Conspectus

Kevin is a lover of one God, a husband to one wife, a father to one son, and a student for life. He holds doctorates in Biblical Greek and Old Testament. He has worked for SATS since 2004, serving as the Academic Dean until 2018, and as the Principal since then. Kevin’s first love is studying and teaching the Bible, but he is also passionate about theological education.

Abeneazer G. Urga holds a Ph.D. from Columbia International University. He has served as the department head for the M.A. in Biblical Studies and is a Lecturer in Biblical Studies at the Evangelical Theological College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia International University and Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology. He is a member of Equip International, SIL Ethiopia/ International and an associate member of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS). He is the author of Intercession of Jesus in Hebrews (2023).

Ernst R. Wendland earned an M.A. (Linguistics) and a Ph.D. (African Languages & Literature) at the University of Wisconsin, USA, and an M.S.T. at Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary. A former instructor at Lusaka Lutheran Seminary (1968- 2022) and UBS Translation Consultant in Zambia, he still serves (since 1999) as Professor Extraordinary in the Department of Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University and as a graduate Adjunct Professor at South African Theological Seminary and Dallas International University.

Marno has a Ph.D. in Information Design from the University of Pretoria. He is the Marketing Manager and Media Manager at the South African Theological Seminary. Marno lives in Pretoria, South Africa, where he serves as a member of the Central Baptist Church. His research interests include human-centred design, hermeneutic phenomenology, existenzanalyse, and continental philosophy.

Bitrus A. Sarma holds a Ph.D. and a Th.M. from ECWA Theological Seminary (Jos), and a BTh (Igbaja). He is Professor of Biblical Studies (NT/ Greek). He is the former Provost of
ECWA Theological Seminary, Kagoro (ETSK) in Nigeria. He has been involved in theological education for over three decades. He also preaches, teaches, and conducts seminars in local churches and conferences. He did postgraduate research at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He is a Global Research Scholar of the Fuller Global Research Institute (GRI), Pasadena, USA. His publications include Hermeneutics of Mission in Matthew: Israel and the Nations in the Interpretative Framework of Matthew’s Gospel (2015); Blessed New Humanity in Christ: A Theology of Hope for African Christianity from the Book of Ephesians (2021) and Drums of Redemption: A New Testament Theology for Africa (2023). He is married to Sanatu and they are blessed with five children— Esther, Grace, Rejoice, David, and Victoria.

Oluwasogo Adegoke is a Lecturer at The Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary (NBTS). He holds a M.Div. and M.Th. from NBTS, Ogbomoso, and a PhD from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. His dissertation examined the exaltation of Christ and its intersecting implications for evangelistic preaching and preaching for edification.

Dr. Christoph Stenschke is Lecturer at the Biblisch-Theologische Akademie, Forum Wiedenest, Eichendorffstr. 2, 51702 Bergneustadt, Germany. He is also a Professor extraordinarius in the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies, College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa (Pretoria), and in the Department of New Testament and Related Literature, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Miroslav Balint-Feudvarski (MTh, South African Theological Seminary) serves as Associate Pastor at Zadar Baptist Church, Croatia, while pursuing predoctoral studies in historical theology at the International Baptist Theological Seminary, Amsterdam. His scholarly interests include patristic theology and Baptist heritage. He is married to Ivana and father of three sons and one daughter-in-law.