Education history
- Ph.D., Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary
- M.Div., Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary
- B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
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In my own experience I have been profoundly shaped by teachers and mentors, and am glad that now I have the chance to provide this for students at ɬ. Two of ɬ’s qualities are particularly exciting for me. First, it has a commitment to following the teachings and ways of Christ, whether locally or globally. Second, ɬ has great ethnic and religious diversity, providing me and our community with ongoing opportunities to learn about how to love and serve those different from ourselves
Selected works
- “Church Mission Involvement.” In The Power of Love for Reaching Out to “The Other,” by Johnny Ramirez-Johnson. (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2023)
- Christ-Followers in Other Religions: The Global Witness of Insider Movements (Oxford, UK: Regnum Press, 2022)
- Seeking Church: Emerging Witnesses to the Kingdom (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2019)
- “What God Has Joined Together Let No One Separate: Local Church and Development Agencies in God’s Mission.” In Christianity in India: Conversion, Community Development and Religious Freedom, edited by Rebecca Shah and Joel Carpenter. (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2018)
- Ecclesial Identities in a Multi-Faith Context: Jesus Truth-Gatherings (Yeshu Satsangs) Among Hindu and Sikhs in Northwest India. (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2015)
- “Church Pews and Drunk Shepherds: The Precedence, Functions and Principles of Contextualization.” In The Church in Mission: Perspectives Of Global Mennonite Brethren On Mission In The 21st Century, edited by Victor Wiens and Elmer Martens. (Goessel, KS: Kindred Publishing, 2015)
- “Ecclesial Identities of Socioreligious ‘Insiders’: A Case Study of Fellowships among Hindu and Sikh Communities Religious Conversion and Identity.” International Bulletin of Missionary Research 37, no. 2 (2013): 86-89.
- “Must Insiders Be Churchless? Exploring Insiders’ Models of “Church.” International Journal of Frontier Missiology 29, no. 4 (2012): 161-167.