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Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau

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Dean of Advanced Research Programs
Professor of History and Theology of Mission

Expertise:

  • World Christianity
  • Missiology
  • Social and Religious Movements in South Asia
  • Contextual and Intercultural Theologies

Education:

  • B.A., North-Eastern Hill University (India), 1984
  • B.D., Serampore College (University), 1989
  • Th.M. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1990
  • Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1998

Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau is dean of Advanced Research Programs and professor of the History and Theology of Mission.  He received a B.A. from NorthEastern Hill University, India; a B.D. from Serampore College (University), India; and a Ph.D. and Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary. 

Dr. Pachuau is the editor of Mission Studies: Journal of IAMS and the convener of study commission II, Edinburgh 2010 (World Mission Conference). He is also a member of the steering committee for the World Christianities Forum, AAR.  A member of the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, Dr. Pachuau is a recipient of a grant-award from the center where he served as a research scholar in 2004. He was awarded a merit scholarship for the Ph.D program at Princeton Theological Seminary (1992-1996) and various awards in the Bachelor of Divinity program (1986-1989).

He has authored and edited several books, including Ethnic Identity and Christianity (Peter Lang, 2002).  Dr. Pachuau, an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of India, is a parish associate for the Nicholasville Presbyterian Church and is a member of the Church Development and Evangelism Committee, Transylvania Presbytery.

He is married to Lalneih Kimi Sailo. They have two sons.