Below you will find profiles and important links for our KLC Research Fellows. The Fellows are grouped alphabetically by last name and this page contains letters A – J. We will be updating this page regularly as new Fellows are inducted. For links to Events, Publications and other Resources produced by KLC Fellows, head over to the KLC Fellows Publications, Resources and Events Page. KLC has different categories of Fellows. Note that some of our categories are still under discussion.
Peter grew up in Reno, NV and studied German (B.A.) and Theology (M.Div) in Seattle, WA. He worked briefly as an investment consultant in Austria before a stint with a church in South Africa. Since doctoral studies in Old Testament at Princeton Seminary, he has worked as a researcher and instructor in Hebrew Bible at the University of Zurich (Switzerland), though he now resides back in Reno, where he is deeply involved in nonprofit work with urban young adults. He does his best to take advantage of Reno’s sunny weather to play tennis and hike in the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains. Peter’s research has focused around two topics: meals and economics. His dissertation appeared as “Festive Meals in Ancient Israel: (2011), which has been followed by publications on feasting, famine, and related topics. In “Economics in Persian-Period Biblical Texts” (2016) he investigates ancient economics, especially in the Persian period of Ezra and Nehemiah. He is branching out into a new area in a new project on views of the Law/Torah in Persian and Hellenistic-period Judean communities.
Jorella Andrews is Professor of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London. Having trained as a fine artist, and with a pre-academic background in video production and international television sales, her academic work examines relationships among philosophical inquiry, the image-world, and art practice particularly in terms of their impacts on lived experience. Key publications on these topics include ‘Interviewing Images: How Visual Research Using IPA (Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis) Can Illuminate the Change-Making Possibilities of Place, Space, and Dwelling (2020) and two monographs, The Question of Painting: Rethinking Thought with Merleau-Ponty and Showing Off! A Philosophy of Image (2018 and 2014, both Bloomsbury). She is now writing a book exploring the role of aesthetics in the stewardship of public space which links her philosophical interests with her work-based civic engagement work. Alongside her curiosity in diverse aspects of twentieth-century and contemporary visual and material culture, Jorella has written on Dutch seventeenth-century art and on issues at the intersection of art and religion. Jorella advocates for visual culture and art history beyond academia. She is a Trustee of the Association for Art History, editor of the Visual Cultures as… series (Sternberg Press/MIT), and has written two art books for a general readership: This is Cézanne (2015) and This is Rembrandt (2016). In her spare time, Jorella co-facilitates a local faith-based arts forum with the artist Walter Hayn and is Chair of Albion Millennium Green Trust, which stewards a small, award-winning public green space in south-east London. She also continues to draw and make art. Jorella is a member of the KLC Arts Hub.
Jonathan Arnold currently serves as associate professor of theological studies at Cedarville University. Prior to arriving at Cedarville, he directed the research doctoral studies programs and designed and directed an undergraduate honors program at two different institutions of Christian higher education. His research and writing interests have focused on the early modern era of historical theology and the philosophical and theological foundations of teaching and learning. He holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford where he has been a visiting fellow at the Oxford Centre for Baptist Studies. He also serves as a fellow of the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies, a member of the Scripture and the University Seminar, and part of the Hub for Innovative Pedagogy.
Bruce Riley Ashford is a professor, speaker, columnist, speech writer, and political consultant. He is a columnist for First Things Magazine and is the author or co-author of nine books, including The Doctrine of Creation (IVP, 2020), The Gospel of Our King (Baker, 2019), Letters to an American Christian (B&H, 2018), One Nation Under God: A Christian Hope for American Politics (B&H, 2015), and Every Square Inch: An Introduction to Cultural Engagement for Christians (Lexham, 2015). You can find out more at bruceashford.net.
Rev Dr Richard E. Averbeck (Dick) is a Professor Emeritus of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, USA. In his retirement he continues to speak and teach around the world, but is focusing his time on research and writing in the fields of Old Testament, biblical theology, ANE cuneiform studies, and spiritual formation. He is also part of the content team for The Eden Project. Richard is also a licensed professional counselor and leads a regular Bible study in his local church. He is married to Melinda and they have two sons and two grandsons. His book The Old Testament Law for the Life of the Church: Reading the Torah in the Light of Christ was published by IVP in 2022. Richard is currently writing a commentary on Genesis and writing and editing essays for various multiple author volumes. Melinda and Dick enjoy living in southern Wisconsin and spending time with their sons and grandsons and good Christian friends.
David Ball is the retired chairman of DB Group Holdings Ltd which he founded in 1970. He was widely involved in business and commerce, notably as a member of the Concrete Society, the British Standards Institution and the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Green Concrete Committee, and acted as advisor to several Engineering societies. His varied interests outside of commerce led to David contributing to education as a Trustee/ Director of Westcott House, Cambridge (2010-2015) and the Founding Governor of Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge; serving as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts Technical Committee, on Historic Church trusts and as Chairman of Cambridge Philharmonic Society – and founding a radio station in Cambridge. David is a minister in the Church of England and a trustee of a number of boards and institutions, including the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology.
Otto Bam is a musician, writer and researcher born and raised in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He is the Arts Manager for the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology and editor of ArtWay.eu. Otto holds an MA in English Studies from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, as well as an MSc in Religion and Literature from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He lives in Cambridge and works at the KLC offices at Chesterton Mill.
