Leadership in Theological Education, Volume 2

VERA R. BROCK has a BA in Theology with emphasis on Christian Education from the Word of Life Bible Seminary (WOLBS) in Atibaia, Brazil, and an MA in Education from Universidade São Francisco in São Paulo, Brazil. She served at the WOLBS for twenty-seven years (1986– 2011) as a professor in Christian Education, and was the Academic Dean for seventeen years. For nine years, she was Secretary General for AETAL (1999–2007). She collaborates with AETAL in the Accreditation Committee. She collaborated with ICETE in the IPAL courses in Brazil.

STEVE HARDY has worked as a missionary educator since the mid-1970s and has lived in Ethiopia, Brazil, Mozambique, South Africa, the UK and the USA. His love is teaching, and he has served as an educational consultant with SIM, Overseas Council, Langham Partnership, and the International Council for Evangelical Theological Education. He is the author of a number of articles and an adult Sunday School curriculum on missions. He is married to LeAnne, a librarian, author of Christian fiction and editor of Christian books. Steve and LeAnne recently retired to northwest Wisconsin, USA. They have two grown daughters and three grandchildren.

ALLAN HARKNESS, MA, BD, PhD (Murdoch, Western Australia) is Dean and Education Programs Director of AGST Alliance. He has authored a number of articles and book chapters in the fields of Christian education and theological education. A former editor of the Journal of Christian Education, he is currently on the editorial board of two academic journals in these fields. From New Zealand, Allan and his wife Marven have lived and served in S. E. Asia for most of the time since 1988, as members of OMF International. He is based in Singapore, where he also serves on several medical and research ethics committees and panels. Allan may be contacted by email: allan.harkness@ gmail.com.

CHARLES DE JONGH has served as Academic Dean and Lecturer (Biblical and Youth Studies) at Malyon College since 2007, having previously served at the Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa and in Hilton Baptist Church. He has studied in the areas of Christian ministry and theology and higher education, achieving a BA, LTh, MA, DLitt et Phil and DEd in the process. At present, he is particularly interested in the interface between learning outcomes and assessment, endeavoring to develop and propose different approaches to assessment, particularly in the higher-education setting. Additionally, he retains a deep interest in the ministry of Mission Aviation Fellowship, having previously served as the South African board chairman. He is married to Susan and has two daughters.

ERROL ELTON JOSEPH (BTh, Jamaica Theological Seminary, MACE, Caribbean Graduate School of Theology; and PhD in Organizational Leadership, Regent University in Virginia Beach, USA) has served as high-school Principal, Academic Dean, and President of a theological college and has been involved in theological education since 1982. For more than twenty years he was the Secretary/Treasurer of the Caribbean Evangelical Theological Association. In addition, Rev. Joseph has participated in several national committees related to education, including the National Advisory Committee to the Minister of Education and the Vision 2020 Sub-Committee on Secondary Education. Currently, he serves as Vice-President of Academic Affairs at the West Indies School of Theology, Elder-Director of Christian Education of Open Bible Standard Churches, Executive Member and Accrediting Coordinator of the Caribbean Evangelical Theological Association (CETA), and External Examiner for the South African Theological Seminary. He lectures in Spiritual Formation, Principles of Leadership, and Conflict Management, and conducts seminars and workshops in these areas. In addition, he is an evaluator, team chair, programme evaluator, and member of the Accreditation Review Committee of the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago.

JOHN JUSU (PhD) is a missionary of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa, seconded to the Africa International University in Nairobi, Kenya. He is an ordained minister of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Sierra Leone. He is currently on an extended leave of absence from the university and is serving with the Overseas Council International as Africa Regional Director. He works extensively on transformational curriculum issues in response to the context in which formal and non-formal education happens in Africa. His expertise is in understanding the epistemological frameworks of Africans striving to go into pastoral and teaching ministries of the church in Africa, and how that understanding may influence educational practices. In light of this expertise, John serves as Curriculum Consultant for the More Than a Mile Deep – Global Curriculum, Supervising Editor for the Africa Study Bible, Senior Researcher for the Africa Leadership Study, and member of the Global Associates for Transformational Education. John is also involved in faculty development for many educational initiatives in Africa. John is married to Tity. They have three children.

JOHN R. LILLIS earned his Doctorate in Education at Michigan State University, USA. Since returning from Southeast Asia as a missionary with his wife, Gail, John has held senior positions at various educational institutions and is currently Provost at Grace College and Seminary, Indiana, USA.

RHONDA M. MCEWEN (PhD Educational Studies, Trinity International University; MA Cross-Cultural Ministries, Dallas Theological Seminary; BA Linguistics, University of Ottawa) served as Assistant Dean at Azusa Pacific University’s University College in Southern California. Before joining APU, Rhonda served as professor in the graduate programs in Intercultural Education/InterculturalStudies at Biola University. Previously, she taught at Wheaton College, Dallas Seminary, and Trinity International University, as well as at several community colleges. In addition to higher education, she has worked with international and community faith-based organizations, such as the Chalmers Center for Economic Development at Covenant College, Food for the Hungry International, World Concern, and OMF. Rhonda is from Canada, and has lived and worked in a variety of countries in Asia and Africa.

PAUL SANDERS was born in the USA to a Swedish father (Baptist pastor) and a Lebanese mother. Paul holds a BA in History from Oregon State University, a Master of Divinity in Christian Education, a Master of Theology in practical theology from Western Seminary in Oregon, as well as the doctorate in Modern History from the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne. He is married to Agnès, French physician, and they have three adult children and two grandchildren. After twenty-five years of ministry in the Paris area in church planting and theological education, Paul and his family moved to Beirut (Lebanon) where he served for nearly fifteen years as academic dean and provost of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Beirut (www.ABTSLebanon.org), then as International Director of the International Council for Evangelical Theological Education (www.icete-edu.org) and the Middle East Association for Theological Education (www.Meate.org). The Sanders now make their home in the city of Nantes in western France.

NATEE TANCHANPONGS is the academic dean of Bangkok Bible Seminary and a pastor at Grace City Church, Bangkok, Thailand. He received his Ph.D. in theological studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 2007, where he worked in the area of contextual hermeneutics. Thereafter he served the World Evangelical Alliance Theological Commission (WEA-TC), in which he worked in a study unit on contextualization. He is married to Bee. They have two children, Maisie and Meno.