An Assessment of Status of Demand for Qualified Innovative Postgraduate Religious Human Resource in Kenyan Universities

Abstract

There was a growing interest among religious researchers in the study of global religious trends as opposed to prophesies made by modernists that religion Was to be soon eradicated from the earth. The study sought to investigate the religious demand in Kenya from the perspective of Kenya public demand for postgraduate religious scholars. Discussion of nine global religious trends informed the study on what was going on worldwide. Samples of participants were drawn from the open market in Nairobi city and from other regions in Kenya. Religious market theory guided the study. Descriptive survey was used and data was analyzed using the Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) and descriptive statements. The findings of the study indicated that the demand for postgraduate personnel to serve in various capacities in order to meet various religious and associated needs was high (SA for ‘strongly agree' at an average score of 55% and a for ‘agree' at 29%) outside Nairobi and 22% and 14% respectively, for Nairobi. The study recommended that institutions of higher learning in Kenya work in liaison with practitioners in churches in order to train high level Christian trainers, counselors and researchers who can guide the church of the twenty first century to handle continuity and change without compromising God's timeless truth in an era in which relativism is well embraced.