Born in Syria, Ephrem has a BA in English literature and an MA in general theology from St Vladimir’s Theological Seminary, New York, USA, and a PhD in Syriac Liturgy from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Lebanon. He served at the secretary of Mor Gregorios Youhanna Ibrahim, the Syriac Or...

Instructor, Pentecostal Theological College Abraham Araya Kidane started his work as a local missionary 25 years ago, by being sent into different areas of the country by his church. After several years of missionary work, he has been serving the Kingdom by being a full-time pastor at a number of...

Deputy Director for Peace-building Department, Inter-religious Council of Ethiopia Adane Dechassa Teshale is an ambassador for peace and part-time instructor in Ethiopia. He is attending the MA program in anaging peace and security in Addis Ababa University, Institute for Peace and Security Studies...

Dr. Adriana Bara teaches Theology at Concordia University and in her courses, she promotes a sincere interreligious dialogue without over-simplification or compromise, which does not require religious neutrality or the watering down of the dialogue partners’ faith. On the contrary, she holds that...

Executive Director, Instituto de Dialogo Interreligioso Alejandro Williams Becker was born in Salta, Argentina, in 1988. He is a Lawyer, and holds a bachelor’s degree in political science, as well as diplomas in human rights, and in public policies for motherhood and early childhood from the Pont...

Anthropologist and Research Fellow at the Institute for Balkan Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Dr. Aleksandra Djurić Milovanović is a research fellow at the Institute for Balkan Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Belgrade, Serbia). She studied philology at th...

Victoria Pelaez has been a social researcher on gender, migration, and social inclusion for more than 10 years. She teaches social research at Rafael Landívar University (a Jesuit university) in Guatemala. A Roman Catholic, her academic interests focus on how excluded populations can be involved in...

Professor of Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue at the Pontifical Beda College, Rome A. J. Boyd is professor of ecumenism and interreligious dialogue at the Pontifical Beda College in Rome, and assistant professor of theology and religious studies for various university programs in Rome, inclu...

Pastor, Reverend, El Salvador Lutheran Synod Arisbé Abelina Gómez became a Lutheran pastor in El Salvador in August 2019 after extensive experience as a leader of young people in the church. She also has expertise with children’s biblical education. From 2004 until 2009, she was director of th...

Lecturer, Artha Wacana Christian University Rince Felpina Manao was born in Soe, West Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. She graduated from Artha Wacana Christian University, at Kupang with a degree in theology in 2015. She started her career at the Association of Indonesian Christian Scholars f...