ADRIAN HELLEMAN served as a pastor in British Columbia before being called to serve as a missionary-teacher in the Philippines. He received a ThM from Calvin Theological Seminary and a PhD from St Michael’s College at the University of Toronto. He and his wife, Wendy, later taught philosophy at Moscow State University in Russia, and then philosophy and theology at the University of Jos in Nigeria. They have also lectured in Canada, the United States, South Africa and Tanzania.
For most of the year, he lives in Toronto with his wife. They have three adult children: a daughter and son living in Toronto and another daughter near Boston. They have five grandchildren.