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FacultyBrian C. Labosier1987-Professor of Biblical StudiesBethel Seminary of the EastJOEL LAWRENCE2005-Instructor of TheologyBethel Seminary St. PaulBEN KOCK-HONG LIM2002-Associate Professor of Maritaland Family TherapyBethel Seminary San DiegoDOUG MAGNUSON2003-Associate Professor of InterculturalPrograms and Directorof Muslim StudiesBethel Seminary St. PaulB.A., Gordon College; M.Div.,Gordon-Conwell TheologicalSeminary; Th.M., WestminsterTheological Seminary; Ph.D.,Westminster TheologicalSeminaryAfter beginning college asan engineering student,Labosier felt redirected byGod to focus his attentionon the Bible and theologyas well as the church andministry. He pastored asmall church in upstate NewYork, and then for 12 yearsin a multi-ethnic church ininner-city Philadelphia. Aftercoming to Seminary of theEast in 1987, it has been hisjoy to combine his interestin an equipping ministryof mentoring and spiritualformation with his interestin teaching the truthsof Scripture. His passion isto glorify God by helpingstudents appreciate God’smajesty, sovereignty, andgrace, and how these truthscan radically transform ourlives today.B.A., Texas A & M University;Th.M., Dallas TheologicalSeminary; M.Phil., CambridgeUniversity; Ph.D. candidate,Cambridge UniversityLawrence studied in Cambridge,England, where heis pursuing a doctorate onDietrich Bonhoeffer’s ethics.He worked for severalsummers with staff at Campof-the-Woods,a Christianresort and camp in upstateNew York, first as staffsupervisor, then as staff pastor.He served as an internat Grace Bible Church inCollege Station, Texas, andhas been active in various layleadership capacities, especiallyteaching, in Texas andin Cambridge. Lawrence isthe author of “After 60 Years:Bonhoeffer on Suffering andSolidarity” in The Reader.B.S., University of Malaya,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; M.A.,Fuller Theological Seminary;Ph.D., Texas Tech UniversityLim was born in Malaysiawhere he worked for sixyears with the Department ofAgriculture before moving toSingapore, where he studiedtheology and served as apastor. In 1989, he graduatedfrom Fuller TheologicalSeminary and returned toMalaysia where he pastoredan Evangelical Free Churchand taught at the MalaysianBible Seminary. An ordainedminister, Lim has pastoredchurches in Malaysia, Singapore,and the United Statesfor the past 20 years. Limearned his Ph.D. at TexasTech University and is alicensed marriage and familytherapist. He worked asa therapist at a Christiancounseling center and aradiation oncology clinic.He is a clinical member andapproved supervisor of theAmerican Association forMarriage and Family Therapy.His research and writinghave focused on Chinese andAsian cultural issues in marriageand family therapy.B.A., Bethel College; M.A.,Brown University; Ph.D.,Brown UniversityAn anthropologist, Magnusonhas lived since 1983 inNorth Africa and the MiddleEast. He teaches variouscourses in interculturalstudies and Muslim-Christianrelations and receivesstudents to study on-site inthe Middle East. He taughtat the University of Tunisiafor seven years and hastaught anthropology, MiddleEastern studies, and Islamicstudies in both the U.S. andthe Middle East.146