“Rev. Samuel Chiang was born in Taiwan, grew up and worked in Canada (Ernst & Young), graduated from Dallas Seminary where he was also on staff.  He ministers alongside of the global Church, and has had extensive experiences with the Church in China. He has been involved with leadership and community development. Samuel has written extensively on China, Asia, and orality; additionally, he has authored a book chapter ‘Innovations in Missions’ (Jim Reapsome and Jon Hirst, ed.). He was formerly the Chief Operating Officer for TWR, an international Christian media organization.  Currently Samuel serves as the Global Coordinator of International Orality Network which involves over 300 participating organizations globally and aims to make the Word of God available to unreached people groups using appropriate oral strategies, which are clearly communicated in their mother tongue, so that oral communicators may hear, understand, respond, live out, and further reproduce the message of the Gospel. He taught his family how to fish, and is an avid runner.  He and his wife, Robbi, live in Hong Kong.”