Richard is a biblical scholar and theologian. His academic work and publications have ranged over many areas of these subjects, including the theology of Jürgen Moltmann, Christology (both New Testament and systematic), eschatology, the New Testament books of Revelation, James, 2 Peter and Jude, Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature, the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, the New Testament Apocrypha, the relatives of Jesus, the early Jerusalem church, the Bible and contemporary issues, and biblical and theological approaches to environmental issues. Until 2007 he was Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He retired early in order to concentrate on research and writing, and moved to Cambridge.
Rainer is married to Bianca and originally from Ostwestfalen (East-Westfalia), his mother being from Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) – therefore, identity issues are not unfamiliar to him … After studying theology in Krelingen, Münster and Gießen he worked for five years as assistant pastor in the Evangelische Kirche von Westfalen in his hometown of Minden. About 20 years ago he did his PhD in New Testament Studies in Cheltenham. In 2002 he started to work as pastor of Chrischona-Gemeinde Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, at the Lake Constance. Since 2020 he is pastor of Christliche Gemeinschaft Hamburg-Altona. Rainer translated and edited several of the main works by N. T. Wright into German. His passion is bridging the worlds of the academy and the church. He is part of the support team of Urban Mosaic which is about the transformation of fragile cities into Shalom cities (see www.urbanmosaic.net).
Dave Beldman is professor of biblical studies (Old Testament) at Missional Training Center. He also serves as a scholar in residence for the Surge Network. He has published extensively on the Old Testament book of Judges, including a commentary (Eerdmans), a monograph (Eisenbrauns), and a short theological introduction for a popular audience (Lexham). He has also done research and writing on Old Testament wisdom. His current project (co-authored with Dru Johnson) is an introductory textbook on the Pentateuch (Baker Academic). Prior to embarking on his academic journey, David did an apprenticeship in the electrical trade and became a journeyman electrician. He has never abandoned his love for working with his hands, and uses them in his spare time to work on vintage motorcycles, among other things. David loves art and music, old things, podcasts, the outdoors and travel, film and fiction, and good food. David resides in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Elsie, and their four kids.
Steve is an independent researcher based in Wales, UK. He maintains the neo-Calvinist website www.allofliferedeemed.co.uk. He is a trustee of Thinking Faith Network. He earned his doctorate at the North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa (2019), supervised by Renato Coletto. He is the co-editor of On Kuyper: A Collection of Readings on the Life, Work & Legacy of Abraham Kuyper (Dordt Press, 2013).
Dr. Bock has earned recognition as a Humboldt Scholar (Tübingen University in Germany), is the author of over 40 books, including well-regarded commentaries on Luke and Acts and studies of the historical Jesus, and work in cultural engagement as host of the seminary’s Table Podcasts. He was president of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) from 2000 to 2001, served as a consulting editor for Christianity Today, and serves on the boards of Wheaton College and Chosen People Ministries. His articles appear in leading publications. He is often an expert for the media on NT issues. Dr. Bock has been a New York Times best-selling author in nonfiction; serves as a staff consultant for Bent Tree Fellowship Church in Carrollton, TX; and is elder emeritus at Trinity Fellowship Church in Dallas. When traveling overseas, he will tune into the current game involving his favorite teams from Houston—live—even in the wee hours of the morning. Married for over 40 years to Sally, he is a proud father of two daughters and a son and is also a grandfather.
Jon Boyd is associate publisher and academic editorial director at InterVarsity Press, where he has served since 2012. He is also the saxophonist in an improvisational rock band, a user of mechanical typewriters and postage stamps, and (with his wife, their daughters, and their cats) a resident of the City of Chicago. He previously worked at North Park University, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and Encyclopædia Britannica. He holds a PhD in history from the Johns Hopkins University, an MA in Old Testament from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a BA in history from the University of Michigan.
Brett is a son of the east Texas Pineywoods, Andrea’s husband, and a father of two daughters, Elizabeth (Ellie) Grace and Emery Joy. A graduate of Regent College, he serves as a director of spiritual formation in Dallas, Texas. Brett is an apprentice in the craft of writing, seeking to be grateful enough for precious things to write well what needs to be written.
Ryan A. Brandt is Professor of Christian History and Theology at Grand Canyon University. He also serves as managing editor of the Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies. Previously, he taught philosophy and theology at both Christian and secular colleges in Kentucky and Indiana. He is an editor and contributor for the books, Spiritual Formation for the Global Church: A Multi-Denominational, Multi-Ethnic Approach (IVP Academic, 2021) and Theological Interpretation of Scripture as Spiritual Formation (Brill, 2023). He also edited and contributed to volumes and special issues with several journals. His current research interests include spiritual formation, the beatific vision and theosis, contemplation, and theological interpretation of Scripture. He is a member of the Scripture and University Seminar (KLC Scripture Collective). In addition to theological research, he loves gardening, watching baseball and basketball, and astronomy. His wife, Laura, is an architectural-mechanical engineer, and they have two children, Evelyn and Aliya.
Susan grew up on the Space Coast of Florida, loving science and the beach. After serving a short time in the secular profession of Systems Analyst, she was called into ordained ministry as an Anglican Priest. Alongside hands-on parish ministry, she continued academic interests including a post-graduate degree in Anglican Studies, a DMin in Spiritual Formation, and a PhD in Sacramental Theology. After serving in a number of parishes and universities, she has served as the Dean of the Center for Anglican Theology since 2012. Her published books are in both the academic field of Eucharistic Theology, and the practical field of Pastoral Care. She continues to write in both arenas for the Church and for the Academy. As the vision statement of the Center says, she is committed to keeping faith deeply rooted in Scripture, and keeping study deeply rooted in faith. She is also committed to practical applications of Scriptural spirituality, including issues of stewardship and animal welfare.
