List of Speakers for the Biblically Side By Side Video Project
Dr. Gilbert Bilezekian
Dr. Bilezekian has an M.Div from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Th.D. from Boston University and a seven year post doctorate program at the Sorbonne in Paris. For 20 years he was a professor at Wheaton College. In 1988 he helped to found Christians for Biblical Equality and drafted the statement “Men, Women, and Biblical Equality” which laid out the biblical rationale for equality as well as its application in the community of believers and the family. The authors included Bilezikian, W. Ward Gasque, Stanley Gundry, Gretchen Gaebelein Hull, Catherine Clark Kroeger, Jo Anne Lyon, and Roger Nicole. His books include Beyond Sex Roles, Christianity 101 and Community 101.
Dr. Hélène Dallaire
Dr. Dallaire is Professor of Old Testament at Denver Seminary. She is also an ordained minister with the Evangelical Church Alliance. Dr. Dallaire earned a PhD and an MPhil in Hebrew from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, an MA in biblical literature from Oral Roberts University, and a BA in psychology from Ottawa University. She has been on the faculty of Hebrew Union College, Alliance Biblical Seminary in the Philippines and completed 10 years of pastoral ministry at the Word Faith Christian Center in Canada. Dr. Dallaire has recently written Biblical Hebrew: a Living Language and The Syntax of Volitives in Biblical Hebrew and Amarna Canaanite Prose. She has authored commentaries on “Joshua” in the Expositor’s Bible Commentary (Zondervan) and “Esther” in the Baker Illustrated Bible Commentary (Baker).
You may contact Dr. Dallaire at: helene.dallaire@denverseminary.edu
Dr. Tim Evans and Dr. Anne Evans
Tim and Anne Evans are the authors of Together: Reclaiming Co-Leadership in Marriage. They are both ordained ministers and each have master and doctor of practical ministries diplomas from Wagner Leadership Institute. They co-lead REAL LIFE ministries.
You may contact Dr. Evans at: anne@reallife.us.com
Dr. Gordon Fee
Dr. Gordon Fee is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia. Prior to that, Dr. Fee taught at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary for 12 years. He is editor of The New International Commentary on the New Testament, of which he is author of 1 Corinthians and Philippians. He is also author of How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth. Fee is a member of the CBT (Committee on Bible Translation) that translated the New International Version (NIV) and its revision, the Today’s New International Version (TNIV). He also serves on the advisory board of the International Institute for Christian Studies.
Rev. Dr. Ken Fong
Dr. Ken Fong has been in ministry since 1976, starting out in Sacramento, and then moving to LA in 1981. Since then, Ken has led Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles to be a unique and exemplary multi-Asian, multiethnic, and multigenerational church. Dr. Fong has authored several books, including Pursuing the Pearl: A Comprehensive Resource for Multi-Asian Ministry. Dr. Fong is Assistant Professor of Asian American Church Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary. He’s been a board member of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and Westmont College in Santa Barbara.
Dr. Anne Griffith
Dr. Anne Griffith is the Founder of The Enlighten Foundation. She worked on injustice issues for several decades first with runaway children and then she began focusing on injustice issues both economic and spiritual for women and children worldwide. She’s traveled over a million miles researching how faith-based women can work together with women in emerging nations. She has a Masters degree in Nonprofit Management from Regis University, and a Masters and Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Behavior. Her emphasis on her thesis is the personal and global transformational change that occurs by moving faith-based women from passivity to action.
You may contact Dr. Griffith at: Anne@enlightenfoundation.org
Dr. Douglas Groothuis
Dr. Douglas Groothuis is Professor of Philosophy at Denver Seminary. Dr. Groothuis received a PhD in philosophy from the University of Oregon, and an MA in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of eleven books, including Philosophy in Seven Sentences, Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith, Truth Decay, Unmasking the New Age, On Jesus, On Pascal and In Defense of Natural Theology. Dr. Groothuis has also published thirty academic articles.
You may contact Dr. Groothuis at: Doug.Groothuis@denverseminary.edu
Dr. Mimi Haddad
Dr. Mimi Haddad is president of Christians for Biblical Equality. She is a graduate of the University of Colorado and Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary (Summa cum Laude). She holds a PhD in historical theology from the University of Durham, England. Dr. Haddad is a founding member of the Evangelicals and Gender Study Group at the Evangelical Theological Society. Dr. Haddad is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Fuller Theological Seminary (Houston, Texas), an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Bethel University (Saint Paul, Minnesota), and an Adjunct Professor at North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago, Illinois). She has written more than one hundred articles and blogs, contributed to ten books, and serves as a gender consultant for World Vision.
