Asian Authors

Justin Ariel Bailey

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:31:28 GMT

Justin Ariel Bailey (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is assistant professor of theology at Dordt University. He works at the intersection of theology, culture, and ministry, and his written work has appeared in the online journal In All Things as well as Christian Scholars Review and the International Journal of Public Theology. He is an ordained minister in the Christian Reformed Church, and he has served as a pastor in Filipino-American, Korean-American, and Caucasian-American settings.

Eddie Byun

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 20:16:03 GMT

Eddie Byun is the director of the Doctor of Ministry Program and associate professor of Christian Ministry at Talbot School of Theology and Biola University in La Mirada, California. He has previously taught practical theology at Torch Trinity Graduate University, and was lead pastor for Crossway Mission Church and Onnuri English Ministry in Seoul, South Korea. He has also pastored in Sydney, Australia; Vancouver, Canada; and Los Gatos, California.

Eddie is the author of Justice Awakening, Praying for Your Pastor, and Praying for Your Missionary. He was also the executive producer of Save My Seoul, an award-winning documentary on sex trafficking in South Korea. He resides in Orange County, California, with his wife, Hyun, and their son.

Margarita R. Cabellon

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:38:41 GMT

Margarita R. Cabellon is a coeditor of Multicultural Ministry Handbook, along with Dr. David A. Anderson. Previously, she was the executive director of BridgeLeader Network, where she coordinated training and speaking engagements on diversity issues with churches, businesses, and other large organizations. She also creates educational opportunities for her local community to learn more about racial reconciliation and other diversity issues.

Peter Cha

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:54:26 GMT

Peter Cha is associate professor of pastoral theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He received his graduate training in theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MDiv and ThM) and received his doctorate in religion in society and personality from Northwestern University.

He previously served as a campus staff member with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and as a youth pastor, church planter, and senior pastor. His publications include chapters in Following Jesus without Dishonoring Your Parents (InterVarsity Press), as well as articles in Korean Americans and Their Religions (Pennsylvania State University Press), Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns (Zondervan), and This Side of Heaven: Race, Ethnicity and Christian Faith (Oxford University Press).

Simon Chan

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:54:29 GMT

Simon Chan (PhD, Cambridge) is Earnest Lau Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. He is the author of Man and Sin, Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition, Spiritual Theology: A Systematic Study of the Christian Life, and Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community. He is also the associate editor of the Global Dictionary of Theology and the Dictionary of Mission Theology.

Sabrina S. Chan

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 22:11:59 GMT

Sabrina S. Chan, a daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong, is national director of Asian American Ministries for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. She is an ordained minister and earned a master's degree in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary.

Read a conversation on Asian American identity and faith with the authors of Learning Our Names.

Kevin S. Chen

Thu, 23 May 2019 14:38:57 GMT

Kevin S. Chen is professor of Old Testament Studies at Gateway Seminary in Ontario, CA. He previously taught at Christian Witness Theological Seminary in San Jose, CA, and Union University in Jackson, TN. He is the author of The Messianic Vision of the Pentateuch and is a contributor to the Worldview Study Bible.

Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:36:02 GMT

Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

James Choung

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:28:44 GMT

James Choung (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) is vice president of strategy and innovation for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. He has been in campus ministry for over twenty-five years and previously served as InterVarsity's national director of evangelism. He is the author of True Story and Real Life, and he speaks frequently at campuses, churches, and conferences. Ordained with the Association of Vineyard Churches, he previously served on the pastoral staff of a Boston-area urban church plant, a megachurch in Seoul, and a house church in Los Angeles.

View the video of James's gospel presentation or download the video or audio.

Brian Chung

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:17:56 GMT

Brian Chung is the cofounder and business director of Alabaster Co. An entrepreneur, designer, and speaker, Brian has appeared on The Washington Post, Forbes, and The New Yorker.

Esther Chung-Kim

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:28:37 GMT

Esther Chung-Kim (Ph.D., Duke U.) is assistant professor of religious studies at Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California. She is the author of Inventing Authority.

Chandra Crane

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 19:47:14 GMT

Chandra Crane (MA, Reformed Theological Seminary) is the mixed ministry coordinator for the multiethnic initiatives department of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and has written for In All Things, The Well, and The Witness: A Black Christian Collective. Growing up in a multiethnic/multicultural family in the Southwest and now happily transplanted to the Deep South, Chandra is passionate about diversity and family and is a member of the multiethnic Redeemer Church in Jackson, Mississippi.

Chandra is married to Kennan, a civil engineer, and they have two spunky daughters. She is a fan of hot tea, crossword puzzles, Converse shoes, and science fiction. She thoroughly enjoys reading, napping, and defying stereotypes.

Linson Daniel

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 22:10:31 GMT

Linson Daniel is associate pastor at METRO Church, located in both Farmers Branch and Frisco, Texas. He is a senior adviser to InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA and the South Asian American ministry adviser at Fuller Theological Seminary's Asian American Center. He is a coauthor of Learning Our Names and lives in Dallas with his wife and two children.

Read a conversation on Asian American identity and faith with the authors of Learning Our Names.

Christie Heller De Leon

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:23:26 GMT

Christie Heller De Leon is an associate regional director with InterVarsity and is based in Sacramento, California. She has a master's degree in organizational leadership from Creighton University and was born in Manila, Philippines.

E. David de Leon

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 22:16:47 GMT

E. David de Leon, who is Pilipino American, is a doctoral student at Fordham University and previously served as national director of InterVarsity's Global Urban Trek.

Read a conversation on Asian American identity and faith with the authors of Learning Our Names.

Asifa Dean

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:23:17 GMT

Asifa Dean previously served on staff with InterVarsity in Redlands, California. She is a contributor to More Than Serving Tea: Asian-American Women on Expectations, Relationships, Leadership, and Faith.

Mikel Del Rosario

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 20:53:39 GMT

Mikel Del Rosario

David A. deSilva

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:54:47 GMT

David A. deSilva (PhD, Emory University) is Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Greek at Ashland Theological Seminary. He is the author of over thirty books, including An Introduction to the New Testament, Discovering Revelation, Introducing the Apocrypha, and commentaries on Galatians, Ephesians, and Hebrews. He is also an ordained elder in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Carissa Dwiwardani

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 19:21:42 GMT

Carissa Dwiwardani (PhD, Rosemead School of Psychology) is professor of psychology at Biola University’s Rosemead School of Psychology. She is a licensed psychologist who is board certified in clinical psychology (ABPP).

Naeem Fazal

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:14:32 GMT

Naeem Fazal