AJ leads data and evaluation for Leading on Opportunity, an initiative of Foundation for the Carolinas aimed at advancing economic mobility in his hometown, Charlotte, NC, USA. He holds a master’s in public policy from the University of Chicago, a bachelor’s in urban studies from Furman University, and is a two-time Fulbright Scholarship recipient. Currently, he is completing a master’s at Reformed Theological Seminary where his studies explore the intersections of Reformed theology, urban space, economic justice, and hospitality. He’s a member of KLC’s Economics Research Hub.
Andrew Campbell is Rector of St Patrick’s Broughshane (Parish of Skerry, Rathcavan and Newtowncrommlin) in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Connor. He holds degrees in Ancient History, Byzantine Studies and Theology. In 2017 he was awarded a PhD from Queen’s University Belfast for his research on Nonviolent Atonement Theology under the supervision of Stephen N. Williams. He has served the wider Church of Ireland in various ways, including as visiting lecturer in Anglican Dogmatics at the Church of Ireland Theological Institute. He continues his research into atonement theology, including its relationship to broader topics of justice, violence and sacrifice. Andrew is married to Allison; they have two children, Henry and Charlotte.
Julie Canlis holds a PhD from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and is the author of Calvin’s Ladder (2010, Templeton Prize) and A Theology of the Ordinary (2017). She and her husband, Matt, ministered in the Church of Scotland for thirteen years and co-founded The Abbey Summer School – a “pop up” seminary that has been running since 2013 in Edinburgh, Scotland. She is the Liturgical Director for Trinity Church (Wenatchee, WA), lectures at Whitworth University in their theology MA program, and runs the non-profit Godspeed (livegodspeed.org).
Ricardo Cardenas was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He is the branch manager at Anythink Library – a public library in Commerce City – and also serves as lead pastor/elder at Calvary Commerce City, a church plant in northeast Denver. He and his wife Molly have three sweet children: Micah, Amelia and Benjamin. Ricardo received his Bachelor of Arts from North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and his Master of Divinity from Denver Seminary. He enjoys reading, writing, and thinking about public theology, and he is particularly interested in studying Abraham Kuyper’s understanding of common grace as it relates to the life and work of public libraries. Ricardo also cares deeply about planting churches in underserved communities throughout Denver and beyond. Outside of work he enjoys watching baseball, gardening, and of course, reading good books.
Dr. Carroll is half-Guatemalan and was raised bilingual and bicultural. In his youth, he spent many summers in Guatemala and later taught at El Seminario Teológico Centroamericano in Guatemala City for thirteen years. The realities of Central America sparked Dr. Carroll’s fascination with the Old Testament. The relevance of the biblical text for the challenges of poverty, war, and politics in those developing countries led him to a passionate focus on the Old Testament prophets, Old Testament social ethics, and the social sciences. In addition, his studies in English literature and literary theory have generated an ongoing engagement with literary approaches to the Old Testament and critical studies. Experiences in this country and abroad have led him to a deep appreciation for the unique contributions that ethnic minorities, women, and the global church make to the interpretation of the Old Testament. Before coming to Wheaton, Dr. Carroll taught Old Testament at Denver Seminary for many years and founded a Spanish-language lay training program there. At Wheaton, he tries to model a commitment to connecting careful biblical scholarship with the mission of the church as it engages today’s complex realities. Dr. Carroll has been involved in Hispanic churches and teaching on the Bible and immigration for many years. He has just completed a major commentary on the book of Amos.
Delvyn Case is a composer, conductor, scholar, writer, and speaker whose works explores the intersections between music and the Christian tradition. His works have been performed by over 80 orchestras, including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony, the Toronto Symphony, and Germany’s Philharmonie Sudwestfalen, as well as by numerous Grammy-winning artists. His writing on the theological dimensions of classical and popular music has appeared in The Christian Century, Sojourners, and The Biblical Mind, various academic publications, and his Patheos blog Alleluia: Music and the Christian Life. He is the founder of Deus Ex Musica, an international ecumenical organization that promotes the use of sacred music as a resource for faith formation. A graduate of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Case serves as Associate Professor of Music at Wheaton College in Massachusetts, USA. delvyncase.com
Dr. Kylah Clark-Goff is Professor and Dean of the School of Education at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas. She is a native of Texas, but has enjoyed living and traveling internationally. She is a graduate of Baylor University as well as Southwestern Seminary, and earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from Texas A&M University. She has more than 19 years of experience in teaching, curriculum development, and leadership in public, private, domestic, and international settings. Her professional interests include brain-based learning, educator preparation, English as a Second Language (ESL), and innovative pedagogy. Kylah loves learning, baking, exercising, and traveling with her family.
Dr. Ian Clausen is the chief editor of Augustinian Studies at the Augustinian Institute and is Assistant Teaching Professor in the Augustine & Culture Seminar Program at Villanova University. As a Marshall scholar he studied theology and ethics under Oliver O’Donovan and received his MTh and PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2014. He is the author of On Love, Confession, Surrender and the Moral Self (Bloomsbury, 2017) and has published on topics of moral agency, conscience, love, and bioethics.
Gerald Cleaver is Professor of Physics at Baylor University. He is a member of the High Energy Physics group and head of the Early Universe Cosmology and String Theory (EUCOS) division of Baylor’s Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research. Cleaver earned his Ph.D. at Caltech in 1993, where he studied under John H. Schwarz, one of the founders of string theory. Cleaver has written approximately 100 peer-reviewed journal papers and conference proceedings, which have received over 1300 total citations. He is author of four book chapters and an encyclopedia entry, and co-author of one text book. Cleaver is on the Board of Advisors of two corporations: Rampart Communications, Inc., and Space Initiatives, Inc.
