Michael Bird

Karl Faase met with Craig Keener when filming for Jesus the Game Changer 2. Craig is a Professor of the New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, KY. He holds a PHD from Duke University and is known for his commentaries on contextualising the New Testament in its early Jewish and Greco-Roman setting. He has authored numerous books and journals and has taught in every continent except Antarctica.

Karl Faase interviews Israel Olofinjana - who is an ordained Baptist minister and the pastor of Woolwich Central Baptist Church in London. He is the founding director of Centre for Missionaries from the Majority World, an initiative designed to prepare, equip and encourage missionaries from the Majority World in Britain. He has authored and edited a number of books, including ‘African Voices: Towards African British Theologies’.

When filming Jesus the Game Changer 2, Karl Faase sat down with Emma Wildwood - Senior Lecturer and PHD supervisor at the University of Edinburgh. She has previously held positions at the University of Cambridge, and taught in DR Congo and Uganda for many years. Her particular research area is religious encounters in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Christian conversion and the growth of mission-initiated denominations between 1800 and the present day.

Karl Faase interviewed Father Tim Kesicki for Jesus the Game Changer 2. Father Tim became a Jesuit novitiate in 1984, and is now the director of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. Ordained in 1994, Tim worked and taught in high schools around the United States, as well as spending a year at the Jesuit Refugee Service in Uganda. He frequently contributes articles to CNN and MSNBC.

One of the guests from Jesus the Game Changer Season 2 was Joe Turner. In this interview with Karl Faase, this former Belfast loyalist shares about how he encountered God whilst in prison and turned his life radically around. He now runs a church in East Belfast, and is actively working in prisons, bringing the message of God to those who need it most.

Karl Faase met with Daryl Ireland to discuss mission movements to China for the documentary 'Jesus the Game Changer: To the Ends of the Earth'. Daryl is the Associate Director of the Centre for Global Christianity and Mission, and a Research Assistant Professor of Mission at Boston University. He is also an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene. Daryl’s research interests centre around Christianity in East Asia, particularly revitilisation movements in China and Southeast Asia.

When filming the documentary 'Jesus the Game Changer', Karl Faase interviewed Michael Bird who is a theologian and New Testament Scholar. He is the Academic Dean and a lecturer in theology at Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia.. He has written and edited over thirty books in the areas of Historical Jesus, the Gospels, St Paul and Biblical Theology.

Karl Faase interviewed Mark Noll for Jesus the Game Changer's second season titled "To The Ends of the Earth". Mark is a leading historian, specialising in the history of Christianity in the United States. He holds the position of Research Professor of History at Regent College, and has taught courses throughout the United States. Among his many books is the insightful, ‘Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity’.

When filming for Season 2 of the documentary Jesus the Game Changer, Karl Faase met with Lynn Cohick - Provost Dean at Denver Seminary in Colorado. Lynn is a professor, teacher and speaker and received her PHD in New Testament and Christian Origins from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Her written works include ‘Christian Women in the Patristic World’, and a commentary on the book of Philippians.

Karl Faase visited the home of Takashi Fukuda when gathering stories for Jesus the Game Changer Season 2. Takashi shared his story of mission and Bible Translation when he, his wife and two small children journeyed to a remote village in the Philippines. They spent 12 years there translating books of the Bible into the local language, as well as producing Christian songbooks, health booklets and a dictionary. They also helped to establish a local high school and eventually formed what is now known as Wycliffe Japan.