0468-_Dr. Craig Keener, FM and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Seminary recently spoke at this year’s Korea Evangelical Theological Society and at the Korea New Testament Society on October 29,2016.

“It was a great honor to be invited as a plenary speaker at the Korea Evangelical Theological Society on the conference topic of family, and being able to address the Korea New Testament Society on the topic of the nature of ancient biography and its relevance to the Gospels,” Dr. Keener said. “My doctoral students and I have worked through ancient biographies and are now publishing what I believe will be a stunning breakthrough for Gospels research.”

 Dr. Keener is a widely sought after speaker, with several speaking engagements throughout the end of 2016. These include:

2016

  • Nov. 18: San Antonio, Texas
  • Nov. 19: Society of Bible Literature Session
  • Nov. 20: Society of Bible Literature Session
  • Dec. 1-3: Lectureship for Pan-African Seminary in Togo

2017

  • Feb. 3-4: Ratio Christi Conference, Purdue University, Ind.
  • Feb. 23: Abbott Lecture at Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Cleveland, Tenn.
  • March 9-11: Society for Pentecostal Studies at Urshan, St. Louis, Mo.
  • March 21-April 23: Seminary Lectureships in Indonesia and Singapore
  • May 25-27: Lecture on Continuationism, Brazil
  • Sept. 25-29, 2017: Bible Interpretation Seminar, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Nov. 9-10: Houghton College, N.Y.

When not speaking, you’ll find Dr. Keener researching, writing articles or working on his latest book. He recently released The Mind of the Spirit: Paul’s Approach to Transformed Thinking, Spirit Hermeneutics: Reading Scripture in Light of Pentecost and The NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible.

Craig is married to Médine Moussounga Keener, who holds a Ph.D. from University of Paris 7. She was a refugee for 18 months in her nation of Congo (their story together appears in the book Impossible Love, Chosen Books, 2016), and together Craig and Médine work for ethnic reconciliation in the U.S. and Africa. Craig was ordained in an African-American denomination in 1991 and for roughly a decade before moving to Wilmore was one of the associate ministers in an African-American mega-church in Philadelphia. In recent years he has taught in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and in connection with various denominations.