Education:
B.Th., John Wesley Bible College
M.Div., (Pastoral Studies), Asian Theological Seminary
M.Th., (Biblical Studies), Asia Graduate School of Theology
Ph.D., University of Manchester

Professor of New Testament at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Cleveland, Tennessee. He is the author of several books, including Holiness in the Letters of Paul (2016). He is a regular contributor to Precepts for Living, a Sunday School Commentary for African Americans published by Urban Ministries Inc., Chicago. In addition to his passion for teaching, research, and writing on the subject of holiness, Dr. Adewuya is committed to bringing his African-ness to bear on New Testament interpretation. His recent publications include “Holiness: Reclaiming the Doctrine” in Issues in Contemporary Global Pentecostalism. Cleveland, TN: Pathway Press, 2012; “The Spiritual Powers of Ephesians 6:10–18 in the Light of African Pentecostal Spirituality” in Bulletin of Biblical Research 22/2 (2012); “Reading Ephesians 6:10–18 in the Light of African Pentecostal Spirituality” in Global Voices: Reading the Bible in the Majority World. Peabody, MA.:  Hendrickson Publishers, 2013; “2 Cor. 7:1 against the Backdrop of African Purification Rites” in 1& 2 Corinthians texts@contexts. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2013, and “The Supernatural in Ephesians and a Critique of Scientific Rationalism” in Global Perspectives on the Bible. Boston: Pearson Education, 2014. He has also published academic articles in various journals and written essay chapters in books.

Prior to joining the faculty of the Seminary in 2001, Dr. Adewuya and his wife (Grace Adewuya) lived in the Philippines as missionaries and church planters. He still serves as the Lead Pastor for Hope and Abundant Life Ministries International (www.hopeandabundantlife.org). Grace is the founder of the Amazing Grace Christian Foundation (www.amazinggracefoundation.org), a ministry that is committed to helping and caring for less privileged women and children in Tarlac, Philippines.  They have four children, Dr. Toluwalope Adewuya, Iyanuloluwa Adewuya (married to Kellie Drinkhahn), Dr. Ruth Adewuya (married to Kyle Avey), and Jonathan Adewuya.

Professor Adewuya has been recognized for his contribution to New Testament scholarship by election into membership of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS). He is an active member of the Society of Pentecostal Studies, the Wesleyan Theological Society, and the Society of Biblical Literature where he has served as member of the Steering Committee of the Disputed Pauline Literature section since 2006.  He is a fellow of the Institute for Biblical Research and the Manchester Wesley Research Centre, Didsbury, Manchester, UK. He is a editorial board member of the Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research Member and Bulletin for Biblical Research.