This conference examines the interplay between the authority, translation, reading and interpretation of the Scriptures, with particular reference to language and culture. By drawing on the experience of both Western and non-Western theologians, listeners will be encouraged to think constructively about how the Bible is translated, read, interpreted and lived in distinctive social, religious and cultural contexts.

Gordon D. Fee is Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Regent College. He has authored commentaries on 1 Corinthians, Philippians and the Pastoral Epistles, as well as books on exegesis, hermeneutics and the Holy Spirit.

Valdir Steuernagel is a native of southern Brazil and the director of the Centre for Mission and Pastoral Studies in Curitiba, Brazil. Steuernagel also serves as chair of the World Vision International board of directors and is a minister who preaches throughout Latin America. Steuernagel graduated in 1974 from the Theological School of the Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil. Later he earned both his master's and doctoral degrees from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago.

Kang-San Tan has worked with OMF International for the last fifteen years, initially as Home Director in Malaysia, and more recently as Director of Mission Research. His main research interests are in the areas of Asian Theology and Religions (Islam and Buddhism). In 2003, he spent 6 months at Regent College, Vancouver as scholar in residence and lecturer in missions.

Miriam Adeney has a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Washington State University and is associate professor of Global and Urban Ministries at Seattle Pacific University. She has also been a research professor at Regent College and has coordinated a bookwriting program for Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Her most recent book is Daughters of Islam.