Adrian lives in Cape Town, South Africa, where he works as the deputy director of the Student YMCA Christian Study Centre on the University of Cape Town campus. His commitment to integrating theology, interdisciplinary scholarship and practice was shaped through twenty years of teaching and learning in Youth With A Mission. During this time he completed an undergraduate degree in theology and philosophy with the University of South Africa, and then a Masters theology degree at Regent College in Vancouver, with interdisciplinary and arts concentrations. While a theology lecturer at Cornerstone Institute in Cape Town, he then completed a PhD at UCT in Religious Studies, under the supervision of John de Gruchy, on everyday aesthetic existence and discipleship. He is currently a research fellow in Historical and Constructive Theology at the University of the Free State.
Rev Dr. Gareth Cockerill is Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Biblical Theology, Wesley Biblical Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Gary is a gradutate of Southern Wesleyan University, Asbury Theological Seminary, and Union Theological Seminary in Virginia (now Union Presbyterian Seminary). He has written several books, including Hebrews in the New International Commentary on the New Testament (2012). Gary is also interested in the unity of Scripture, the continuing relevance of the Old Testament, cross-cultural interpretation of Scripture, and issues that pertain to the biblical canon. Gary, and his wife Rosa, also served for nine years in Sierra Leone, West Africa. They enjoy their three daughters, two sons-in-law, and four grandchildren.
Senator David Coltart was born in Zimbabwe and has practised law there since 1983. During his 38 years of practice he has represented many opposition politicians and human rights activists. He founded the Bulawayo Legal Projects Center in 1986, a public interest law institute. He is a founding member of the MDC opposition political party and was elected to Parliament in 2000, 2005 and 2008. Between 2009 and 2013 he was Minister of Education, Sport, Arts & Culture in the government of national unity. In 2016 he published “The Struggle Continues: 50 years of tyranny in Zimbabwe”. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church and a lay preacher. He is married with 4 children.
After studying at the University of Cape Town in beautiful South Africa, Elaine made passage to Europe via Italy, Swiss and English L’Abri, and now living in Cambridge, UK with her husband, grown children and grandchildren nearby. Envisioned by the possibility that people of all ages could live meaningfully in the finite present, while relating to an infinite God of love and communication, pointed her toward the field of educational philosophy and epistemology, especially as interpreted in the writings and work of Charlotte Mason (1842-1923) a fine late Victorian Christian educator. She has recently joined the KLC IDG (Inter-Disciplinary Group) in Cambridge.
Peter Copeland is a husband, son, brother, Ontarian and Canadian. After pursuing graduate school in philosophy, he entered politics and public policy, where he now works as a policy advisor. His background is in business, political theory and philosophy, which he tries to weave into his work as a writer, contributor to think tanks, and Animator at Catholic Conscience: a non-partisan organization devoted to civic formation in Canada. Much of his life has been spent in Southwestern Ontario, though he’s called Vancouver and Montreal home for multiple years. His travels have taken him to Denmark for studies, and Korea to teach english. He enjoys the riches and novelty of different cultures, though Canada will always be home.
Amy Crider is associate professor of Foundations of Education and is the director of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Center for Writing Excellence. She teaches doctoral writing courses, supervises doctoral students, and works with writers from undergraduates to doctoral students, from academic writers to writers in ministry. Amy is passionate about innovative pedagogy in Christian contexts, coaching writing, and spiritual formation in the writing process. She has been married to Joe for 37 years, and they have four children and four grandchildren.
Luis Cruz-Villalobos, PhD (Santiago de Chile, 1976), is a writer, editor, and psychologist, with an extensive literary production in poetry and academic essays, with more than fifty published books. He is a specialist and postgraduate in clinical psychology. He has devoted himself to the study of resilience and posttraumatic growth, as well as applied hermeneutics, topics on which he based his doctoral research at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, where he graduated as Doctor of Philosophy. For 15 years, he was a Presbyterian minister (now retired), and he also served as regional secretary for the Southern Cone of the Latin American Theological Fellowship. He is currently working as a professor and clinical supervisor at the University of Talca (Chile), and conducts psychotherapy for adults and couples. He is a member of the Society of Writers of Chile.
AJ Culp is a dual national of America and Australia, and he currently serves as Lecturer in Old Testament and Biblical Languages at Malyon Theological College. He also Co-Chairs the Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar and is Honorary Research Fellow for the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland. Originally trained in English literature, AJ’s research continues in the tradition of the humanities and its pursuit of big questions. He is particularly interested in how Scripture works as a ‘world-building’ text, wherein people encounter the divine and so become truly human. Most recently, AJ has explored Deuteronomy’s use of memory in this regard (Fortress Academic, 2020).
Tersha De Koning is a lawyer interested in criminal, constitutional, and Charter law, at the intersection of which she hopes to practice, publish, and teach. She currently works as a lawyer at Innocence Canada, a non-profit organization that does advocative, exonerative, educative, and reformative work for clients who have been wrongfully convicted of (culpable) homicides, i.e., murder, manslaughter, and infanticide. Tersha attended law school at Queen’s University, where she was a decorated student and mooter and where she served in leadership roles in criminal law, litigation, and advocacy associations. She articled as a clerk at the Superior Court and an ex officio clerk at the Divisional Court. Tersha will be applying for a master’s in law, to specialize in her areas of interest, during the 2022-2023 year. Tersha lives in Canada, where she lives with her family, attends and serves at her local church, and attempts (with sporadic success) to maintain her health, hobbies, and social life.
