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Rev. Dr. Wonsuk Ma

Executive Director Center for Spirit-Empowered Research Distinguished Professor of Global Christianity

Wonsuk Ma (Ph.D., Fuller) is a Korean Pentecostal scholar in Old Testament studies by training, but also in studies of Pentecostalism, Mission, and Global Christianity through continuing research. After serving as the Dean of the College of Theology and Ministry (2018-2023), he currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Global Christianity and Executive Director of the Center for Spirit-Empowered Research at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America. He also serves as the Co-chair of the Global Network of Spirit-empowered Scholars of Empowered21.

During his service as a missionary to the Philippines (1979-2006), he engaged in various ministries, including evangelism and church planting among mountain tribal groups and theological education at Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, Baguio City. In addition to his teaching in Old Testament and Pentecostal Studies, he served in various administrative responsibilities, including Vice President for Academic Affairs.
During this period, he established the Asian Pentecostal Society and served as Founding President (1998-2000). He also founded two journals: the Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies (also serving as Co-editor, 1998-2006) and the Journal of Asian Mission (also serving as Founding Editor, 1999-2001). 

He also participated in various international mission and ecumenical functions, including the Reformed and Pentecostal (Theological) Dialogue (1997-2005), Edinburgh 2010, Lausanne meetings, and various ecumenical conferences, such as the World Council of Churches and the Global Christian Forum. He also participated in networks for theological education, including the Global Forum of Theological Educators.

From 2006 to 2016, he served as Executive Director of the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, Oxford, United Kingdom. He also served as David Yonggi Cho Research Tutor of Global Christianity and directed Regnum Books International, which has
published, among others, the 35-volume Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series. 

His publication includes Until the Spirit Comes: The Spirit of God in the Book of Isaiah (T&T Clark, 1999), (with Julie C. Ma) Mission in the Spirit: Towards a Pentecostal/Charismatic Missiology (Regnum Books, 2010), and Mission in the
Spirit: Formation, Theology and Praxis (Regnum, 2023). Also, he has twenty (co-)edited titles. He has published numerous studies in academic journals, chapters in books, and entries to dictionaries and encyclopedias. His current research interest includes the Spirit of God in the OT; Global Christianity and Mission; and Modern Pentecostalism in Contexts.

Professor Rev. Julie Ma

Missiology and Intercultural Studies Professor at Oral Roberts University

Julie C. Ma (Ph.D.) is a Missiology and Intercultural Studies Professor at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa,
OK. Previously served as a Korean missionary in the Philippines (1981-2006) and as a Research Tutor of
Missiology at Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, Oxford, UK. Publications include When the Spirit Meets
the Spirits: Pentecostal Ministry Among the Kankana-ey Tribe in the Philippines (Peter Lang, 2000). and
Mission Possible: Biblical Strategies in Reaching the Lost (Oxford: Regnum Books, 2005 for 1 st edition;
2016 for the 2 nd edition), and numerous articles published in different Journals. She also contributed
articles to collected works in different books and Dictionaries/Encyclopedias. She served as a general
council member and executive committee member of Edinburgh 2010. She served as the president of
the Asian Pentecostal Society from 2008-2010.

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Vincent Leoh

Rev Dr Vincent Leoh

Former General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Malaysia

Vincent Leoh became a Christian in January 1975. He has been in the ministry for forty-six years.
He graduated with a Master of Divinity (MDiv) from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Springfield, Missouri, USA in 1985 and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville,
Kentucky, USA in 1990.

He served as the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God of Malaysia from 2000 to 2008. Reverend Dr. Vincent Leoh was the Main Pastor of Glad Tidings Assembly of God, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia for 30 years (1992-2022). The Church grew from 500 to 3,500 members and adherents. with many social and mission outreaches in Malaysia and 13 nations in Asia.

He has ministered in many nations of the world. He now travels extensively, serving the greater body of Christ in evangelistic, pastoral, leadership and mission services.

