Conspectus

Anna-Marie Lockard Nazarene Bible College

Desmond Henry Global Network of Evangelists; Luis Palau Association

Michael Blythe Nations University; United Methodist Church

Ms. Youdit Tariku Feyessa is a faculty candidate and instructor at the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology (EGST). She has earned her post graduate degrees from EGST in theology and development studies. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student in the joint program of the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology (EGST) and Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (VUA). Her research interests broadly lie in interdisciplinary research and public/political theology, emphasizing the role of religion vis-à-vis public life. She mainly engages with gender equality, identity and diversity, patristic theology, eco-theology, the capability approach, theological education, and Christian ethics.

Mr. Yimenu Adimass Belay came to Christ from the context of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (EOTC). He completed a B.A. in Bible and Christian Ministry at Meserete Kristos College, an M.A. in Biblical and Theological Studies, and M.Th. at the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology (EGST). He is an instructor and academic dean at Meserete Kristos Seminary. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate in New Testament studies under a joint program of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology.

Dr. Greg Kame holds a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from the University of South Africa, an M.A. in Biblical Studies from West Africa Theological Seminary, and a B.Th. in Theology from the Cameroon Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Kame is currently based in the United States of America where he serves as Assistant Professor of Theology at Regent University and as Senior Pastor of Glen Burnie Baptist Church.

Rev. Richard Otiso is currently working as a church minister at the international Lutheran congregation of Luther in Helsinki, Finland under the Lutheran Evangelical Association of Finland. He is also pursuing a doctorate degree in theology at the South African Theological Seminary. He completed his master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Eastern Finland and a bachelor’s degree in Divinity from Tumaini University in Tanzania. He has worked in Finland as a missionary to immigrants for almost a decade. Additionally, he has planted three international congregations in Finland. Otiso has authored four peer-reviewed papers on the subject of migration, religion, and social integration in Kenya and Finland. He is married with children and his family lives together with him in Helsinki, Finland.

Dr. Isaac Boaheng holds a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of the Free State, South Africa, an M.Th. from the South African Theological Seminary, South Africa, an M.Div. from the Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghana, and a B.Sc. degree in Geomatic Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana. Boaheng has over seventy publications in Systematic Theology, Ethics, Biblical Studies, Translation Studies, African Christianity, Linguistics, Pentecostalism, and Christian Mission, among others. He is an ordained minister of the Methodist Church Ghana serving the Suame circuit of the Kumasi diocese. Boaheng is married to Gloria, and they are blessed with five children: Christian, Benedict, Julia, Kalix, and Myjiloy.