About Us
We have watched people walk away from faith. Not gradually, but decisively — and often for reasons that could have been answered. Through firsthand experience and witness, we began to see a pattern. The departures kept circling back to the same unresolved questions: Why does a kind God allow so much suffering? Is Christianity just a religion imposed by white colonizers? Are African deities and spiritual powers stronger than the God of the Bible?
These questions were not being answered. They were being ignored, dismissed, or met with responses that felt disconnected from African life and experience.
We felt the burden. We could not stay silent. Apologetics Africa was born out of a conviction that the gospel is defensible, that these questions deserve honest and serious answers, and that defending the faith is not just a matter of words but of action. We exist to provide both.
Our history
2026
Launching
The circle widened. Apologetics Africa deepened its relationships with churches and religious agencies across the continent, building the partnerships needed to carry the mission forward. Today, 20 churches have come on board, sharing the vision and joining the work.
Planning our First Apologetics Conferences in 2027.
2034-2025
Forming
The work of building began. Through careful relationship-building and a growing sense of calling, Apologetics Africa established meaningful connections across four African countries; Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa. The foundations were being laid, one conversation and one partnership at a time.
2023
Founding
Apologetics Africa was founded by Christopher and Sharon Blay out of a conviction that would not sit still. What began as the focus of Dr. Blay's PhD dissertation, a rigorous academic exploration of the questions driving Africans away from faith. Apologetics Africa was born to turn that scholarship into something people could actually feel, hear, and encounter: a living, practical ministry.
