Bishop Professor Dr. Alfred Olwa

The Man on Fire, Gospel of Peace and Reconciliation

Bishop Professor Dr. Alfred Olwa is a renowned leader and Christian thinker, currently serving as the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Lango in Uganda. He has played a crucial role with the leadership in the Ugandan Anglican Church, and has used his powerful personal testimony of forgiveness to further Christian education and other pastoral ministry.

Bishop Olwa’s story is one of extraordinary resilience, faith, and reconciliation. At just seven years old, during Idi Amin’s brutal regime, he and his classmates were rounded up by soldiers, who intended to execute them. They poured gasoline on his feet and set him on fire. Miraculously, he survived. While hospitalized, his parents—fearful for their own lives—did not visit him.

References & Published work

Bishop Professor Dr. Alfred Olwa authored the book called Missionary of Reconciliation: The Role of the Doctrine of Reconciliation in the Preaching of Bishop Festo Kivengere of Uganda between 1971-1988 published by Langham Publishing. You can purchase it here.

Bishop Alfred Olwa contributed an entire chapter in each of these 4 books

1. Vinson Synan, Amos Yong, and Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, eds., Global Renewal Christianity: Spirit-Empowered Movements Past, Present, and Future, vol. III: Africa and Diaspora (Lake Mary, Fla.: Charisma House Publishers, 2016).

2. Isabel Apawo Phiri, Dietrich Werner, Chammah Kaunda and Kennedy Owino. Anthology of African Christianity. (Oxford: Regnum, 2016).

3. Musana, Paddy, Angus Crichton, and Caroline Howell, eds. The Ugandan Churches and the Political Centre: Cooperation, Co-option and Confrontation. Ngoma Series 1. Cambridge: Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, 2017.

4. Brandt, Ryan A., and John Frederick, eds. Spiritual Formation for the Global Church: A Multi-Denominational, Multi-Ethnic Approach. (Grand Rapids: IVP Academic, 2021)