THE INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE GROUP of the BIPJ
The Bethlehem Institute of Peace and justice is accountable to the official Board of Directors of Bethlehem Bible College and is also assisted in all phases of its work by the International Resource Group. The Resource Group comprises important scholars and Christian leaders from throughout the world who have had a significant ongoing relationship with Bethlehem Bible College. We are honored to announce that the inaugural members of the International Resource Group are:
Palestine
Dr. Salim Munayer, Founding Director of Musalaha, Bethlehem
Egypt
Israel
Lisa Loden, Co-chair of the Lausanne Initiative for Reconciliation in Israel-Palestine and Board member of the Israeli Bible Society
Dr. Rula Khoury Mansour, Founder and Director, Nazareth Center for Peace Studies and Associate Professor at Nazareth Evangelical College.
The Philippines
Rev. Luis Daniel “Lakan” Alba Pantoja, Senior Consultant, PeaceBuilders Community Incorporated
Eastern Europe
Dr. Johannes Reimer, Director, Public Engagement, World Evangelical Association, Professor of Missions Studies and Intercultural Theology at the Ewersbach University of Applied Arts in Germany and the University of South Africa.
Costa Rica
Dr. Ruth Padilla DeBorst, Director, Comunidad de Estudios Teológicos Interdisciplinarios and former president, Latin American Theological Fellowship
United States
Rev. Dr. Daniel L. Buttry, Global Consultant for Peace and Justice for International Ministries of the American Baptist Churches
Dr. Mark Lamberton, President, Fuller Seminary
Dr. Miroslav Volf, Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University and author of Exclusion and Embrace