Bible College Of Malaysia

Conference Speakers

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.

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.