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The Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
Advancing Holistic Mission through Scholarly Engagement
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OCMS (www.ocms.ac.uk) -
The Oxford Centre for Mission Studies
Advancing Holistic Mission through Scholarly Engagement
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Pictured at the OCMS June 2008 Annual Meeting of the Council of Trustees, from left to right:
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Dr Las Newman
(Jamaica)
Chairman of the Council of Trustees and ex officio member of the Executive Committee (2010-2013)
Las Newman is President of Caribbean Graduate School of Theology. He is a former Associate General Secretary of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES), Oxford, England, and holds the position of Honorary International Deputy Director (Caribbean) for the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, 2007-2010. In 2003 he was awarded a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.), Honoris Causa, from the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology, for his outstanding contribution to Caribbean Church and Society.
Las has a Bachelors of Religious Education in Pastoral Ministry from Ontario Bible College, a BA and MA in History from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and a PhD from the University of Wales/Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.
Dr David Cranston
(UK)
Vice-Chairman of the Council of Trustees (2010-2011);Chairman of the Executive Committee (2010-2011)
David Cranston is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at the Oxford Radcliffe Hospital Trust, and a Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Nuffield Department of Surgery at the
University of Oxford. He is also a Governing body fellow at Green Templeton College Oxford. He has held numerous national and international appointments and worked in a variety of senior research and management positions within the NHS. He is the author of one book and over 118 original publications. In 2001 he received the Karl Stortz Golden Cystoscope which is awarded to consultants who have made a significant contribution to British Urology.
He is a licensed lay minister in the Church of England, and a regular contributor to “Reflections” on BBC Radio Oxford
David graduated with an M.B ,Ch.B. from Bristol University and a D. Phil from Oxford University.
Professor Corneliu Constantineanu
(Romania)
Member, Council of Trustees (2010-2012)
Corneliu Constantineanu is Associate Professor of New Testament Studies and Biblical Interpretation at Evanđeoski Teološki Fakultet Osijek, Croatia and the Executive Director of the Areopagus Centre for Christian Studies and Contemporary Culture in Timişoara, Romania. After receiving an engineering degree, with a specialization in biotechnologies at the Banat University of Agricultural Sciences (1997), he went on to study theology and completed his BTh and MTh (Summa cum Laude) at Evanđeoski Teološki Fakultet Osijek, Croatia (1997) and his PhD at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies and the University of Leeds, UK (2006) with an interdisciplinary research in Pauline and contextual theology about the social significance of reconciliation. In addition to his specialization and publications in the areas of pauline theology and reconciliation, Corneliu has a special interest in pursuing a holistic and integrative understanding of the gospel as public truth, thus trying to integrate Christian faith with cultural, social and political realities of everyday life. He is also an adjunct Associate Professor at Universitatea de Vest, Timişoara and at Institutul Teologic Penticostal, Bucureşti, Romania and the Executive Director of the Romanian Evangelical Institute of Research within the Areopagus Centre, Timişoara. Among his most significant publications we mention: Epangelia: An Exegetical Study of the Concept of “Promise” in the Pauline Corpus (Osijek: Evanđeoski Teološki Fakultet, 2005); Interpretare narativă în teologia paulină (Cluj-Napoca: Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, 2009); Bible, Culture, Society (co-editor, Osijek: Evanđeoski Teološki Fakultet, 2009); Encountering the Other: Studies in Reconciliation (Cluj-Napoca: Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă, 2009) and The Social Significance of Reconciliation in Paul’s Theology. Narrative Readings in Romans (London/New York: T&T Clark Continuum, 2010).
Ms Ruth Padilla DeBorst
(Argentina)
Member, Council of Trustees (2011-2013)
Ms Ruth Padilla DeBorst will serve as a member, Council of Trustees from 2011-2013.
She is the General Secretary of Latin American Theological Fraternity.
Makonen Getu
(UK)
Member of the Executive Committee and Council of Trustees
Vice President for Strategic Alliances and Director of OVC Program at Opportunity International, Chicago.
Kwabena Asamoah Gyadu
Member, Council of Trustees (2011-2013)
Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu will be a member of the Council of Trustees from 2011-2013.
Dr Tom Harvey
(UK)
Academic Dean at OCMS, Attendee of the Executive Committee and Council of Trustees
Rev Gordon Hickson
(UK)
Member of the Council of Trustees and the Executive Committee(2009-2011)
Gordon Hickson is the Associate minister of St Aldates Church, a large 1500 member city centre church in Oxford. The role is very varied, involving pastoring, teaching, preaching, and overseeing much of the day to day life of the church. Over the years he has served a number of church and mission organisations. He was formerly the Crusade Director of Christ for all Nations, Project Manager of Heartcry/ M25prayernet, and the Assemblies of God Missions Director for the Muslim World.
