Kevin

Country: Hong Kong, Philippines

School: De La Salle University (Philippines)

Area of Study: Educational Studies

Research Focus: Mental health care for those in vulnerable situations, especially refugees of various faith backgrounds.

Laise Sindra

Country: Brazil

School: Payap University (Thailand)

Area of Study: Peacebuilding

Research Focus: How Christian NGOs can combat human trafficking, especially of children, in Southeast Asia’s violent contexts.

Kiran Sharma

Country: Nepal

School: Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (UK)

Area of Study: Practical Theology

Research Focus: Christian financial stewardship in Nepal.

David Lian

Country: Myanmar

School: Asbury Theological Seminary (USA)

Area of Study: Biblical Studies

Research Focus: How suffering forms community identity in the book of Philippians.

Evangeline

Country: China

School: Talbot School of Theology

Area of Study: Educational Studies

Research Focus: Secularization and postmodernism in China.

Saralen Tran

Country: Vietnam

School: Asia Graduate School of Theology (Philippines)

Area of Study: Transformational Learning

Research Focus: Factors that limit the success of students from ethnic minorities at theological schools in Vietnam.

Yan

Country: China

School: China Graduate School of Theology (China)

Area of Study: Church History

Research Focus: Investigating the history of China’s independent church movement.

Patrick

Country: China

School: University of Aberdeen (UK)

Area of Study: New Testament

Research Focus: Pauline understandings of sin, salvation, and moral responsibility in shame-based cultures.

Michelle Mingyue Kang

Country: China

School: Fuller Theological Seminary (USA)

Area of Study: Intercultural Studies

Research Focus: The historical roots of Sinicization, with particular emphasis on the legacy and thought of public theologian Bishop Ding Guan Xun (known as K.H. Ting in the West).