Paul Copan (Ph.D., Philosophy, Marquette University) is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida. He has also helped establish the new M.A. in Philosophy of Religion at PBA..
For six years, he served as president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. He is the author/editor of over 40 books, including works such as The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues, A Little Book for New Philosophers, Holy War in the Bible, Is God a Moral Monster? and Is God a Vindictive Bully? His books have been translated into over a dozen languages. Paul is currently co-chair of the Tyndale Fellowship Philosophy of Religion Study Group (UK).
Paul and his wife, Jacqueline, have six children, and they reside in West Palm Beach, Florida. His website is www.paulcopan.com. He is also part of the team that contributes to the online Worldview Bulletin—a site that explores issues related to the Christian worldview, apologetics, philosophy, science, and culture (https://worldviewbulletin.substack.com/ ).
R.T. Mullins (PhD, University of St Andrews, Dr. Habil University of Helsinki) is currently a lecturer in philosophy and theology at the University of Lucerne, a regular visiting professor of philosophy at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and a docent of dogmatics at the University of Helsinki. He has published over 50 essays on various topics in philosophical theology related to models of God, philosophy of time, personal identity, the problem of evil, disability theology, the Trinity, and the incarnation. He has published two books, The End of the Timeless God (Oxford University Press, 2016) and God and Emotion (Cambridge University Press, 2020). Mullins has held research and teaching fellowships at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Cambridge, the University of St Andrews, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Helsinki. When not engaging in philosophical theology, he is often found at a metal show.
Dr. Kevin Muriithi Ndereba holds a PhD in Practical Theology from the University of South Africa and currently serves as Head of Department and Lecturer in the Department of Practical Theology at St. Paul’s University, Kenya. He is an affiliated Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University. He initially trained and worked as an Electrical Engineer before pursuing theological studies and pastoral ministry in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa. He is the general editor of the book Apologetics in Africa: An Introduction (Langham Publishers, 2024). His research interests are in the fields of practical theology, youth ministry, apologetics, and faith and science, and he is affiliated with various academic societies in these fields. He recently won a fellowship at the University of Birmingham where he will be participating in a 2-year project on the Psychology Cross-Training Programme for Theologians. He is married to Jessica and father to Noah.
Mihretu P. Guta teaches analytic philosophy at Biola University and Azusa Pacific University and is an Associate Fellow at the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, Trinity International University. He completed his PhD in Philosophy at Durham University, UK and subsequently worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the Durham Emergence Project (funded by the John Templeton Foundation), where he researched the nature of the emergence of consciousness from the standpoint of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, neuroscience, and quantum physics. Guta received professional academic certificates in neuroscience from Cambridge University and Harvard University. Guta has gave public lectures/academic papers more than ninety times in the USA, Europe, and Africa. His publications include Consciousness and the Ontology of Properties (Routledge 2018). Selfhood, Autism and Thought Insertion (with Sophie Gibb, 2021), Consciousness, First-Person Perspective and Neuroimaging’, (Journal of Consciousness Studies, 11–12 (2015): 218–45); Taking Persons Seriously: Where Philosophy and Bioethics Intersect (with Scott Rae, Pickwick Publication) forthcoming).
A Langham Scholar, Joseph Byamukama is the founder and team leader of Veracity Fount in Kampala, Uganda. Joseph is married to Daphne, and they have two boys. A recipient of the Pastors for Africa Scholarship, he earned his MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, MA, and is finishing his PhD in New Testament Intertextuality from Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia. His Thesis under Dr. Brian Rosner focuses on how the book of Isaiah shapes Luke’s portrayal of Jesus as the Lord in the book of Acts. Joseph is interested in Luke, Acts, Trinitarian theology, and Christology and looks forward to engaging African Christologies from a biblical-theological standpoint. He contributes to The Gospel Coalition Africa, Radical, and the Modern Reformation Magazine.
Aiah D. Foday-Khabenje (PhD) is currently the Country Director of Children of the Nations-Sierra Leone, following his twelve-year tenure as General Secretary of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA). He previously served as General Secretary of the Evangelical Fellowship of Sierra Leone (EFSL), following his role as the founding director of REAPS Vocational Institute in the same organization. As General Secretary of EFSL, he was elected Chairperson of the Sierra Leone Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (SLANGO) for two consecutive terms. He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Sierra Leone.
Aiah holds a PhD (SATS), D. Min. (Asbury Theological Seminary) and M.A. (Wesley Biblical Seminary) in the USA, and BSc, and MBA (University of Sierra Leone). He is a Fellow of the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (FBDO). Publications include Competencies for Leading in Diversity and Byang Kato: The Life and Legacy of Africa’s Pioneer Evangelical Theologian.
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