Gordon holds a degree and an MA in Soc. Psychology, and Soc. Anthropology from Cambridge University.
Mr Brian Kim
(USA)
Member, Council of Trustees (2009-2011)
Brian Kim is a Korean-American Christian businessman who currently serves as President of OCMS USA. An elder of a local Korean-American church, Kim also leads a mission organization, Miracle Mile Mission. He is active in missionary engagement and mission support in many countries in Asia and Africa.
Rev Dr Wonsuk Ma
(UK)
Member of the Executive Committee and the Council of Trustees (ex officio).
Wonsuk Ma is the Executive Director of OCMS, David Yonggi Cho Research Tutor of Global Christianity, and the Director of Regnum Books International. A trained Old Testament scholar, Dr Ma spent close to three decades in the Philippines as a Pentecostal missionary, and was involved in theological education, evangelism and church planting among mountain tribes, and research on Asian Pentecostalism and mission. He served as Vice President of Academic Affairs of Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, Philippines, Founding President of Asian Pentecostal Society, and Founding Editor of Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies. He has spoken at numerous international conferences, including the Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (Athens, 2005) and International Gathering of Global Christian Forum (Limuru, 2007) and seeks to represent theological perspectives from the Global South. His latest book (with Dr Julie Ma) is entitled Mission in the Spirit: Towards a Pentecostal/Charismatic Missiology (Regnum 2010). In 1999 he received the Special Service Award for 20 Years of Missionary Service from the Korean General Council of the Assemblies of God.
Wonsuk holds a Diploma in Theology from the Full Gospel Theological College in Seoul, a Masters in Divinity from Far East Advanced School of Theology in Manila and PhD from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
Mr Keith Malcouronne
(UK)
Director and Chairman of Board Finance & Audit Committee.
Honorary Treasurer and Member of the Executive Committee and Council of Trustees (2010-2012)
Keith Malcouronne is a Board-level Director and Chartered Accountant with wide-ranging commercial and charity experience. He serves as the Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for World Vision UK, the Vice-Chairman of the Archbishops’ Council Audit Committee, Trustee of the Guildford Diocesan Board of Finance and Lay Chairman of the Runnymede Deanery. He is a Professional Non-Executive Director, Member of the Institute of Directors.
Keith has an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics
Dr Mary Miller
(Poland/Canada)
Member of the Council of Trustees (2009-2011)
Mary Miller is a Professor at Colorado Christian University in the MACI program. She serves as the President of Women Mentoring at Work and is a frequent speaker at international leadership conferences. She has previously worked as the Regional Co-ordinator for the March of Jesus and the Educational Coordinator for Youth with a Mission for England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Mary has a BS in Maths and Physics from Northern Michigan University, and an MA in Individualised Psychology from Antioch University and a PhD from the University of Wales/Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.
Mr Henry Mo
(UK)
Member of Executive Committee and Council of Trustees(2002-2012)
Mr Henry Mo will serve as a member of the Executive Committee from 2009-2011.
He is a local Chinese Christian representative.
Mr C B Samuel
(India)
Member, Council of Trustees (2002-2012)
Director of the Network of Indian Evangelicals for Social Concerns, New Delhi, India.
Mrs Carole Seward
(UK)
Bursar at OCMS, Attendee of the Executive Committee and Council of Trustees
Rev Robin Wainwright
(USA)
Member of the Executive Committee and Council of Trustees (2006-2012)
Robin Wainwright is currently a Director of the Catlin Foundation in Miami, Florida and serves on the Advisory Board for the School of Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. He has spent more than twenty years developing and implementing programs for a variety of humanitarian organisations in the US and internationally, particularly in the Middle East. He taught evangelism and urban ministry at Bethel Seminary.
He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, and a Master of Divinity/Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
Bishop Hwa Yung
(Malaysia)
Member, Council of Trustees (2008-2013)
Bishop Hwa Yung is the fourth bishop of the Methodist Church in Malaysia. Over the years he has held significant positions in various church and mission-related bodies, both in Malaysia and on the international scene. He has been on the Executive of the International Association of Mission Studies, and is a member of the Congress Management Team for the 3rd Lausanne Congress, Cape Town 2010. He has also authored a couple of books, and a substantial number of papers and articles in academic journals and books in the fields of mission and Asian Christianity.
Bishop Hwa Yung graduated from the University of Tasmania, Australia, majoring in Organic Chemistry. Subsequently, he completed the B.D. and M.Th. from the University of London, and a doctorate in missiology at Asbury Theological Seminary, USA.
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