Rev Dr Bill DeJong is lead pastor at Blessings Christian Church in Hamilton, ON and adjunct faculty at Redeemer University in Ancaster, ON. A graduate of McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, ON, Bill is the author of Eucharistic Reciprocity: A Practical Theological Inquiry into the Virtue of Gratitude (Wipf and Stock, 2019). He and his wife Kim have four adult sons. Bill enjoys both urban life and wilderness hiking and canoeing.
Rev Dr John DelHousaye is Professor of Bible and Theology at Arizona Christian University and Theologian-in-Residence with Surge Network and The Spiritual Formation Society of Arizona. He is the author and editor of numerous books, and is currently working on a four-volume, formational commentary on the Gospels. John was born in Los Angeles, California, and completed his PhD under Dr. Donald Hagner at Fuller Seminary but has spent most of his life in the Sonoran Desert. John loves to paint and collaborate with artists. He serves as the elder of spiritual formation at Redemption Alhambra, an inner-city, multicultural church in Phoenix, Arizona.
Geoffrey H. Fulkerson currently serves as Associate Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Dordt University. He works at the intersection of Christian theology, place, and the church. With over a decade of experience in interdisciplinary scholarship, he is especially enjoys working on collaborative projects that convene multiple people from different locations, skills, and knowledge to address the pressing challenges in the church and the world.
Alastair is a Sydney-based consulting economist, specialising in two areas: the efficient finance of social goods; and value-chain maximisation, particularly in international trade. He is a member of KLC’s economics research hub, and is currently undertaking research on the economics of shame and empathy. Alastair holds degrees in literature, finance and theology, and is a Senior Fellow of the PM Glynn Institute at Australian Catholic University.
Jennifer George was born and raised in SriLanka. She is now a Senior Lecturer, Head of Computing Department and leads on accessibility initiatives within Goldsmiths, University of London. She also has extensive experience in transnational quality of curriculum. She has a PhD in design as a research methodology and is fascinated by the story of design in the Bible. Jennifer has been a teacher and lecturer for over 25 years both in SriLanka and UK. Jennifer is married and is mum to a little boy. You may find Jennifer sketching and painting particularly during large, long and intense meetings.
Brandon Giella is a writer and entrepreneur. He owns Giella Media (giellamedia.com), which aims to be the most efficient marketing firm by embracing simplicity, speed, and smarts. Brandon earned an MA in biblical studies from Dallas Theological Seminary and an MBA in finance from the University of Texas at Dallas in which he completed an economics fellowship program. He writes an economics column for Common Good Magazine (commongoodmag.com) and a personal newsletter at brandongiella.com. Follow his work on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/brandongiella. Brandon is based in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife, Christine, and daughter, Camille.
Jim Gieser lives in Cape Town, South Africa, where he is the director of advancement and spiritual life at the Student YMCA Christian Study Centre at the University of Cape Town. Jim earned BA and MA degrees from Wheaton College, a MPhil in higher education from the University of Cape Town, and an EdD in higher education and student affairs from Indiana University. Along the way Jim taught at an international school in Germany, served in international and student affairs at private and public universities, and managed a MA in organizational leadership designed for Christian leaders throughout the Global South. Jim is interested in how people navigate new social and cultural spaces. He is also interested in the interior journey of spiritual formation. Jim’s passion is helping others to enter lament, go deeper in Christ, and live who they’re meant to be.
Michael Goheen is married to Marnie since 1979 and together they have four married children and eleven grandchildren. Their home is in Vancouver, BC, Canada for part of the year. Their second home is in Phoenix, AZ where Mike leads the Missional Training Center, an extension site of Covenant Theological Seminary, St Louis, MO, which has developed a new model of graduate-level missional theological education for urban church leaders. They also spend a number of months each year in Brazil, Chile, and Hungary training pastors. Mike has authored, co-authored, or edited twelve books which have been translated into twelve different languages. His PhD is from Utrecht University (Netherlands) and his dissertation was on the missionary ecclesiology of Lesslie Newbigin.
Pierre Goldie grew up mostly in Cape Town, attending Catholic schools and graduating a with Bachelor of Business Science (Honours) degree. He worked mainly in share and investment analysis and portfolio management. During the last five years of work in these fields, he was converted and became increasingly involved in church work, until the calling to the priesthood became clear. Before entering the seminary, he was involved with the Justice and Peace group and the St Vincent De Paul Society, working mainly in the poorer parishes and townships. He attained a degree in Bachelor of Sacred Theology (Honours), a Master’s degree in Missiology and is now finalising his doctoral dissertation. Pierre has written short articles on the Church in sport, politics and economics for his Catholic parish magazine. His work experience informs the dialogue between faith and the culture of work in his deliberations. His root metaphor is to bring people to a life-changing and energising relationship with Christ.
Chris Gonzalez serves as President and co-founder of The Surge Network/Missional Training Center, a relational network of local churches that “desire to fellowship with one another and grow as servant-leaders of missional congregations.” Chris grew up in New Jersey and Memphis. In 1997, he moved to Arizona to study at Arizona State University, where he earned a master’s degree in human communication. He also received a master’s in divinity from Phoenix Seminary in 2001. Previously, Chris served as lead pastor of Missio Dei Communities in Tempe, AZ. He helped plant Missio Dei in 2008 as a movement of missional communities that gather together for weekly worship and equipping, functioning in many ways like house churches.
