KL 2020

January 28-31, 2020 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Putra World Trade Center

Registration ends 15 December 2019!

How does the gospel relate to culture? How should followers of Christ interact with art, politics, and the city? Gather together with 5,000 people from all over Asia and North America as we wrestle with these questions together. Featuring Tim Keller, D.A. Carson, Stephen Tong, a number of Chinese pastors, and sessions in both English and Mandarin, come be a part of a discussion on culture that is uniquely intercultural.

Planery Speakers

Tim Keller

D.A. Carson

Stephen Tong

Breakout Speakers

Stephen Um

Jonathan Leeman

Richard Pratt

Wong Fong Yang

CS Tang

Immanuel Chin-Ming Ke

Alex McCoy

Greg Perry

Neil Powell

Timothy Keller is Chairman of Redeemer City to City and Pastor Emeritus Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. For over twenty-five years Tim led a diverse congregation that grew to a weekly worshipping community of over 6,000 people. Tim now focuses on ministry more broadly in NYC and other global cities through the work of City to City, which has helped start over 490 churches in 54 global cities. He is the author of such New York Times bestselling books as The Reason for God and The Meaning of Marriage.

D. A. Carson is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois and president of The Gospel Coalition. He has written or edited about sixty books, including the Pillar New Testament Commentary volume on the Gospel according to John, The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism, Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church, The Intolerance of Tolerance, Christ and Culture Revisited, the long-popular New Testament Commentary Survey, and The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures.

Stephen Tong is a Chinese Indonesian Reformed pastor, evangelist, teacher and musician. He heads the Reformed Evangelical Church of Indonesia, which houses the megachurch Messiah Cathedral, and is one of the largest Christian Reformed church facilities in Southeast Asia. He has preached in countries around the world, and guest lectured at theological seminaries and schools.

A graduate of Phillips Academy at Andover and Boston University, Dr. Stephen Um received an M.Div. and Th.M. in Biblical Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in New Testament studies at St. Mary’s College (University of St. Andrews) in Scotland. Since 2002, Dr. Um has been an adjunct professor of New Testament Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and has taught at Covenant Theological Seminary and Emerson College. Dr. Um is the Senior Minister of Citylife Presbyterian Church in Boston, and the author of several books, including The Kingdom of God and Why Cities Matter. Dr. Um resides in Boston, MA with his wife and three adult children.

Jonathan Leeman is the editorial director at 9Marks in Washington, DC. He serves as an elder at Cheverly Baptist Church and teaches ecclesiology and political theology at a number of seminaries. He is the author of a dozen books, including How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics for a Divided Age. He and his wife Shannon have four daughters.

Dr. Richard L. Pratt, Jr. is President and Co-Founder of Third Millennium Ministries. Since 1997, Thirdmill has been responding to the scarcity of theological education around the world by creating and distributing multimedia, seminary-quality curriculum in multiple languages and multiple formats. Dr. Pratt earned his Th.D. in Old Testament Studies from Harvard University and has authored numerous articles and books, including Pray with Your Eyes Open, and Every Thought Captive.

Church Planter, Senior Pastor City Discipleship Presbyterian Church. After working as a civil engineer, Pastor Wong earned master’s degrees in divinity and theology. He pastored in a small town for 13 years until, sensing God’s call, he took a step of faith and planted a church in Subang Jaya, Malaysia in July 2000. He delights in conversations with newcomers and strangers, and connects easily with the marginalized. He has authored two books: The Christian’s Dilemma Concerning Food Offered to Idols and Church Discipline: The Dynamics of Shame. Married to Constance, they have two children, Sarah and Sam.

CS Tang is senior pastor and church planter of Cornerstone Presbyterian Community Church in Sydney, a growing network of churches all around Sydney. He has been in church planting ministries for more than 30 years, and has been a friend of China Partnership and the network of Chinese house churches for many years. He is a council member of The Gospel Coalition (Australia) and, until recently, a board member of City to City (Australia). He was born in Malaysia and his wife Lyn, Singapore. They have lived in Sydney for more than 40 years.

Dr. Ke is a Taiwanese Christian, scholar and apologist who has been preaching and teaching the Word of God in the churches for many years. He is currently the professor and chairman of Department of Ecological Humanities at Providence University in Taiwan. He also taught at National Taiwan University, Tunghai University, Taiwan Theological College and Seminary, Tainan Theological College and Seminary, China Evangelical Seminary, and central Taiwan Theological College and Seminary. The subjects he has taught include history of Western philosophy, Western history of the idea of nature, ethics, contemporary hermeneutics, bio ethics, philosophy of love, Christian ethics, and social controversies and Biblical ethics. He co-founded Taiwan Christian Institute, and was the founder and editor-in-chief (2003-2012) of Solitudo, a Taiwanese Christian ideological journal. Books that he has written include The Hermeneutics of Evil (2008), The Rightfulness of Love (2008), The Promise of Understanding (2009), Honorable Man, Marriage and Sex (2012), The Ethics of Love (2013), Fetus and Death Row Inmates (2013), There Is No So-Called “Same-Sex Marriage” (2016), and Bibliology (2019).

Originally from the US, Alex lived for a time in Jakarta, but has spent most of his life in Sydney, Australia. He became a Christian whilst studying history at university. He has degrees from the University of New South Wales, the University of Sydney, and Moore Theological College. Alex joined the staff of St Andrew’s Church in Hong Kong in January 2010, and since 2016 has been Senior Minister. Alex is married to Megan, and they have three boys. He loves seeing people grow in their understanding of Jesus and give expression to their faith in him.

Dr. Gregory R. Perry serves as VP of Strategic Projects for Thirdmill. He earned his Ph.D. in New Testament from Union Seminary in Virginia. Greg taught at Christ College Sydney and at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis. As Director of the City Ministry Initiative, Greg utilized the Thirdmill curriculum with students in the classroom, and with urban immigrant pastors in the community. Compelled by the need for creative models of theological education, Greg joined the leadership team at Thirdmill in 2017 and serves as President of the newly established Thirdmill Seminary.

Neil serves as Pastor of City Church, Birmingham. He also works with church-planters, and churches, planting in the UK and Europe. Neil is director of the London Project, a new initiative for London and co-chairs the 2020birmingham church-planting partnership in Birmingham. He is author of the recently published Together for the City: How collaborative church planting leads to citywide movements. He serves on the leadership team of City to City Global, Europe & UK. He is married to Jane, and has two sons.