Academic Ministry and Educators Network (AMEN) | Panel Discussion

How can Christian scholars, professors, and students faithfully live out their calling in the university world? In this engaging panel discussion recorded by the AMEN Issue Network, global leaders reflect on the challenges and opportunities of academic ministry and why Christian academics play a critical role in God’s mission today.

  • Stan Wallace introduces AMEN’s vision: to equip and connect Christian professors worldwide so they can be the aroma of Christ on their campuses.
  • Bee Lan Wang shares how AMEN seeks to bridge the historical divide between the church and the academy, especially in regions where academics feel sidelined.
  • Kathy Tuan-MacLean highlights the need to support Christian scholars, an often unreached group, who shape fields of knowledge and influence future generations.
  • Timothee Joset reflects on how collaboration, shared resources, and global fellowship can empower academics to thrive, even in highly competitive or secular contexts.

The AMEN network fosters collaboration, offers practical resources, and builds a global community where Christian scholars are equipped both as a mission field and as agents of God’s redemptive work.

00:00 Introduction to the Academic Ministry and Educators Network (AMEN)
00:21 The Vision and Purpose of AMEN
02:20 Challenges and Opportunities for Christian Academics
03:12 Bridging the Gap Between Academia and the Church
04:46 The Role of AMEN in Supporting Christian Scholars
10:03 Resources and Initiatives by AMEN
13:48 Encouraging Collaboration and Networking
14:47 Practical Benefits for Christian Families and Scholars
20:19 Quarterly Zoom Gatherings and Future Plans
21:34 Conclusion and How to Join AMEN

As part of the Fourth Lausanne Congress, these panel discussions feature leaders from Lausanne’s global Issue Networks engaging some of the most pressing opportunities and challenges facing the Church today. Covering themes such as justice, integrity, orality, disability, leadership, and mission to the least-reached, each conversation offers biblical reflection, contextual insight, and collaborative vision for the whole Church to bring the whole gospel to the whole world.

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Speakers' Bios

Stan Wallace

Catalyst for Academic Ministry & Educators Network

Dr Stan Wallace has been in university ministry since 1985, serving as Global Scholars’ president since 2014. Global Scholars equips Christian scholars in pluralistic universities to have a redemptive influence for Christ, primarily as a principal partner of the Society of Christian Scholars. He has served as an adjunct professor of philosophy at several institutions and has published on issues of faith and scholarship integration, including his most recent Have We Lost Our Minds? Neuroscience, Neurotheology, the Soul, and Human Flourishing (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2024). Dr Wallace also produces two monthly podcasts: College Faith and, with Dr. J.P. Moreland, Thinking Christianly.

Kathy Tuan-MacLean

Kathy has served with InterVarsity since 1990, currently as National Faculty Ministry Director. Her other roles have included Associate Director for GFM, AD Boston GFM, CSM at Harvard, Columbia, NYU, and NYCUP founder and director. Kathy has a PhD from Northwestern University in Human Development & Social Policy. She is married to Scott MacLean and they have three children (2 in college!) and an over-anxious mini labradoodle.

Timothee Joset

TIMOTHÉE JOSET has a PhD in Theology from the University of Durham, UK, and lectures in missiology at the Faculté Libre de Théologie Évangélique, Vaux-sur-Seine, France. He is coordinator of the evangelical missiology network for francophone Europe (REMEEF) and of the network of francophone missiologists (REMIF). He serves as IFES Engaging the University Coordinator and lives with his family in his native Switzerland.

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