SURYA HAREFA has a PhD in Theology from Theological University Kampen, Netherlands. He is originally from Indonesia but has lived in Japan for over twenty years, where he is cooperative pastor at Ibaraki Bible Church in Osaka, Japan, and co-founder of the Asia Kuyper Institute. He also serves as part-time lecturer and researcher at Tokyo Christian University, Inzai, Japan, and lecturer at International Reformed Evangelical Seminary, Jakarta, Indonesia.