Samuel Escobar, a Peruvian scholar, served for 26 years with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students in Latin America and Canada. During that time, he was one of the key participants in the International Congress on World Evangelization at Lausanne, Switzerland. From 1985 to 2005 he was Professor of Missiology at Eastern Baptist (now Palmer) Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, USA. Presently, he lives in Valencia, Spain, and teaches at the Facultad Protestante de Teología in Madrid.

He is also past president of the United Bible Societies. Among his books are Changing Tides and The New Global Mission.