You may contact Dr. Haddad at: mhaddad@cbeinternational.org
Dr. Richard S. Hess
Dr. Richard Hess received M.Div. and Th.M. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Ph.D. from Hebrew Union College. He is the Earl S. Kalland Professor of Old Testament and Semitic languages at Denver Seminary and editor of the Denver Journal, Denver Seminary’s online theological review journal.
Dr. Hess is a member of the Committee on Bible Translation for the New International Version. Dr. Hess has also worked for the New International Version, the New American Bible, the Holman Standard Christian Bible, the English Standard Version, and the Common English Bible translations of the Old Testament.
Dr. Hess has lectured at more than one hundred scholarly societies, universities and colleges. He has authored 8 books and edited or co-edited 33 books. Most recently, Dr. Hess served as associate editor for the NIV Zondervan Study Bible, and co-edited Reading Scripture Deeply: Millennials Take a Fresh Look at the Bible and Ancient Israel’s History: An Introduction to Issues and Sources.
Dr. Alan Johnson
Alan F. Johnson is Emeritus Professor of New Testament and Christian Ethics, Wheaton College; Adjunct Professor of Christian Ethics, Wheaton Graduate School; and Emeritus Director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics at Wheaton College. He was a post-graduate fellow at Duke University and is a visiting scholar at Wolfson College, Cambridge University, and at Green College, Oxford University. He has also served as national president of the Evangelical Theological Society.
Dr. Johnson has authored many books, including Revelation, in the Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Romans, in the Everyman’s Bible Commentary, 1 Corinthians in the IVP New Testament Commentary Series and edited How I Changed My Mind About Women in Leadership.
Christa McKirland
Christa McKirland received her BA from the University of Georgia and her MA from the Talbot School of Theology. She is a PhD candidate at St. Mary’s Divinity, University of St. Andrews. She and her husband have co-authored “Who’s in Charge: Questioning our Common Assumptions about Spiritual Authority” in Priscilla Papers.
You may contact Christa at: christa.mckirland@biola.edu
Dr. MelindaJoy Mingo
MelindaJoy is an ordained minister and the founder of Je-Nail International Ministry. She is a cross cultural/cultural capacity subject matter expert and has strategically helped develop creative multicultural initiatives for over 15 years for organizations within the education, corporate, religious, non-profit and government sectors. An honorary Doctorate in Urban Transformative Leadership was awarded to MelindaJoy in 2010 for her transformative work with urban and inner-city leadership and training partnerships and she has an earned Ph.D. in Global Leadership. MelindaJoy is a recipient of the 2015 Living Legacy award from the African American Denver Association of Ministers.
You may contact Dr. Mingo at: melindajoy373@gmail.com
Dr. Arianna Molloy
Arianna Molloy is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Biola University. She received the “Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching”, naming her the best teacher in 2014 at Biola University. Her recent publications include articles in the International Journal of Business Communication and Communication Studies. She also works as a consultant for non-profit organizations and speech coach.
You can contact Dr. Molloy at: arianna.molloy@biola.edu.
Rev. Dr. Sandra Morgan
Sandra Morgan, RN, PhD, is an ordained minister and director of Vanguard University’s Global Center for Women and Justice, overseeing the Women’s Studies minor as well as teaching Family Violence and Human Trafficking. Sandra serves as the University Network Chairperson on the Faith Alliance against Slavery and Trafficking Steering Committee. She began her anti-trafficking work in Athens, Greece where she served on the board of the Athens International Nurses Association.
You may contact Dr. Morgan at: Sandra.morgan@vanguard.edu
Dr. Philip Barton Payne
Dr. Payne has a PhD in New Testament Studies from Cambridge University. He is visiting professor of New Testament Studies at Cambridge University Colleges, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Gordon-Conwell Seminary, Bethel Seminary and Fuller Seminary. He and his wife, Nancy served for the Evangelic Free Church Mission in Japan for seven years. He is the author of Man and Woman, One in Christ, An Exegetical and Theological Study of Paul’s Letters.
You may contact Dr. Payne at: Philip.b.payne@gmail.com
Dr. Ronald Pierce
Dr. Pierce received his PhD from Fuller Theological Seminary. He has taught biblical studies and theology at Biola University since 1976, and currently teaches in the undergraduate program of the Talbot School of Theology there. He is co-editor of Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity without Hierarchy with Rebecca Merrill Groothuis and Gordon Fee, and author of Partners in Marriage and Ministry.
