The Importance of Our Alumni to Central Africa Baptist University

At Central Africa Baptist University, our mission is clear: to train the next generation of servant-leaders for Great Commission living, equipping them to plant churches, teach the Scriptures, disciple believers, and strengthen gospel work across Africa and beyond. Our vision is to see gospel-preaching churches flourishing in every village, town, and city across this continent. Our values—honesty, obedience, wisdom, and service—shape everything we do.

Within that mission and vision, our alumni hold a strategic and irreplaceable role. You are not simply graduates; you are ambassadors of the gospel, partners in the mission, and stewards of the legacy God has entrusted to CABU.

1. Alumni Hold Us Accountable Through Seasons of Growth

Hebrews 10:24–25 — “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works… encouraging one another.”

Our alumni serve as a living mirror of our mission.

As CABU grows in enrollment, programs, partnerships, and influence, our alumni help ensure that growth does not dilute our convictions. 

You remind us of:

• why CABU exists
• what makes our training distinct
• the needs of local churches
• the dangers of mission drift

You keep before us the centrality of biblical fidelity, gospel clarity, servant leadership, and doctrinal soundness.

2. Alumni Help Us Stay True Through Seasons of Difficulty

1 Thessalonians 5:11 — “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up…”

When challenges come—financial strains, cultural pressures, leadership transitions, or spiritual opposition—our alumni:

• speak courage into our hearts
• pray for endurance and wisdom
• provide godly counsel
• remind us of God’s faithfulness across generations

You know the DNA of CABU, and Your voice helps ensure we persevere with integrity and focus.

3. Alumni Strengthen CABU’s Effectiveness in Training Servant-Leaders

Colossians 1:28–29 — “Him we proclaim… that we may present everyone mature in Christ.”

Alumni serve as a feedback loop for our mission. Your ministries on the ground—whether pastoring, church planting, youth ministry, missions, or Christian education—help us evaluate:

• the relevance of our curriculum
• the effectiveness of our training
• the spiritual formation process
• how well we are preparing students for the realities of ministry

Your experience helps CABU refine and improve its programs so that we remain faithful and effective.

4. Alumni Send Students to Be Trained

2 Timothy 2:2 — “What you have heard from me… entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”

One of the most powerful ways alumni support CABU is through identifying, mentoring, and sending future students.

Pastors and ministry leaders who understand CABU’s heartbeat can say with confidence:

“Come be trained here! This is where God prepared me.”

Alumni are often our most credible recruiters because your lives and ministries give visible evidence of the value of CABU training.

5. Alumni Provide Places for Internships and Ministry Exposure

Proverbs 13:20 — “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise.”

Alumni churches and ministries serve as real-world training grounds for our students.

You offer:

• internship placements
• opportunities for preaching and teaching
• platforms for evangelism
• pastoral mentoring
• short-term ministry experience

These partnerships deepen the practical formation that makes our training effective.

6. Alumni Give Sacrificially—Especially Toward Scholarships

Proverbs 3:9 — “Honor the Lord with your wealth…”

Alumni understand firsthand the value of CABU’s training. Many were once scholarship recipients themselves.

Alumni giving:

• helps train the next generation of African leaders
• supports students facing financial hardship
• contributes to campus projects
• strengthens CABU’s long-term sustainability

Your sacrificial investment fuels mission impact far beyond campus.

7. Alumni Serve as CABU’s Reputation and Testimony in Africa

Every graduate becomes a visible representation of the university and its values.

Your character, preaching, leadership, marriages, integrity, and church involvement all proclaim:

• the quality of CABU’s training
• the faithfulness of our mission
• the credibility of our vision

Your lives build trust and open doors for future ministry partnerships across Africa.

8. Alumni Multiply the Mission Through Your Networks

Where alumni serve, CABU’s influence expands.

You introduce CABU to:

• churches
• mission agencies
• denominational leaders
• Christian schools
• potential donors
• national influencers

Through alumni, CABU reaches places the institution itself may never go.

9. Alumni Serve as Mentors to Current Students

1 Corinthians 11:1 — “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.”

Intergenerational discipleship is one of CABU’s core values.

Alumni can:

• preach in chapel
• lead seminars
• mentor students
• offer career or ministry guidance
• teach short courses
• share testimonies

Your involvement enriches campus life and inspires students to pursue faithfulness.

10. Alumni Pray for CABU and Intercede for the Mission

Ephesians 6:18–20 — Prayer for gospel boldness and ministry advancement.

CABU depends on prayer. Alumni know the challenges and opportunities intimately, and Your 

intercession is powerful.

Pray for:

• students
• staff and faculty
• leadership transitions
• financial needs
• campus development
• revival and mission advance

Prayer is not optional support—it is vital ministry.

11. Alumni Uphold and Spread CABU’s Distinctives

Alumni ensure that our theological and ministry distinctives continue from one generation to the next:

• expositional preaching
• doctrinal clarity
• biblical counseling
• local church centrality
• evangelism and discipleship
• servant leadership
• Great Commission focus

As alumni embody these values in your ministries, CABU’s impact multiplies exponentially.

12. Alumni Can Serve on Boards, Advisory Teams, and Accreditation Processes

As CABU matures institutionally, qualified alumni serve in:

• governance
• program review
• academic evaluation
• external examiners
• advisory councils

Your voice strengthens the institution’s health and maturity.

Summary

CABU Alumni are not simply former students. You are frontline partners in the Great Commission.

You help CABU remain faithful, effective, and accountable. You send the next generation to be trained. You support the work through prayer, giving, and ministry engagement. You extend the university’s influence across Africa. You represent CABU’s mission wherever God places them.

The future of CABU is deeply tied to the faithfulness, fruitfulness, and partnership of its alumni.

How You As A CABU Alumni Can Get Involved Today

1. Pray intentionally for CABU. Commit to praying weekly for students, faculty, leadership transitions, financial needs, and the spread of the gospel across Africa.

2. Recommend future students. Identify, mentor, and encourage faithful men and women in your church to enroll at CABU for theological, ministry, or professional training.

3. Partner financially. Support scholarships, campus development, or specific ministry projects that help train the next generation of African leaders.

4. Offer internship opportunities. Open your church or ministry for student internships, preaching opportunities, or short-term ministry exposure.

5. Mentor current students. Share wisdom and experience through chapel preaching, seminars, discipleship visits, or online mentoring.

6. Stay connected. Update CABU on your ministry, attend alumni gatherings, and strengthen relationships with your fellow alumni.

7. Promote CABU in your network. Introduce CABU to pastors, churches, mission agencies, and potential partners who share the vision of training servant-leaders for Great Commission living.