Lily
Country: Protected
School: Wycliffe College (Canada)
Research Focus: How the imprecatory psalms can help the underground Church respond to suffering and authoritarianism
Angelica de Vera
Country: Philippines
School: Asia Graduate School of Theology (Philippines)
Area of Study: Missiology
Research Focus: How orality and the arts can mobilize the Filipino Church, especially young people, for missions
Junette Galagala-Nacion
Country: Philippines
School: University of Edinburgh (UK)
Area of Study: New Testament
Research Focus: An exploration of Pauline passages that reference Gentiles in order to consider how Christian identity is preserved and negotiated in the Filipino context
Kazusa Okaya
Country: Japan
School: University of Durham (UK)
Area of Study: Christian Ethics
Research Focus: Reconciliation, repentance, and forgiveness, especially in public settings
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
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
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 (Biola University) (USA)
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.
Dr. Siew Pik Lim (Malaysia)
Country: Malaysia
School: Fuller Theological Seminary (USA)
Area of Study: Intercultural Studies
Dr. Xue Xiaxia (Hong Kong)
Country: Hong Kong
School: China Graduate School of Theology (China), McMaster Divinity School (Canada)
Area of Study: New Testament
Identity Protected (China)
Country: China
School: London School of Theology (UK)
Area of Study: Systematic Theology
Research Focus: A theology of the Godhead in the Gospel of John for the Chinese Church, with implications of Christ’s portrayal in Revelation for Christian worship and missions.
Dr. Eva Wong
Country: Malaysia
School: Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (UK)
Area of Study: Theology
Research Focus: A study of the Assemblies of God of Malaysia from classical to contemporary times with special reference to Joel 2:28-32.
Identity Protected (Cambodia)
Country: Cambodia
School: Fuller Theological Seminary (USA)
Area of Study: Old Testament
Research Focus: Exodus 19-24 and Ancient Near Eastern law collections as a lens for understanding Cambodian and Hong Kong faith and politics.
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).
Dr. Kei Hiramatsu (Japan)
Country: Japan
School: Asbury Theological Seminary (USA)
Area of Study: New Testament
Research Focus: Christian suffering in conformity to Christ in 2 Corinthians 11-12.