Authors

Samuel Lee, PhD, is rector of the Center for Theology of Migration at the VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Religion and Theology, and president of the Foundation Academy of Amsterdam. In 2019 he was named Theologian Laureate of the Netherlands. 

Shingirai Eunice Masunda (Shingi), is a PhD candidate at the Protestant Theological University in the Netherlands and a tutor of the New Testament at the Foundation Academy of Amsterdam. Shingirai is an ordained minister in the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA). 

Thandi Soko-de Jong, is a theologian focusing on theology and development and inclusion. She has lived in the Netherlands for more than ten years with her family, while pursuing her postgraduate studies. Prior to this, she lived in several Southern African countries and briefly in North America.  

Rev. Prof. John K. Jusu, lectures at African International University and migrated from Sierra Leone to Kenya. 

Indileni E.S. Hilukiluah, is a freelance editor, writer and tutor from Namibia.   

Carolina Pineda Arcila, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theology, from the Biblical Seminary of Colombia. She is currently based in Scotland, where she is studying an MLitt in Bible and Contemporary World at the University of St Andrews.  

Maya Saleh, is co-director of the Healing the Mind and Spirit center, which is part of the Bible Society Lebanon.  

Chrishanthy Sathiyaraj, born in Sri Lanka, migrated to England and now leads a Christian organization called ‘The Life’, which serves many and has contributed to various Christian organizations in London and beyond.  

Paul Abspoel, is a published author and the relationship manager for the Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders. 

Maria Agostini, is originally from Venezuela, but after a difficult journey, she and her family found a home in Casa Adobe intentional community in Santa Rosa, Santo Domingo, Costa Rica. She is a passionate activist and advocate for migrants. 

Rev. Ryan Boes, Rev. Angel Lopez, and Rev. Janelle Koolhaas, are pastors Third Reformed Church in Holland, Michigan, USA. 

Dr. Rieuwerd Buitenwerf, is general secretary of the Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders. 

Rev. Dr. M. Mani Chacko, PhD, (London) is a biblical scholar with specialization in the Hebrew Bible and the former general secretary of the Bible Society of India. 

Ruth Padilla DeBorst, PhD is a professor of world Christianity at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, USA. She is a member of Casa Adobe intentional community in Santa Rosa, Santo Domingo, Costa Rica and coordinator of the Networking Team of INFEMIT. 

Samuel Ekpo is relationship manager, Migrant & International Churches at the Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders 

Matt Grewe is senior manager of program monitoring, American Bible Society. 

Leonardo Hurtado is senior director of the Technology Operating Platform at American Bible Society. 

Chipo Makaya is a Zimbabwean writer who is a missionary in Kenya. She is the director of the family ministry at Liberty Visions, a family and Christian media ministry based in Kenya. 

Lydia van der Meer is relationship manager, Churches and Christian Organizations for the Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders. 

Alejandra Ortiz is a writer and theologian. She works with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students and serves as the co-coordinator of the Logos and Cosmos Initiative in Latin America. 

Rehna Pinto is the communications and projects manager with the Bible Society in the Gulf. 

Patrick van der Plaat is an author, theologian, coach and trainer for an intercultural church-planting network in the Netherlands. 

Astrid Prins, is a French teacher, coach of teachers and writer from the Netherlands. 

Brigitte Rabarijaona, PhD, is a global translation advisor and coordinator at United Bible Societies and coordinator for Africa for the Bible Translation Roadmap.  

Maya Saleh, is co-director of the Healing the Mind and Spirit center, which is part of the Bible Society Lebanon.  

Chrishanthy Sathiyaraj, born in Sri Lanka, migrated to England and now leads a Christian organization called ‘The Life’, which serves many and has contributed to various Christian organizations in London and beyond.  

Anne-Mareike Schol-Wetter, is head of Bible Engagement for the Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders. Originally from Germany, she has lived in the Netherlands since her student days. 

Peter Siebe, is a journalist, press officer and editor for the Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders. 

Thandi Soko-de Jong, is a theologian focusing on theology and development and inclusion. She has lived in the Netherlands for more than ten years with her family, while pursuing her postgraduate studies. Prior to this, she lived in several Southern African countries and briefly in North America.  

Issa Q. Tannous, DMin is research and training supervisor with the Bible Society of Jordan.  

Dr. Mirjam van der Vorm-Croughs, is translator and researcher at the Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders.