Suffering and Persecution

RIAD KASSIS holds a PhD in Old Testament from the University of Nottingham, UK. He previously served as international director of ICETE and regional director for Overseas Council. He is currently the international director of Langham Partnership. Riad is from Lebanon, where he lives with his wife, Izdihar.

MARK LABBERTON is Lloyd John Ogilvie chair for preaching and director of the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute for Preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary, California, USA. He previously served as senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, California, for sixteen years, and received his doctorate in theology from the University of Cambridge, UK. He is also a senior fellow of the International Justice Mission, and has published articles in Leadership Journal and Radix magazines.

JOSHUA ROBERT BARRON is a theological educator and curriculum developer in Kenya. He is series co-editor for the African Christian Studies Series, series editor for Rethinking Church in the 21st Century (Langham Global Library), and a managing editor of the African Christian Theology journal. He is a PhD candidate at Africa International University, Kenya.

ALFRED SEBAHENE is a lecturer, researcher, and consultant at St John’s University of Tanzania, Dodoma. He has a PhD in systematic theology, public theology and ecclesiology from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is on the editorial board of the African Journal for Transformational Scholarship and assists NGOs, churches and other organizations in understanding, formulating and responding to public policy. He is a priest in the Anglican Church and prior to working in higher theological education, Alfred spent fifteen years with the Diocese of Kagera, Tanzania.

BRENT HAMOUD lives with his family in Beirut, Lebanon, where he is a projects manager with Kids Alive International, a faith-based organization working with at-risk children. His work includes ministry to refugee, migrant, and stateless children and youth. He has a master’s in Middle Eastern and North African studies from the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Lebanon.

XIAXIA E. XUE is an associate professor of New Testament at China Graduate School of Theology. She holds a PhD in New Testament studies from McMaster Divinity College, Canada, and has published several academic articles. Her current interests are in New Testament Greek and Paul’s use of the Old Testament.

Chee-Chiew Lee is professor of New Testament at Singapore Bible College. Her publications include When Christians Face Persecution (IVP, 2022), Interpreting New Testament Epistles (in Chinese), and The Blessing of Abraham, the Spirit, and Justification in Galatians (Wipf & Stock, 2013). She also serves on the editorial board for Langham Chinese Bible Commentary and on the advisory board of Evangelical Quarterly.

ANGUKALI ROTOKHA has a PhD in Old Testament from the South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies, Bangalore, India. She has taught at Oriental Theological Seminary, Nagaland, India and South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies, Bangalore. She is a member of the executive committee of her local church in Bangalore, where she also serves with the teaching/preaching ministry, and she has been involved in Christian ministry for nearly twenty years.