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APM - Current Officers
Executive Committee Officers
Kyle Faircloth, Ph.D., President
(Conciliar Protestant)
Palm Beach Atlantic University
West Palm Beach, FL

Kyle Faircloth directs the Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies program and serves as an associate professor of intercultural studies at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Prior to joining the faculty at PBA in August 2019, Kyle and his family served in ministry for fifteen years in Southeast Asia. His research interests include the fields of intercultural studies, world Christianity, theology of religions, liturgical theology, ritual studies, and aspects of contextual theology related to Southeast and East Asian religious and philosophical contexts.
Antonio (Ton) D. Sison, PhD., First Vice President
(Roman Catholic)
Catholic Theological Union
Chicago, IL
Antonio D. Sison, CPPS, is Professor of Systematic Theology and Culture, and Vatican Council II Chair of Theology Chair of Theology at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago.
Dr. Sison is committed to contextual, intercultural, and aesthetic approaches to doing systematic theology. He is the author of several books, including The Art of Indigenous Inculturation: Grace on the Edge of Genius (Orbis Books, 2021), a cutting-edge exploration of the phenomenon of religious inculturation through the “aesthetics of liberation,” with case studies from Asian, African, and Latin American postcolonial contexts. His forthcoming book is Intercultural Epiphanies: Signs of Reconciling Grace in the Global South (Orbis Books, Fall 2026). He is a professed Brother of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood (CPPS), US Province.
Allen Yeh, Second Vice President
(Independent Protestant)
International Theological Seminary
Dr. Allen Yeh is Dean and VP of Academic Affairs at International Theological Seminary, and Creative Director of the Young Adult Initiative at Denver Seminary. Dr. Yeh spent 16 years as a Professor of Intercultural Studies and Missiology at Biola University before his move to International Theological Seminary. He completed his BA from Yale University, MDiv from Gordon-Conwell Seminary, ThM from the University of Edinburgh, and DPhil from Oxford University. Dr. Yeh has traveled the world as a missionary, educator, and speaker, and is the author of Polycentric MIssiology (IVP, 2016) and co-editor with Tite Tienou of Majority World Theologies (William Carey, 2018).
Shawn Behan, Ph.D., Secretary-Treasurer
(Conciliar Protestant)
Pacific Islands University

Shawn Behan is a PhD graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary with a focus on theology and mission, specifically working on the missionary ecclesiology of Lesslie Newbigin. Shawn has a wide range of research interests, which includes theology of mission, history of mission, ecclesiology, Global Christianity, church planting, evangelism, and world religions. Shawn currently teaches for Missouri Baptist University and Maryville University in St. Louis, MO. Shawn has served with APM since 2019, first as Executive Director of Membership and Member Relations and then later joining David Fenrick as Co-Secretary/Treasurer in 2022, before taking over as the sole Secretary/Treasurer in 2023.
Advisory Board
| Susan Maros | [email protected] | Fuller Theological Seminary |
| Emmanuel Buteau | [email protected] | Xavier University of Louisiana |
| Ondina Cortes, RMI | [email protected] | Barry University |
| Lalsangkima Pachuau | [email protected] | Asbury Theological Seminary |
| Sean Thomas | [email protected] | Palm Beach Atlantic University |
| Wanjiru Gitau | [email protected] | Palm Beach Atlantic University |
| Peter Lee | [email protected] | Trinity International Divinity School |
APM - Past Officers
Presidents and Secretary-Treasurers
| Presidents | Secretary-Treasurers | |
| 1952 | H. Cornell Goerner | Norman A. Horner |
| 1954 | ||
| 1956 | R. Pierce Beaver | Wilber C. Harr |
| 1958 | Wilber C. Harr | R. Pierce Beaver |
| 1960 | Theodore Bachmann | |
| 1962 | Charles Forman | Herbert Jackson |
| 1964 | Creighton Lacy | Herbert Jackson |
| 1966 | J. Leslie Dunstan | David L. Lindberg |
| 1968 | Sigurd F. Westburg | David L. Lindberg |
| 1970 | James H. Pyke | John T. Boberg |
| 1972 | E. Luther Copeland | John T. Boberg |
| 1974 | John Piet | John T. Boberg |
| 1975 | Frank Kline | John T. Boberg |
| 1976 | ||
| 1978 | ||
| 1979 | ||
| 1980 | ||
| 1981 | Charles Taber | David Lowes Watson |
| 1982 | Mckennie Goodpasture | |
| 1984 | Lois McKinney | Alan Neely |
| 1985 | Sam Moffett | |
| 1986 | ||
| 1987 | Dana Robert | |
| 1988 | Darrell Whiteman | Charles Van Engen |
| 1989 | Steven Bevans | Charles Van Engen |
| 1990 | Wi Jo Kang | Charles Van Engen |
| 1991 | Ralph Covell | Charles Van Engen |
| 1992 | Mary Motte | Charles Van Engen |
| 1993 | John Webster | Charles Van Engen |
| 1994 | Jonathan Bonk | Charles Van Engen |
| 1995 | Anthony Gittins | Charles Van Engen |
| 1996 | Edward Poitras | Douglas McConnell |
| 1997 | Elizabeth Brewster | Douglas McConnell |
| 1998 | Roger Schroeder | Douglas McConnell |
| 1999 | Brian Stelck | Ray Prigodich |
| 2000 | Susan Higgins | Ray Prigodich |
| 2001 | John Kiesler, ofm | Bonnie Sue Lewis |
| 2002 | Young Lee Hertig | Bonnie Sue Lewis |
| 2003 | Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi | Bonnie Sue Lewis |
| 2004 | Robert A. Hurteau | Bonnie Sue Lewis |
| 2005 | Ruth Tucker | Bonnie Sue Lewis |
| 2006 | Stanley Skreslet | Bonnie Sue Lewis |
| 2007 | Paul Kollman | Bonnie Sue Lewis |
| 2008 | Roberta King | Bonnie Sue Lewis and David Fenrick |
| 2009 | Robert Hunt | David Fenrick |
| 2010 | James Krabill | David Fenrick |
| 2011 | William Gregory | David Fenrick |
| 2012 | W. Harrison Daniel | David Fenrick |
| 2013 | Gregory Leffel | David Fenrick |
| 2014 | Benjamin Hartley | David Fenrick |
| 2015 | J. Nelson Jennings | David Fenrick |
| 2016 | Angel Santiago-Verdrell | David Fenrick |
| 2017 | Larry Caldwell | David Fenrick |
| 2018 | Linda Whitmer | David Fenrick |
| 2019 | A. Sue Russell | David Fenrick |
| 2020 | Margaret Guider | David Fenrick |
| 2021 | Margaret Guider | David Fenrick |
| 2022 | Paul Lewis | David Fenrick |
| 2023 | W. Jay Moon | David Fenrick and Shawn Behan |
| 2024 | Bryan Froehle | Shawn Behan |
| 2025 | Susan Maros | Shawn Behan |
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Annual Conference
June 19-21, 2026
St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Please direct all questions regarding the Annual Conference to the ASM Conference Coordinator at [email protected].
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