Rev Dr Eva Wong

Director of the Malaysia Pentecostal Research Centre

Rev. Dr Eva Wong Suk Kyun is the Director of the Malaysia Pentecostal Research Centre and
Editor of the Malaysian Pentecostal Journal. She is an ordained minister of the Assemblies of
God Malaysia and a lecturer of the Bible College of Malaysia. Eva currently serves onboard
the Executive Committee of the Asia Pentecostal Society and co-leads the Asian Pentecostal
Women’s Fellowship. She also serves in the Theological Commission of the Asia Pacific
Theological Association, AG Theological Commission, and is a Visiting Evaluation Team
member for Asia Theological Association accreditation. In the global arena, she serves on
board the Lausanne Global Analysis Editorial Advisory Board and co-leads the Scholar
Leaders Women’s Peer Leader Forum. She proudly belongs to the global communities of the
Global Christian Forum and Global Pentecostal Summit, an alumna of Oxford Centre for
Mission Studies and Leader Studies of the Scholar Leaders International. Eva holds a PhD in
Theology (Pentecostal Studies) from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, Middlesex
University, UK, and has years of experience in the finance industry and pastoral ministry.
Her field of expertise is Practical Theology and Contextual Studies in Pentecostalism.

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Statement of Faith

Bible College of Malaysia subscribes to the Statement of Truths of the Assemblies of God summarized as follows: 

We believe:

the Bible is the inspired Word of God, the infallible rule of faith and conduct for all men.​

there is one God, eternally existent in three persons–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

in the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His visible future return to earth to rule for a thousand years.

in the rapture of the Church at Christ’s return to this earth; this is the blessed and living hope of all believers.

by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin: and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the cleansing power of the blood of Christ.

regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation.

by Christ’s atoning death on the Cross, healing for the human body is available in answer to faith and prayer.

in the baptism in the Holy Spirit according to Acts 2:4, which may be received by all believers for effective life and service.

in the dwelling sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit which enables the Christian to live a holy life.

in the bodily resurrection of the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting punishment.

History of Bible College of Malaysia

The Bible College of Malaysia (BCM) traces its humble roots to an American missionary couple, Delmer and Eleanor Guynes, who were sent to Malaysia to serve God in the 1950s. Initially established as the Bible Institute of Malaya, the college officially opened its doors in 1960 and in 1962, the first batch of students consisting of four men and three women became the first graduates.

As an education institution, BCM’s primary mission is to equip and provide holistic training to men and women called by God so that they may advance the gospel of our Lord effectively with their God-given gifts – in Malaysia and beyond.

In 1982, the college was renamed the Bible College of Malaysia with the introduction of the Bachelor of Theology program. Seeing the need for more lay leaders, the Certificate of Biblical Studies was introduced in 1986. As demand grew for higher-tertiary Christian studies, a suite of Master programs was introduced in 2004.

All programs were initially in English. Between 1968 and 1972, under the leadership of Rev David and Alice Nyien, certain programs were made available in Chinese. In 1980, a full-fledged Chinese faculty was established. Today, the Chinese faculty offers a full suite of programs from Bachelor to Master to Counseling programs. 

Strategically located in Malaysia, the paramount focus is to equip more local native speakers. As the need arose, Rev Peter Wong, Rev Ng Kok Kee and Rev Wendy Ching established the Bahasa Malaysia faculty in 2003. The faculty offered a Diploma of Theology and subsequently, a Bachelor of Theology. 

Our experienced and caring teaching faculty come from diverse backgrounds of ministry and missionary experience. Not only will their academic expertise stretch and deepen your biblical knowledge and thinking, but their life experience in the field provides practical application for holistic learning. See our Academic Team.

In the 60 years since its establishment, BCM has trained over 1000 ministers for Christ. Among them are 700 full-time ministers, 200 bi-vocational pastors or lay leaders in the workplace, 14 missionaries, 9 parachurch workers, 31 social concern workers and 5 evangelists. 

Tapping into the robust network and ecosystem at BCM, some alumni are itinerant preachers. Among the people trained at BCM, many of them go forth to fulfill their calling in different parts of the world; Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Japan, China, Hong Kong, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Africa, and the United Kingdom.

BCM graduates are highly regarded in the Christian community. Graduates work nationwide and overseas as church pastors, missionaries, in university ministries and para-church organizations, or return to the workforce for ministry opportunities and are more equipped to serve in the local church.