Dr Jamie Grant is Vice-Principal (Academic) and Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Highland Theological College, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands. His main teaching and research interests focus on the Old Testament poetic texts, biblical languages and questions of hermeneutics. Jamie’s first degree was in law at Dundee University (1990), before completing an MA (Biblical Studies) at Reformed Theological Seminary (1999) and PhD from the University of Gloucestershire (2002). Jamie’s doctoral research adopted a canonical approach to the Psalter, examining kingship themes in the Psalms and Deuteronomy. From 1990-97, Jamie worked for the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES) in Poland. Jamie loves the outdoors and is frequently to be found exploring the Highlands either on a mountain bike or a paddleboard… one is usually wetter than the other but, given the Scottish weather, sometimes you’d be surprised. He is married to Iwona and they have three adult children.
Richard Gunton is a lecturer in statistics at the University of Winchester and director of Faith-in-Scholarship at Thinking Faith Network. He has published widely in ecology, conservation planning and philosophy of science, increasingly drawing inspiration from the tradition of Reformational philosophy. As well as teaching maths students at Winchester, he contributes to the university’s Institute of Value Studies, an interdisciplinary centre offering modules to students from all undergraduate courses. Richard is drawn to the breadth of the Kirby Laing Centre’s vision of redemption and flourishing under the lordship of Christ in all areas of life.
Dr. George Guthrie is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. Before coming to Regent in 2018, he taught for twenty-eight years at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, where he served as the Benjamin W. Perry Professor of Bible and Fellow in the Ryan Center for Biblical Studies. A focus of George’s research has been the New Testament book of Hebrews. His doctoral research was published as The Structure of Hebrews: A Text-Linguistic Analysis in the series Supplements to Novum Testamentum (Leiden/New York: E.J. Brill, 1994). He also has published commentaries on Hebrews (Zondervan, 1998; 2002, 2007), James (Zondervan, 2006), 2 Corinthians (Baker, 2015), and Philippians (Zondervan, 2023), as well as numerous articles, book chapters, and book reviews. George has also worked as a consultant on the ESV, CSV, NLT, and HCSB translations of the Bible. George has a passion for equipping church leaders and laypeople to read and live the Bible more effectively. To that end he has published a number of works designed to help the church better understand and apply Scripture, including Reader’s Guide to the Bible (LifeWay, 2011), Reading God’s Story: A Chronological Daily Bible(Broadman & Holman, 2011), Read the Bible for Life: Your Guide to Understanding and Living God’s Word (Broadman & Holman, 2011), CSB Day-by-Day Chronological Bible (Holman, 2018), and a Short Guide to Reading the Bible Better (B&H, 2003). George and his wife Pat understand their calling to the Regent community as oriented to teaching, mentoring, and hospitality, along with a bit of gardening and fly fishing.
Ashley Hales holds a PhD in English from the University of Edinburgh. Her academic interests lie at the intersection of story, culture, faith and philosophy, with a particular emphasis on sympathy, place-making, and genre. She is the author of two books, Finding Holy in the Suburbs: Living Faithfully in the Land of Too Much and the forthcoming, A Spacious Life: Trading Hustle and Hurry for the Goodness of Limits (published by InterVarsity Press). She enjoys good conversations with other Christian thinkers as she hosts the Finding Holy Podcast. She is married Bryce, a pastor, and they have four school-aged children. In her spare time, she enjoys curling up with a cup of tea and a mystery novel and finds a good walk can cure many things.
Dr Nigel Halliday trained as an art historian at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the Courtauld Institute, London, where he gained his PhD in research on responses to Cubism and Surrealism in Britain in the 1920s and 30s. He wrote the history of Zwemmer’s modernist bookshop and art gallery ‘More than a bookshop: Zwemmer’s and art in the twentieth century” (London: Philip Wilson, 1991). He worked for many years as a church leader, while continuing to teach and to write on Christianity and art. He is currently researching the influence of the Reformation on Michelangelo’s later works.
Dr Sue Vaux Halliday recently retired as Professor of Marketing and Head of Department, after a career in business and academia. She publishes in internationally excellent academic journals on service innovation, relational branding and sustainability. She is honorary Research Fellow at KLC, and served as Acting Director, KLICE during Craig Bartholomew’s writing leave summer 2019-summer 2020. She serves on the Boards of IVP, SPCK and the Jubilee Centre, Cambridge. She also serves on the International Scientific Advisory Board of a Swedish universities collaborative research project into mainstreaming sustainable consumption niche practices.
Jack lives in Cambridge and works as advisor and senior researcher with the podcast network Noiser. A native of Hampshire in the south of England, Jack spent three years at Covenant Seminary in the United States, completing a Master of Divinity (MDiv) before moving to Cambridge. Jack also serves alongside the team at Sage Christianity, a cultural apologetics ministry based in St. Louis, Missouri. His research interests are usually at the intersection of philosophy, theology, and history. When not in the books, Jack can be found either playing football or cheering for the Arsenal.
Chip Hardy (PhD, University of Chicago) is associate professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he has taught since 2014. He is also the Senior Research Fellow for Old Testament at the Caskey Center for Biblical Text and Translation. His academic work engages with the cultural and historical background of the peoples of the ancient Near East, specifically the languages of the Bible and the religious literature related to biblical texts. He has authored and edited numerous books, articles, and essays—most recently, Exegetical Gems from Biblical Hebrew: A Refreshing Guide to Grammar and Interpretation (Baker Academic, 2019), The Old Testament: An Easy Introduction (published in Korean as 쉬운구약개론; Hong Sung Sa Ltd, 2020), The Development of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions (ANEM 28; SBL Press, 2022), “Like ʾIlu Are You Wise”: Studies in Northwest Semitic Languages and Literatures in Honor of Dennis G. Pardee (SAOC 73; Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 2022), and Going Deeper with Biblical Hebrew: An Intermediate Study of the Grammar and Syntax of the Hebrew Bible (B&H Academic, 2023). He lives in Wake Forest, North Carolina with his wife and son.
Steve Harris is a systematic theologian who works across historical and biblical theology. His work is concerned to retrieve the riches of the history of biblical interpretation, as well as to encourage (and model) much fuller engagement by theologians with the biblical text – the very soul of theology. He is the author of God and the Teaching of Theology: Divine Pedagogy in 1 Corinthians 1-4 (Notre Dame, 2019) and Resurrection from the Dead: Figural Eschatology in Christian Scripture and Theology (Baylor, forthcoming). He serves as Pastor of Discipleship at Elim Church, Saskatoon, Canada. In addition, he is Research Scholar at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto; and Adjunct Professor of Theology at Horizon College & Seminary, Saskatoon, and Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Cleveland, TN.
Dr. Scott H. Hawley is a Professor of Physics at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. He received his Ph.D. in numerical relativity from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000, after which he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) Potsdam, Germany, where he studied black holes and gravitational waves via supercomputer simulations. His love of music led him to seek a teaching position at Belmont University in Nashville, where he has enjoyed teaching Audio Engineering Technology Students and applying his computer modeling skills to machine learning applications problems related to musical audio signal processing. He has authored journal papers on astrophysics, machine learning, and nonlinear optimization problems, and audio production, as well as book chapters and popular essays at the intersection of AI and Christian Theology. The latter emerged from a two-year Templeton-sponsored grant program in Oxford, UK beginning in 2017 exploring Christian formulations of “AI Ethics.” He is preparing a book on the history, philosophy and methodologies of classification, while still pursuing AI-audio research as a Technical Fellow with open-source collective Harmonai (a subsidiary of London-based Stability AI) and as a Senior Fellow of the Belmont Data Collaborative. He serves as a Founding Member of AI and Faith, on the board of AI Theology, and as a faculty board advisor to Montreal startup WaveShaper.ai.
Ross is CEO of a Christian social policy charity CARE (Christian Action Research and Education). Before joining CARE (www.care.org.uk) in 2021 he led the national children’s charity Spurgeons. HIs career began in an academic think-tank at the LSE – the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion – which was followed by a number of roles in public policy, research, campaigning, participation, and public affairs with London Councils, a trade union called Unison, a children’s charity called Action for Children, and the Children’s Commissioner for England. In 2005 he stood for Parliament for a constituency near where he grew up in South West Wales. Outside of work he has served on a number of national bodies and Boards, of both secular and faith-based organisations, and co-developed a systematic discipleship course on faith and work for young adults, which he led at his home church, All Souls Langham Place, for 9 years. Married to Melinda he loves rugby, cooking, and TV detective series.
Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker is editor-in-chief of ArtWay, www.artway.eu, a bilingual, ecumenical and international website about art and faith which she started in 2010. She has a doctoraal (cum laude) in musicology (University of Amsterdam) with minors in art history, philosophy and liturgical studies (Free University of Amsterdam). For many years she worked as a freelance editor, translator, researcher and writer. For 10 years she edited Lev, the journal of Dutch L’Abri. She edited the Complete Works of her father (art historian Hans Rookmaaker) and has written about popular music, church music, and the visual arts. She was the writer, editor and co-editor of four books in Dutch, one about popular music, one with discussions of artworks, a handbook for art in the church, and one about the Kuyperian tradition in the arts. She contributed to ca. twenty-five books and published many articles. In 2019 she was co-curator of Art Stations of the Cross in Amsterdam. She loves to sing and was part of choirs from Amsterdam to Geneva, Switzerland. She lives in Langbroek in the Netherlands, married to Albert, a proud mother of three and grateful grandmother of two.
Dr. C. Hugo Herfst, OblSB, served in Guatemala from 1992 to 2015 as church planter, translation supervisor, seminary professor and founder of a Christian Development Association involved in post-disaster reconstruction, community projects, as well as working alongside churches to provide support for families dealing with HIV/Aids, Seniors’ wellbeing, etc., He served on the International Committee for La Red del Camino para la Misión Integral, a network of Latin American missiologists and practitioners engaged in holistic ministries from 2006 to 2015. From 2015 to 2021, he taught at Redeemer University as Assistant Professor of Ministry. Hugo was part of the committee for the Scripture and Church Seminar. As part of his vision for contextualized theology, Herfst obtained his PhD in applied theology under Drs Samuel Berberián and José Ramiro Bolaños at Universidad Panamericana in Guatemala. His thesis proposed how to recover missional ecclesiology centred on the Kingdom of God through a conversation between theology, missiology, ethics and liturgy. He is passionate about the South-North dialogue and seeks opportunities to explore how Latin American theologians can both enrich and learn from the global Church. As the Latin American Coordinator for the Henri Nouwen Society, he seeks to promote Nouwen’s writings among Spanish Speakers. Hugo is a Benedictine Oblate with Mount Saviour Monastery in Pine City, New York. He coordinates the Spirituality Hub for KLC. He and his wife, Jackie, returned to Guatemala in 2021. They have five married children in four different countries.
