BITRUS A. SARMA is Provost of ECWA Theological Seminary, Kagoro, Nigeria, where he is also Professor of Biblical Studies (NT). He has a PhD from ECWA Theological Seminary, Jos, Nigeria, and has been involved in theological education for almost three decades. He has conducted postgraduate research at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, and as a Research Scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary’s Global Research Institute, California, USA. He and his wife Sanatu are blessed with five children – Esther, Grace, Rejoice, David, and Victoria.