You may contact Dr. Pierce at: ron.pierce@biola.edu
Dr. Jackie Roese
Dr. Roese is the Founder and President of The Marcella Project, a ministry committed to ennobling women through Scripture – focused teaching, training and dialogue. She has a Master in Christian Education from Dallas Theological Seminary and a DMin in Preaching from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. Jackie spent eight years serving in a megachurch as Teaching Pastor to Women as well as serving on the Sunday morning preaching team. She has written more than fifteen bible studies and authored two books: She Can Teach and Lime Green: Reshaping Our View of Women in the Church.
You may contact Dr. Roese at: jackie@themarcellaproject.com
Stephen Roese
Steve Roese received a BS in economics and business for NYU Stern School of Business; a MS from Dallas Theological Seminary, and is currently pursuing a DM in International Global Leadership at Bakke Graduate University. Steve is cofounder and President of Water is Basic, which focuses on indigenous solutions to problems of water and sanitation in South Sudan. Roese is also a founding board member of ALARM Inc., in indigenous East African organization working on reconciliation and pastoral training and development. He also spent 14 years as Executive Pastor to Irving Bible Church.
You may contact Steve at: roese.steve@gmail.com
Dr. John Stackhouse
Dr. John Stackhouse is Professor of Religious Studies at Crandall University in Moncton, New Brunswick. Prior to this, he was Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College for 17 years. He is the author of many books, including Humble Apologetics: Can God Be Trusted? and Partners in Christ: A Conservative Case for Egalitarianism (IVP).
You may contact Dr. Stackhouse at: connect@JohnStackhouse.com
Dr. Vaun Swanson
Dr. Swanson is pastor at Platt Park Church in Denver, Colorado. She has a D.Min in Effective Ministries to Women from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, M.A. in Christian Studies from Denver Seminary, M.A. in Educational Psychology from University of Colorado and B.A. in Social Work/Sociology from Greenville College. Dr. Swanson frequently travels to Nepal and speaks to the marginalized women about their worth in Christ.
You may contact Dr. Swanson at: vaun@plattparkchurch.org
Dr. John L. Thompson
Dr. Thompson received his MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary and PhD from Duke University. He is Professor of Historical Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he has taught since 1989, as well as several Fuller extension sites throughout the U.S. and Russia. He is also an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Dr. Thompson’s research and writing addresses exegetical history and gender issues. Most recently he completed translating and editing the initial volume of the Reformation Commentary on Scripture (InterVarsity Press) on Genesis 1-11.
Lisa Thompson
Lisa Thompson was the Director of Anti-Trafficking for World Hope International and is currently at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. Lisa has co-authored several books and articles on sex trafficking.
You may contact Lisa at: lisalthompson1492@hotmail.com
Dr. Marianne Meye Thompson
Dr. Thompson received her MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary and PhD from Duke University. She is the George Eldon Ladd Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, where she has taught since 1985. She is also an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Dr. Thompson is author of 1-3 John (IVP New Testament Commentary, 2011), A Commentary on Colossians and Philemon (the Two Horizons Commentary, 2005), The God of the Gospel of John (2002), The Promise of the Father (2000), Commentary on John (Westminster John Knox, 2015) and co-author of Introducing the New Testament (2001).
Rev. Dr. Steve Thulson
Dr. Thulson has been the lead pastor at Centennial Covenant Church in Littleton, Colorado for the past 30 years. Prior to that he was lead pastor of First Covenant Church in Salina, Kansas. He received a D.Min. (Doctor of Ministry) from Fuller Theological Seminary.
You may contact Dr. Thulson at: sthulson@centcov.org
Rev. N. T. Wright
N. T. Wright is the former Bishop of Durham in the Church of England and one of the world’s leading Bible scholars. He is now serving as the Chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. For twenty years he taught New Testament studies at Cambridge, McGill and Oxford Universities. His books include Simply Jesus, After You Believe, Surprised by Hope, Simply Christian, The Case for the Psalms, Evil and the Justice of God and The Day the Revolution Began.
Dr. Allen Yeh
Dr. Allen Yeh is Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies and Missiology at Biola University. He specializes in Latin America and China. He earned has B.A. from Yale, M.Div from Gordon-Conwell, M.Th from Edinburgh, and D.Phil from Oxford. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for American Baptist International Ministries.
You may contact Dr. Yeh at: allenlyeh@biola.edu
Anne Zaki
Anne Zaki is a native of Egypt and earned two master’s degrees, one in social psychology from the American University in Cairo and one in divinity from Calvin Theological Seminary. Zaki currently teaches at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, Egypt and continues to serve the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship in the area of global initiatives. She is also going through the ordination process in the Presbyterian Church in Egypt. If successful, she will be the first women to be ordained as minister in North Africa and the Middle East.