Dr Peter Heslam is the Director of Faith in Business, Cambridge, and Research Associate of the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide. He has research interests at the interface of business, faith and development, as well as in the life and work of the public intellectual, social entrepreneur and statesman Abraham Kuyper. Peter’s interdisciplinary scholarship reflects his academic background in social science, history, ethics, missiology and theology. After serving on the faculty of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC), he has held various appointments at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and as a Visiting Professor at various research institutions around the world. His recent publications include the anthology Abraham Kuyper on Business and Economics (Lexham, 2021). Peter is a Fellow of the SPES-Forum and of the Royal Society of Arts. He is also a Doctoral Supervisor at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies and is involved in parish work as a priest in the Church of England and is editor of its popular ‘God on Monday’ reflections.
Dr Fredrik Hildrum enjoys analysing mathematical problems, teaching and communicating science and truth. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at NTNU – The Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, where he explores topics within mathematical physics and inverse problems. Hildrum is also greatly interested in nondogmatic theology and technological advances.
Robby Holt is an ordained Presbyterian Minister who has served the church in various ways since 1991. Prior to a recent move to Birmingham, USA, he served as Theological Dean for the Chattanooga Institute for Faith, Work and Culture and as an adjunct teacher in New Testament at Covenant College. Robby has partnered with Craig Bartholomew, Aubrey Spears, Michael Rhodes, and Brian Fikkert to publish a few works. He is married to Chrissy. They have four adult children and four grandchildren – so far.
Fred has been married to Viv since 1971. They have two daughters and three granddaughters. In the 1970s when working with UCCF Fred’s interest in relating Christian belief to education increased. In the 1980s this took a particular focus while he was Director of Stapleford House Education Centre, in Nottingham. He was on the staff of the University of Gloucestershire 1985-2005 and completed a PhD exploring what people mean when they speak of ‘Christian Education’ (published by Paternoster in 1992). In 2005 he left the University staff as he was appointed Associate Pastor at Cambray Baptist Church in Cheltenham. Though not now employed he continues to be involved in pastoral care.
Andy has a PhD in Sustainable Development and Environmental Business Management and authored a University Textbook on the subject. He planted and pastored churches for over a decade and currently works for Compassion as Head of Neighbour Development for the UK. Andy has been the director of two companies including a Community Interest Company as well as a Christian Resource Company whose flagship product was teaching by Wayne Grudem’s on Christian Beliefs. He has served on two charitable Trust boards and loves to run long distances in the hills. His greatest passion is seeing the Church experience God’s presence through His Word and by His Spirit.
After completing postgraduate studies in physics and mathematics at the University of Cologne (Germany) and in theology at the Seminary for Evangelical Theology in Vaux-sur Seine (France), Lydia Jaeger obtained her Ph.D. in philosophy at the Sorbonne on the possible links between the concept of law of nature and religious presuppositions. She holds a permanent lectureship and is academic advisor and international relations officer at the Institut Biblique de Nogent-sur-Marne (France). She is a research associate of St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, a Faraday Associate of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion and an Associate Fellow at the Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology (all based in Cambridge, UK). Lydia Jaeger is the author of seven books and numerous articles on the relation between Christianity and the natural sciences. She has edited (or co-edited) eight collective volumes; the most recent one is Lire la Bible aujourd’hui : Perspectives croisées sur les défis contemporains (Bibli’O, 2022 – the English translation is scheduled with Zondervan Academic in 2024). Website: http://ljaeger.ibnogent.org.
Danielle Jansen is a PhD candidate at the Logos Institute for Analytic and Exegetical Theology at the University of St Andrews and plans to graduate spring 2024. Her thesis topic is on the intersection of divine wrath and the atonement. Other areas of research include feminist and gender theology and the philosophy and psychology of emotion. Her next project will center on and how cognitive theories of emotion can inform our understanding classical accounts of divine impassibility. Dani is the chief editor of Blogos and a producer and co-host of the Logos Podcast. She is also the co-director of Logia St Andrews, which is an organization that exists to support and develop female students in Divinity and related disciplines.
Dru Johnson (PhD, University of St. Andrews) directs the Center for Hebraic Thought and has been a research fellow at the Herzl Institute (Jerusalem), Logos Institute (St. Andrews), and Henry Center (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School). He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Biblical Philosophy, Human Rites, and Knowledge by Ritual. He is ordained as an EPC minister and is cohost of the OnScript podcast.
Eric L. Johnson is Professor of Christian Psychology at the Gideon Institute of Christian Psychology and Counseling at Houston Baptist University. Prior to this position, he taught psychology, worldview studies, and Christian counseling for 28 years. Eric is currently working on the 3rd edition of Psychology & Christianity: Five Views, and he co-edited Evidence-Based Practices for Christian Counseling and Psychotherapy and Marriage: Its Foundation, Theology, and Mission in a Changing World. In addition, he has written over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles or chapters, as well as Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal and God and Soul Care: The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith, and he was a co-author of Christian Psychotherapy in Context. His wife is Rebekah, they have two children and three grandchildren, and they love traveling.
Dr. Jennifer Brown Jones is an assistant professor of Old Testament, speaker, and author. She holds a PhD in Christian Theology from McMaster Divinity College. Jen is the author of Translation and Style in the Old Greek Psalter and Psalms 89–105: A Handbook on the Greek Psalter. Her current projects include a commentary on Zechariah (Zondervan), a Bible study for the church on the post-exilic period, research on speech ethics, and her blog. Jen is deeply committed to making academic work accessible to the church through her public speaking, teaching, and writing. She lives in the mountains of Utah, USA with her husband Casey, who is doing research in agroforestry. They have a grown son and grandson who live in Florida and a special needs son who lives near them in Utah.
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