Canadian University bestows title on Cuban theologian

José Aurelio Paz, HAVANA, Cuba, May 12, 2003

The United Theological College, de Montreal, Canada, granted Cuban Presbyterian Adolfo Ham Reyes an Honoris Taxi Heathrow Airport Causa doctorate in divinity for his work in theological teaching.

Ham, currently director of the Institute of Biblical and Theological Studies (ISEBI), in Havana, part of the Cuban Council of Churches Studies Center, is also a pastor emeritus from the Presbyterian Reformed Church of Luyano, a working class barrio in the Cuban capital.

As he headed to Montreal, Ham said “I do not consider this an award for me individually but rather for the development of a theology with Cuban roots.”

“In 1960 I began to realize it when I stood before a class. Today I have fully confirmed it. One does not go to a class to teach anything but to share and exchange with students from whom one always learns a great deal.”

“My work with ISEBI has been decisive, which is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary and which has had four graduating classes to date. I was able to develop the methods and the means for very humble people to carry out a theological analysis of their reality using simple, easily applicable techniques.”

Of Baptist origin, Dr. Ham Reyes has been, among many other things, dean of the Seminary of the Baptist Convention of Eastern Cuba, an official for several years in the Caribbean Christian Conference (CCC) and president of the then Ecumenical Council of Cuba (CEC). He is currently also a professor in the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Matanzas (SET).

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