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Robert Douglas,Ph.D.Professor of InterculturalStudies2. ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTYRobert C. Douglas joined the Lincoln Christian Seminary faculty in1994. He brings a broad range of experience and training in missions and pastoralministry. For ten years he served as a missionary to Muslims in Libya, Egypt, andLebanon. While in Beirut, he founded and directed the Middle East Bible TrainingCollege. He later served as vice president for training of Mission Resource andTraining Center. Prior to coming to the Seminary, he served for eight years asExecutive Director of the Zwemer Institute of Muslim Studies, an organizationdedicated to preparing church planters for work among Muslims. For six years,Dr. Douglas also led the Central Asia Study Center in Istanbul, Turkey, in an effortto provide final phase training for Christian workers going to Central Asia. Forthree years he resided in Chicago to direct the Seminary’s Chicago Center forUrban Mission. Other cities in his ministry experience include Cairo, Beirut, andLos Angeles. He now resides in Lincoln, directing the Seminary’s program inIntercultural Studies. Dr. Douglas is a graduate of Abilene Christian University,where he received a B.A. degree in Greek in 1957 and an M.A. in New Testamentin 1957. He also holds an M.A. (1977) in Missiology from Fuller TheologicalSeminary. His Ph.D., awarded in 1980 by the University of Southern California,is in Religion (Social Ethics). Dr. Douglas has served as preaching minister forchurches in Oklahoma, Texas, and California. He has taught at Fuller Seminaryand Pepperdine University. He frequently travels overseas to assist in the furtherpreparation of cross-cultural workers. Dr. Douglas and his wife June have twomarried children, Paul and Rebecca, and three grandsons. His email address isrdouglas@lccs.edu.17