BA (University of Calgary), BEd (University of Calgary), MTS (Regent College), ThM (Regent College), and PhD (University of Edinburgh)
Diane Stinton specializes in the study of world Christianity, particularly in theological developments in the Global South. She has taught theology for many years in Kenya, where she helped launch two new programs: an MTh in African Christianity at Daystar University, and an MTh in World Christianity at the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST). She is the author of Jesus of Africa: Voices of Contemporary Christology and the editor of African Theology on the Way: Current Conversations.
BA (Albion College), MDiv (Regent College), MA (Oxford), PhD (University of Virginia)
Jeffrey Greenman will assume leadership of the faculty of Regent College as Academic Dean in July 2013. He is currently Associate Dean of Biblical and Theological Studies and Professor of Christian Ethics at Wheaton College in Illinois. Prior to his time at Wheaton, Greenman held a number of prominent administrative and teaching positions at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto. Greenman’s research interests include Christian theology, ethics, and global Christianity. He has co-authored two books: Understanding Jacques Ellul (forthcoming, Cascade, 2012) and Unwearied Praises: Exploring Christian Faith through Classic Hymns (Clements, 2004); edited a number of publications; and contributed widely to scholarly journals.
Director of My People International
Terry LeBlanc is Mi’kmaq/Acadian. He is the founding Chair and current Director of the North American Institute for Indigenous Theological Studies (NAIITS), and oversees iEmergence and My People International, both of which are focused on building capacity with indigenous people. He has devoted thirty-five years to grassroots work in the Native North American and global indigenous context. Reflecting his commitment to Christian education from an indigenous perspective, Le Blanc serves as a sessional or adjunct faculty member at Asbury Theological Seminary, George Fox University and Evangelical Seminary, and Tyndale University College and Seminary. He is the author of numerous articles, theological papers, and assorted book chapters, and has won several awards for his varied writings. In June 2010, LeBlanc became the twenty-eighth recipient of the Dr. E.H. Johnson Memorial Award for Innovation in Mission for his work on the creation of NAIITS.
Saturday July 20, 10:20 am: “The Destination and the Journey: Rediscovering our Path”
BA (Wheaton), MA (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), PhD (Vanderbilt)
Mark Noll is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. Most of his academic work focuses on North American religious history, but he has also enjoyed teaching classes on world Christianity. His books include The New Shape of World Christianity (IVP, 2009), and, with Carolyn Nystrom, Clouds of Witnesses: Christian Voices from Africa and Asia (IVP, 2011).
Saturday July 20, 9 am: “The North American Factor in World Christian History”
Director of Christian Formation and Leadership Development, World Vision International
Ruth Padilla DeBorst has been involved in leadership development and theological education for integral mission in her native Latin America for many years. As a missionary with Christian Reformed World Missions, she has served with the Comunidad Internacional de Estudiantes Evangélicos (IFES), Seeds of New Creation, and the Institute Pro Integral Education. Padilla deBorst currently serves as a board member of the Latin American Theological Fellowship, working specifically with the Networking Team of INFEMIT (The International Fellowship for Mission as Transformation). She lives in Costa Rica, where she shares parenting of their blended, multicultural family with her husband James Padilla DeBorst, and shares community life with the members of Casa Adobe.
Saturday July 20, 11:45 am: “God of the Weathered Face: Following Jesus in the Latino World”
BA (Columbia University), MDiv (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), ThM (Harvard University), DMin (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), ThD (forthcoming, Duke University)
Rev. Dr. Soong-Chan
Rah is the Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and
Evangelism at North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. He is the
author of The Next Evangelicalism (IVP Books, 2009) and Many Colors
(Moody Press, 2010), and co-editor of Honoring the Generations (Judson
Press, 2012). Dr. Rah serves on the boards of World Vision, Sojourners, the Christian
Community Development Association (CCDA), Evangelicals 4 Justice, and the
Catalyst Leadership Center.
Saturday July 20, 1:45 pm: "Looking Towards
the Next Evangelicalism"
(in absentia)
Research Professor at the Centre for World Christianity, Africa International University
Andrew F. Walls is
currently Professor of the History of Mission at Liverpool Hope University,
Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh, and Research Professor at
Africa International University's Center for World Christianity. He is one of the
leading missiologists and historians of Christian mission, and is best known
for his pioneering study of the history of the African church.
Friday July 19, 7:30 pm: “The Changing Face of World Christianity” presented by Jeffrey Greenman