Ken is the Minister of Northolt Grange Baptist Ministry and Professsor of Biblical Studies, Wisdom Christian College (University of Wales) in Mitcham.
Currently the Minister of Maidstone Baptist Church, Tim is moving to become the minister of Brighton Road Baptist Church in Horsham in November 2009.
His DPhil was in Paul, looking at the power of sin in his letters, and his current research interests are in the forgiveness of sins, and exploring the possibility of Marcionite influence on the Western text of Luke's gospel.
Rev Dr Daniel Chae BA PhD (LST)
Daniel Chae earned a BA (Hon.) in Theology and a PhD at LST. His doctoral dissertation on the book of Romans was published in 1997 as one of the four launching volumes of the Paternoster Biblical and Theological Monographs. He has since been associated with LST as Tutor, Visiting Lecturer and Associate Research Fellow. He was a Research Fellow of Asian Center for Theologial Studies and Missions (ACTS) in Seoul (2004-2009). Daniel's first degree was on Business Management in Korea.
Daniel has been keenly involved in world mission, largely with the ships ministry of Operation Mobilisation since the 1970s: MV Logos (1979-84) and MV Doulos (1987-88). Until very recently, he served as the Managing Director on board the Doulos, a Christian community of 350 people from 50 nations (2004-09). Prior to returning to the Doulos, he planted Eastbury Church, a mainly British congregation, in Northwood and ministered there for over six years (1997-2004).
Dr Mehrdad Fatehi BSc BA MA PhD
Mehrdad is the Academic Dean and Lecturer in New Testament at Elam College.
He was born in Iran in 1960, becoming a Christian when he was 11, coming from a Muslim background. Mehrdad studied engineering Electronics in University and entered full time ministry 22 years ago. He came to the UK in 1991 where he completed MA and PhD studies at LST.
Mehrdad is one of three pastors at the Iranian Christian Fellowship, London. He taught at Elam College for more than 10 years and since 1995 he has co-ordinated a completely new translation of the Bible into Farsi. He teaches and trains Iranian Christians for ministry around the world.
Rev’d Dr James Heard BA MA PhD
After graduating from LST James Heard worked for five years at Holy Trinity Brompton, the home of the now famous Alpha Course. He did his doctoral research whilst training for ordination in the Anglican Church at Ridley Hall Cambridge. It included ethnographic research and a theological evaluation of the Alpha Course, which has since been published (Inside Alpha: Explorations in Evangelism). His interdisciplinary work was done under Professor Andrew Walker and Luke Bretherton at King’s College London.
He is now the Associate Vicar at St Luke’s and Christ Church, Chelsea. He also continues to write and teach on evangelism, discipleship, and apologetics.
Dr Don Horrocks BA BA PhD ACIB
Don Horrocks spent 25 years in the business world in corporate banking and management consultancy. He completed a PhD in 2001 at the London School of Theology. His book on the development of soteriological thought in the nineteenth century was published in 2004. From 1998 Don headed up the Evangelical Alliance's Policy Commission, editing books on Transsexuality and GM Crops and Foods, and the Alliance's Report on Faith and Nation. He has been their Head of Public Affairs since 2001. Don is an occasional visiting lecturer at LST.
Don is interested in supervising research in historical theology and church history. His particular focus is on Scottish theology, nineteenth century theology, the spiritual reformation, puritanism and seventeenth century sectarian movements, developments in atonement theology, and the figures John McLeod Campbell, Thomas Erskine and Edward Irving. He is also interested in gender studies and human sexuality, biblical theology, hermeneutics, and pneumatology.
Before his appointment as Executive Director: Churches in Mission for the UK Evangelical Alliance, Dr Krish Kandiah was the Director of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and also Tutor in Mission and Evangelism at Wycliffe Hall. He was also a member of the Oxford University Theology faculty. Krish has worked with students in the UK with Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship, and in Albania with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, before becoming pastor of a multi-cultural church in Harrow. He is still a regular speaker at university missions, and has wide experience in evangelism and cross cultural mission. He is a regular speaker at Spring Harvest and is in demand as a speaker and lecturer.
Krish’s doctoral research under Professor Andrew Walker at King’s College London explored Lesslie Newbigin’s theology of evangelism and its implications for the church in a late modern context.
Krish is passionate about helping the church relate relevantly and faithfully to contemporary culture and about global, multi-cultural and church-based mission.
Rev Dr Mark Stibbe MA DipTh PhD
Dr Mark Stibbe was formerly Vicar of St Andrews Church Chorleywood (1996-2009) and is the founder and leader of the Father's House Trust (www.fathershousetrust.com). He is the author of over 30 books including John as Storyteller. He is a recognized authority on the Gospel of John (the topic of his PhD), a leading Charismatic theologian and a popular conference speaker.