What
do you do at Western Seminary?
I am serving as Professor of Anthropology and Mission, Director
of the Doctor of Missiology Program, Chair – Division
of Intercultural Studies. How
long have you been at Western Seminary?
I began in the summer of 2001.
Why
do you want to teach/train at Western?
My teaching career began in 1967 in public schools in
Hong Kong upon graduation from teacher’s college
and licensed by the government.
After years
of further education in the US, I returned to the Alliance
Bible Seminary in Hong Kong where I began my seminary
teaching in 1978. Since then I have been involved in teaching/training
ministry for over two decades, with intermittent pastoral
/missionary services in Asia, Australia, Canada and USA.
We are commanded
to pray to “the Lord of harvest” to send
forth workers (Lk 10:1-2) and are commissioned to teach/train
workers for kingdom ministry (Mt 28:18-20; 2 Tim 10:1-2).
It is challenging, exciting and rewarding to invest
into the lives of new workers, witnessing their growth
and maturity in their spiritual life and ministerial
service.
My motivations
to join the faculty of Western Seminary are: The wonderful
institutional “mission statement,” the team
spirit of faculty and staff, the balanced emphasis on
academic excellence and ministerial involvement, the
fact that campuses are located in the Pacific rim and
multi-cultural Metro-Portland area, etc.
Serving
on the faculty of Western Seminary while being an administrator
is an on-going challenge: to be actively engaged in
scholarly research and publication; to excel in academics
and pedagogical achievement; to be competent in administrative
duties; yet remain active in mission involvement abroad.
It is a balancing act that requires godly character,
spiritual piety, missionary compassion, academic integrity,
scholarly diligence and pedagogical perseverance.
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