Peter Laughlin Appointed as New Chairman of the AWF International Commission on Theological Education

Meet Peter Laughlin, the new Chairman of the AWF International Commission on Theological Education. Dr. Laughlin will complete the term initiated by Dr. Bernie Van de Walle, who submitted his resignation following his nomination as the next Superintendent of the Canadian Midwest District.

The AWF Executive Committee (ExCom) appointed Dr. Peter Laughlin (BEng, BTh(Hon), PhD), dean of Alliance Institute for Mission, a center for excellence in Intercultural Studies at the Australian College of Ministries, as the new chairman of the AWF International Commission on Theological Education (ICTE). Dr. Laughlin is an ordained pastor and chairman of the National Board of the Christian and Missionary Alliance of Australia. He received his doctorate in theology in 2009 and has published a number of works including Jesus and the Cross: Necessity, Meaning and Atonement which was published in the Princeton Theological Monograph series. He has been the curator of the AWF Repository and member of the ICTE for the past two years. Dr. Laughlin will start in this new role on July 1, 2019 and will complete the term initiated by Dr. Bernie Van de Walle, who submitted his resignation following his nomination as the next Superintendent of the Canadian Midwest District. We take this opportunity to express our deep appreciation to Dr. Bernie Van de Walle for his impactful ministry as chair of the ICTE. He will continue to contribute to the ICTE as representative from North America. Please pray for Dr. Peter Laughlin as he leads this important ministry of AWF.