Welcome to UTC

Situated eleven kilometres East of Harare, the United Theological College (hereinafter called the UTC) is the oldest and biggest Protestant Ecumenical Seminary in sub-Saharan Africa. This unique school was founded by the Wesleyan Methodist in 1954 and was then named Epworth Theological College. In the 1960s the mainline protestant Churches became shareholders in the College hence the change of name to United Theological College, in 1976, to reflect the institution’s Ecumenical nature. The UTC has continued to serve as the unique centre for pastoral formation and leadership development not only for the Zimbabwean Church but across the continent. This Institution trains Christian leaders and equips them with practical and relevant skills of ministry response to social injustices, political challenges and moral decadency. This is done through authentic and contextual theological discourse which enables awareness for rethinking the mission and role of the Church in a changing world order. The UTC programs seek to bring about a sense of urgency in praxis theology. Such programs have revitalized the meaning and value of Christian theology in the era of post-modernity. A conscience to action is being realized through Christian education, the emphasis of Christian ethics, norms and values which promote the common good of all.

Today, eight Mainline Protestant Churches jointly own the college and these are:

◦United Methodist Church
◦Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe
◦Methodist Church in Zimbabwe
◦Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa
◦United Congregational Church of Southern Africa
◦United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe
◦African Methodist Episcopal Church
◦Independent African Church

UTC serves the Church with distinction in terms of the training of quality leaders that We provide authentic pastoral, priestly and prophetic leadership not only in Zimbabwe but without the boundaries of Zimbabwe.

New Programmes

we are proud to introduce to you our new diploma programmes aimed at enhancing your theological know how.

Our Library

Our library comes as a powerful tool to research information, through its network of libraries and electronic resource centres provides research collections that are responsive to current and future teaching, learning and research needs of the University.