{{Short description|Korean-American Christian theologian}} '''Soong-Chan Rah''' ({{fl.}} 2010 - present) is Robert Boyd Munger Professor of Evangelism<ref>{{Cite web|title=Soong-Chan Rah|url=https://www.fuller.edu/faculty/soong-chan-rah/|access-date=2024-03-20|website=www.fuller.edu/faculty/soong-chan-rah/|date=22 January 2021 }}</ref> at [[Fuller Theological Seminary]].
==Biography== Rah obtained his B.A. in [[political science]] and [[history]]/[[sociology]] from [[Columbia University]]. He finished his [[M.Div.]] from [[Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary]] (GCTS) and his Th.M. from [[Harvard University]]. He also completed a [[D.Min.]] at GCTS and a [[Th.D.]] at [[Duke Divinity School]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Soong-Chan Rah|url=http://www.profrah.com/about.html|access-date=2021-01-19|website=www.profrah.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-01-04|title=Fuller Welcomes Soong-Chan Rah as Robert Munger Professor of Evangelism {{!}} Fuller Seminary|url=https://www.fuller.edu/posts/fuller-welcomes-soong-chan-rah-as-robert-munger-professor-of-evangelism/|access-date=2021-01-19|language=en-US}}</ref>
He was the founding senior pastor of Cambridge Community Fellowship Church, a multi-ethnic, urban church in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. He has previously worked with [[InterVarsity Christian Fellowship]] in the [[Boston]] area.
He was previously Milton B. Engebretson Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism at [[North Park University]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Soong-Chan Rah|url=https://www.northpark.edu/faculty-staff-directory/soong-chan-rah/|access-date=2021-01-19|website=North Park University|language=en-US}}</ref> and started his role as Robert Munger Professor of Evangelism at [[Fuller Theological Seminary]] in summer 2021.<ref name=":1" />
He serves on the boards of ''[[Sojourners]]'', the Christian Community Development Association, [[World Vision]], and the Catalyst Leadership Center.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-02-16|title=Soong-Chan Rah|url=https://sojo.net/biography/soong-chan-rah|access-date=2021-01-19|website=Sojourners|language=EN}}</ref> His book, ''Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times'', received affirmation as ''The Englewood Review of Books'' Best Books of 2015<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=C. Christopher|date=2015-12-18|title=Englewood Honor Books – Best Books of 2015|url=https://englewoodreview.org/englewood-honor-books-best-books-of-2015/|access-date=2021-01-19|website=The Englewood Review of Books|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[Relevant (magazine)|''Relevant'']]'s Top 10 Books of 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=C. Christopher|date=2015-12-18|title=RELEVANT's Top 10 Books of 2015|url=https://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/relevants-top-10-books-2015/|access-date=2021-01-19|website=RELEVANT|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is married to Sue, a special educator. They have two children, Annah and Elijah.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rah, Soong-Chan.|title=Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church|date=2010|publisher=Moody Publishers|isbn=978-0-8024-5048-7|location=Chicago|oclc=503049407}}</ref>
==Selected works== * ''Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery''. Downers Grove, [[InterVarsity Press|IVP]]. 2019. {{ISBN|9780830845255}} * ''Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times''. Downers Grove, [[InterVarsity Press|IVP]]. 2015. {{ISBN|9780830836949}} * ''Many Colours: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church''. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2010. {{ISBN|9780802450487}} * ''The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity''. Downers Grove, [[InterVarsity Press|IVP]]. 2009. {{ISBN|9780830833603}}
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