Everybody loves a mango! I remember travelling in a train in India when at one of the long station stops I saw a small boy carrying a basket of mangoes on his head. He was walking up and down the platform, trying to sell his mangoes, but despite the heat no one was buying [...]
By: Dr. Sooi Ling Tan Dean of AGST Alliance/Presiding Dean, AGST Council “Unhindered:” This is the last word from Luke in the book of Acts, profoundly describing the unrestrained freedom experienced in preaching and teaching the Kingdom of God despite being hampered by physical restraints. It accentuates the boundless, unstoppable, unrestricted nature and [...]
Since ATA just recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, we decided that it would be good to look back at our history and revisit how God has led us and worked to bring us to where we are now. We hope that this piece of recollection will remind you of the faithfulness of our [...]
The whole world is a battleground! We are all under a siege! With the present swift exponential increase of Covid-19 throughout all the countries, where we are headed to this time, no one knows. Thick dark clouds covering the whole world and every nation. Suppressed anxiety and fear on most faces. Global lockdown and [...]
Without doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a crisis in every part of the globe, leaving once stable systems in a fragile state. While no one is spared from the havoc created by this pandemic, those in the fringes of society find themselves seriously jeopardized. But in the midst of the bad [...]
By Dr. Andrew Spurgeon Associate Professor of Biblical Studies (New Testament), SBC Publications Secretary, ATA The Role of the Church During Crisis (Reprinted from Helix Research Center Resources for COVID-19 Response Project, Singapore Bible College) Christians have always stood at the forefront of any social, physical, and spiritual warfare. Like [...]
My name is Steve Chang and I teach New Testament at Torch Trinity Graduate University in Korea. Let me introduce to you the Listening Team for this GA (Stephen Pardue, Dick Eugenio, Sooi Ling Tan, and myself). As the Listening Team, we were All Ears! When GS Theresa asked me to summarize this [...]
Next year, ATA will officially turn 50! So, to celebrate the goodness and faithfulness of our Lord to this ministry, a handful of celebrations will take place throughout the year. So, take note of these dates, mark your calendar, and join us as we rejoice in all that God had done throughout all these [...]
On one of the afternoons of this year’s General Assembly, the Executive board, members, and leaders gathered for ATA’s business meeting. It was in this meeting that the leaders of the Asia Theological Association were ratified. It was also in this meeting that Dr. Theresa Lua was reappointed and given another term as General [...]
After six years as ATA’s Publications Secretary and General Editor of the Asia Bible Commentary Series, Dr. Federico “Rico” Villanueva has stepped down in order to begin a new chapter in his ministry. Dr. Rico will now be serving the Lord through Langham Literature as its Commissioning Editor for Asia. Dr. Rico began his [...]
