In this webinar, we will explore the role of the evangelist in missions in the fashion of Philipp who ministered both in Samaria and Ceasarae. How does this biblical example translate in today’s reality? Who are the evangelists and how can the Church better equip them to carry their calling?
Presenter: Raphaël Anzenberger is the Executive Minister of the French Baptist Union in Canada, assistant professor of intercultural studies at Columbia International University in the United States, as well as a teacher at the Evangelical Theological Faculty of Vaux-sur-Seine in France. He is additionally involved in the Lausanne Movement, notably through the Church Planting issue group.
After his Masters in Economics from the University of Strasbourg, Raphaël continued his academic career in the United States with a Masters in Theology, a Doctorate in Missiology and a Doctorate in Intercultural Studies at Columbia International University. Raphaël is the winner of the Sandy Ford Scholarship in 2001 and Billy Graham Lausanne Scholarship in 2018. He is the author of several books and articles in French and in English, of which Moi Aussi Je Voudrais Croire (BLF, 2008). He has also contributed to the writing of the Dictionnaire de Théologie Pratique (Excelsis, 2021) and Against the Tide: Mission Amidst the Global Currents of Secularization (William Carey, 2019).
Raphaël also worked in Chad where he managed the Bebalem Central Hospital for two years, and in the United States as an engineer at Michelin for seven years. He regularly speaks in academia, business and politics on the interactions between faith and culture, in Europe and North America. Raphaël lives in Montreal with his wife Karen
