PART I: The Journey (c): Career materials (CV & employment letter)

THE JOURNEY (c)

(Career Material)

Introduction

It is commonly admitted that, indeed, life is like a journey. One comes into life

through birth from the mother's womb. Then the visible physical life starts moving. One

grows, gets settled with a family, grows old, and then, passes away. Between birth and

death, many things happen with ups and downs. Mine is not that different. Below is the

sketch (biographical sketch) of what i went through for the sixty-three (63) years, mostly,

the the academic, the professional, the experiential, as well as the language skills are

concerned.

Vita

Gilbert Wari, MA (Rel—1992),

DMin (2010), PhD (cand.—2022?)

all from Andrews University

Current mailing address:

4405 International Ct, Apt 12

Berrien Springs, MI 49103

Email: wari@andrews.edu

Phone: + 1 269 252 8808

I. SUMMARY

a. To develop strong collaboration among students, university administration, and

faculty.

b. To view teaching as a ministry, the same way as the gospel ministry (Redemption,

Restoration, and Preparation for Glorification).

c. To put a strong emphasis on Adventist philosophy of education.

d. To train and challenge students to think for themselves and critically encourage

them to emulate the life and ministry of Christ Jesus as seen in the Bible.

e. To motivate and involve students to be fully committed to the Seventh-day Adventist

Church and its mission of soul winning and preparing humanity for the soon

appearing King Jesus.

f. To educate students as Christ’s Ambassadors to the community.

II. QUALIFICATIONS

a. Mission conscious, mission focused, mission driven (having a DMin in mission leadership);

b. Pulling God’s people together in order to preserve unity and peace;

c. Developing multicultural relation skills (studied in Rwanda, England, America, and

having supervised Adventist Church work in 22 countries in West and Central Africa);

d. Sensitizing, motivating, and mobilizing students to be mission-oriented and engaged

(inreach and outreach) for mission and Public Relations (impact and relevance to the

Community).

III. EDUCATION

Degree Earned Institution Country Year

a. PhD candidate in Higher Ed. Andrews University USA 2022

b. DMin (Mission Leadership) Andrews University USA 2010

c. MA Religion (Systematic Andrews University USA 1992

Theol. & Historical Theol.)

e. BTh (Bachelor in Theology) Adventist University Rwanda 1989

of Central Africa

IV. EXPERIENCE

Activity Country Years of Sce

01. a. Division (WAD) President Côte d’Ivoire 2008 to 2015.

b. Chancellor of Adventist universities within WAD

territory (Babock University, Valley View University,

Université Adventiste Cosendai).

c. Board of Trustees chairman of Adventist Universities

within WAD territory

d. Local church pastor

02. a. Division (WAD) Executive Secretary Côte d’Ivoire 2002 to 2008;

b. Vice chair of Board of trustees of Adventist

universities within WAD territory.

c. Local church pastor

03. Conference President (Central South Cameroon

Conference) Cameroon 2001 to 2002;

04. Part time visiting lecturer (Université Adventiste

Cosendai) Cameroon 1998 to 2002;

Taught the following courses: Dogmatics, Systematic

Theology.

05. Union Departmental Director (Communication,

Public Affairs , and Religious Liberty) Cameroon 1998 to 2001;

06. Mission President (Central South Cameroon Mission) Cameroon 1996 to 1998;

07. General Educational Development (GED) program

director Cameroon 1994 to 1996

08. Université Adventiste Cosendai interim president Cameroon 1994 to 1995;

09. Union Departmental Director (Church Ministries) Cameroon 1993 to 1996;

10. District Pastor (Maroua, Cameroon) Cameroon 1992 to 1993;

11. Associate Dean for Students Cameroon 1984 to 1986;

12. Primary School Teacher Cameroon 1981 to 1882;

13. Office Secretary Cameroon 1978 to 1979;

V. LANGUAGE SKILLS

a. French;

b. English.

REFENCE

Dr. Henry-Saturné Phone: 857 499 4555

E-mail: bordes@andrews.edu

Dr. Jay Brand Phone: 269 906 0963

E-mail: brand@andrews.edu

Dr. Randy Siebold Phone : 517 203 9528

E-mail : rjs@andrews.edu

Application for employment letter

Gilbert Wari

4405 International Ct, Apt 12

Berrien Springs, MI 49103

Email: wari@andrews.edu

Phone: 269 252 8808

October 2, 2022

To whom it may concern

It is with a keen interest that I am applying for the position of an administrative position at your academic institution of higher learning.

I have a MA in religion from Andrews (1992), a DMin (2010) and a PhD (2022), also from Andrews.

I am a Seventh-day Adventist church member, “in good and regular standing.” Moreover, I am an ordained minister with many years of experience in the field. My career profession took me through the different levels of the Adventist organizational system (local church pastor, district pastor, mission president, conference president, union departmental director, division executive secretary, and division president) as well as Adventist institutional system (General Educational Development—GED Director, visiting lecturer at Université Adventiste Cosendai, Cameroon, university chancellor for Adventist universities in West-Central Africa Division—WAD, namely: Babcock University in Nigeria, Valley View University in Ghana, and Université Adventiste Cosendai in Cameroon). Administratively speaking, I think I may contribute to the development of your institution.

Research wise, it is commonly said of Sr. Isaac Newton’s statement whereby we still have “the ocean of the unknown truth” lying before us. Therefore, it is my intent to position the institution regarding the research pursuit passionately, creatively, innovatively, patiently, and perseveringly, in order to contribute to the knowledge industry and help solve some of the issues that challenge our society, and also participate in somehow alleviating human suffering.

In teaching, research, and leading (in short, in serving), I try to be as detailed, thorough, and systematic as possible in the training of young people..

My commitment to Christian Adventist education stems from the fact that I am a Seventh-day Adventist today because of Adventist education. I personally met my Savior at an Adventist secondary school. That is why I am so committed to Adventist education. That is also the reason why I would like to help other young people in one way or another, hoping that some may have the same experience that I had (meeting their Savior and Lord, and accepting to follow Him).

I strongly believe in collegial work, I enjoy team work. Experience has taught me that together we achieve much. There is power in interdisciplinary as well as trans-disciplinary work and scholarship.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Gilbert Wari

EDAL 675: College Student Development Theory (Personal Reflection)

EDAL 675: College Student Development Theory ( Spiritual Development)

EDAL 675: College Student Development Theory (Cross cultural interview)