALC/IBSA
2020 – 26 September, 18th meeting of ALC/IBSA
2020 – 29 May, 17th meeting of ALC/IBSA
Theme: Connecting Faith-Based Communities
16th Bi-Annual Meeting of the ALC Nairobi Group - 2019
14 September, SNTS Africa Liaison Committee-Eastern Africa Zone, met in Nairobi
Hosted by the Institute For Biblical Scholarship In Africa (ALC/IBSA)
15th Bi-Annual Meeting of the ALC Nairobi Group - 2019
Held on 27 April at the United Bible Societies, Nairobi, Kenya.
Joint Conference - 2018
Held at Catholique University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Nairobi, Kenya, 11-13 September.
Theme: Bible and Orality in Africa
Joint Conference - 2018
Held at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa with the New Testament Society of Southern Africa (NTSSA), 3–6 April
Theme: Early Christianity and Social Boundaries
Pre-Conference - 2017
Held before the Pretoria SNTS Meeting, 7-8 August.
Participants from Nigeria, Kenya, DR Congo, Lesotho, Zambia, Ghana, and South Africa.
Theme: Interpreting the Gospel of John in Africa.
Joint Conference - 2016
Held at the Nairobi Hub of the United Bible Societies, 25 February
Theme: Interpreting the Gospel of John in Africa
Joint Conference - 2016
Held at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, 26 May
Theme: Interpreting the Gospel of John in Africa
Joint Conference - 2015
Held with Society of Biblical Scholars/Institute for Biblical Preaching, at St Paul’s University, Limuru, Kenya, 24-28 September
Theme: Knowledge or Wisdom? Theological Approaches in Africa
11th Bi-annual Meeting of the ISS - 2015
Held at Hekima University College, Nairobi, Kenya, 3 October
History of The ALC
Since 2009 the African Liaison Committee has merged with the Institute of Scripture Studies (ISS), now renamed The Institute for Biblical Scholarship in Africa (IBSA), which includes three units: New Testament Studies, Old Testament Studies and Bible Translation Studies Regional Conferences. ISS has followed the pattern of holding two conferences a year in Kenya
In 1999 the SNTS meeting in Pretoria meeting was followed by a conference in Hammanskraal with the theme African readings of the Bible, and communicating the Bible in a post-2000 world. In response to the issues raised there SNTS established in 2003 the Africa Liaison Committee