Samuel C. Lee

CV

CURRENT POSITIONS

• Foundation Academy of Amsterdam

       President (since 2006)  

• VU University Amsterdam (Free University Amsterdam) 

       Center for Theology of Migration / Faculty of Theology / Assistant Professor

       Coordinator Postgraduate program for Migrant Pastors and Church Leaders

       

• Jesus Christ Foundation Churches

      Senior Pastor (since 1994)

• National Synod - (Protestant Forum) 
Member of the Steering Committee (since 2012) www.nationalesynode.nl  

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. (VU University, 2013) Faculty of TheologyDissertation: The Japanese and Christianity: A Complex Relation.The book is published under the title: The Japanese and Christianity: Why is Christianity not Widely believed in Japan? (Foundation Press. 2014).

• M.A. with doctoral exam (Leiden University, 1997) Faculty of Social Sciences

       Development Sociology/Regional Specialization: Japan/General Specialization: Religion

AREAS OF INTEREST

              - Migration & Migrants Education

              - Human Rights  

              - How religions influence one another, especially in relation to Christianity.

              - Interaction between religion and migration, “theological views on migration”

              - Contextualization of faith, and religious experience within the context of migration.

              - Christianity in Japan

              - Japanese Society

PUBLICATIONS

Monographs

- Understanding Japan Through the Eyes of Christian Faith, Fifth Edition, Amsterdam: Foundation Press, 2015.

- Rediscovering Japan, Reintroducing Christendom: Two-Thousand years of Christian history in Japan, Lanham: University Press of America, 2010.

- The Japanese and Christianity: Why is Christianity Not Widely Believed in Japan?  Amsterdam: Foundation Press, 2013.

Current Writing Project

- Women & Christianity in Japan 

Popular Books

- Anointed for Calling: Discover your calling and transform the world, Amsterdam: Foundation Press, 2006.

- Blessed Migrants: a biblical perspective on migration and what every migrant needs to know, Amsterdam: Foundation Press, 2008.

-  Journey with Paul: A Simplified Survey of the Pauline books, Amsterdam: Foundation Press, 2009.

- A New Kind of Pentecostalism: Promoting Dialogue for Change, Amsterdam: Foundation Press, 2011.

- Journey to Grace: A Simplified Survey of the Old Testament, Amsterdam: Foundation Press, 2013.

Articles & Papers

“Das wahre Pfingsten-Streben nach Gerechtigkeit” in Das Evangelium den Armen: Die   Pfingstbewegung sozialer Verantwortung und klassischem Missionsverständnis (Erzhausen: Theologie und Gemeinde, 2013).

“Japanese Theology: What Can Be Learned?” Part 1 & 2 in online journal Global Theology http://globaltheology.org/japanese-theology-what-can-be-learned-part-1/  and http://globaltheology.org/japanese-theology-what-can-be-learned-part-2/

“The Capitulation of Japan and Christianity” in the website Project Japan: http://projectjapan.org/pj/Article/Entries/2013/8/16_The_Capitulation_of_Japan_and_Christianity.html

“Contextualization in Pre-Meiji Japan (Part 1,2,3)” in the website Project Japan: http://projectjapan.org/pj/Article/Entries/2013/8/16_Contextualization_in_Pre-Meiji_Japan_%28Part_1%29.html

“Blessed Migrants: Contributions to a Theology of Migration” paper presented at GoForth Conference as a keynote speech at Go Forth Conference Singapore 11 July 2014.

“Overseas Filipino Workers: The Unknown Heroes of the Kingdom of God” will be presented at the Korean Global Mission Leadership Forum, November 7-10, 2017-Sok-Cho South Korea.

“Ernten wir gerade was wir einst gesät? In Zukunft Ausgabe # 17/18.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS 

• African Voice Achievers Award 2014, awarded for contributing to the well-being of African diaspora in Europe.

• Listed in the 500 GOOT list (2013 & 2016) published by Tear Funds as one of 500 peoples in the world who contribute to the well-being of their communities.

MEMBERSHIP

• Christian Higher Education Innovation Alliance

• International Network for Education in Emergencies

• Dutch Association for Japanese Studies, Leiden

• Japan Evangelical Missionary Association, Tokyo

• Pentecostal Council of Churches, Amsterdam

• Association of Christian Sociologists

• Samen Kerk in Nederland (SKIN),

CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

• Tyndale Theological Seminary, annually guest lecturer on Contextual Theology & Theology of Migration (c/o drs. Rien van der Toorn).

• National ICF (International Christian Fellowship) Day, Veenendaal, 5 October 2013, speaker.

• EA-EZA Sectoraal Overleg Integral Mission, Speaker.

• International Council of Higher Education, Annual Conference, Manila, 15-18 May 2013, one of the speakers and panelists.

• Nederlands Zendigsraad Dying for safety. Migration to Europe, intercession and a missional response, Speaker, 7 June 2013.

• GoForth 2014, Singapore, the National Missions Movement in Singapore 9-11 July 2014. Keynote Speaker (Emerging Global Challenges: Church and Migration)

• Stitching Gave, leaders meeting seminar (September 2014), National Conference on Christian Aid for Refugees (February & September 2016)

• Korean Global Mission Forum November 2017, presenting paper “Overseas Filipino Workers: The Unknown Heroes of the Kingdom of God”

IN THE MEDIA

• Interview: Bridge Builder in De Bijlmer 02 April 2016

• Interview: Refugees in the Church? Do Not Panic. 11 February 2016 Reformatorisch Dagblad k_niet_in_paniek_1_971738   

• Het Parool ‘Echt geloof heeft onderwijs nodig’, Patrick Meershoek, 20 oktober 2014 kennis-nodig/bnl-par-20141020 3631213/welcome

• Opwekking Magazine Nummer 587 / Mei 2014

• Visie Blad EO, Visie 2014, No.45 in-een-hokje-zitten/

• Nederland Zingt op Zondag (een interview met Samuel Lee, op EO Ned 2, 9 Feb 2014)

• Christelijk Weekblad, (Christian Weekly), Japans Christendom: Klein Maar Invloedrijk, an interview, 14 December 2013.

• Nederlandse Wereld Omroep, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, interview on the position of the undocumented migrants. 16 December 2006.

• Nederland 2, EO, Dutch National TV, interview with Andries Knevel about the position of undocumented migrants in the Netherlands, 15 October 2011.

• Radio EO, Dutch national TV, interview about the position of undocumented migrants in the Netherlands, 15 October 2011.

• Nederlandse Dagblad, (The Netherlands Daily) Dutch National Newspaper, deep interview, 6  October 2007.

• Ministries Today (USA), magazine, (Cover Story). November edition, 2004.