William J. Larkin

Type:	author
Address:	7435 Monticello Road
	Columbia, SC 29203
	United States
Phone:	(800) 777-2227

William J. Larkin William LarkinSeminary & School of Missions(Resident Faculty) Bible Greek New Testament William Larkin joined the faculty of Columbia in 1975 after a year of pastoral ministry in Philadelphia and the completion of graduate study in England. His passion is preparing pastors and missionaries, through the study of the Greek New Testament, to communicate God’s Word accurately and effectively as a “missions document.â€ He has had opportunities to teach in Germany, Portugal, Zimbabwe, and Korea. Dr. Larkin is a member of the Evangelical Missiological Society, the Evangelical Theological Society, the Institute for Biblical Research, and the Society of Biblical Literature. He has written articles and reviews for various periodicals including Bulletin of Biblical Research, Evangelical Missions Quarterly, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, New Testament Studies, Themelios, and Decision Magazine. He has contributed to The Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, The Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its Developments, and The Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions and has been a translation editor for “Actsâ€ in the New Living Translation. He has authored four books and co-edited a fifth. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America, Dr. Larkin has an active ministry in adult Christian education, particularly Bible teaching. He and his wife Edna have two grown children. Education and Experience: B.A., 1967, Wheaton College; B.D., 1970, Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., 1975, University of Durham, England; associate pastor, 1970-71, First Presbyterian Church of Olney, Philadelphia, PA; 1999-2001 part-time Assistant Pastor of Teaching, Northeast Presbyterian Church, Columbia, SC; visiting lecturer, Evangelical Bible College, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, June 1982; Portuguese Bible Institute, Lisbon, Portugal, March 1986; Freie Hochschule fur Mission, June 1988 and 1998, January 2004, 2008; Canadian Institute of Biblical Studies (Campus Crusade for Christ), Langley, B.C., July 1988; Center for Intercultural Training, Union Mills, NC, July 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006. Theological Education by Extension, Seoul, Korea, June 1990; workshop speaker, Lausanne II in Manila, Philippines, July 1989. Columbia International University Seminary and School of Missions, 1975 .

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