J Scott Bridger
Lecturer in Intercultural Studies
Head of Intercultural Studies program

Contact Information
Email: scott_bridger@nazarethcenter.com

Education
BA University of Tennessee – Psychology and Modern Hebrew
MA Southeastern Baptist Seminary – Christian Education
MA Southeastern College at Wake Forest – Intercultural Studies
ThM Trinity Evangelical Divinity School – Systematic and Philosophical Theology
MA (candidate) University of Haifa – Arabic Language and Islamic Studies
PhD (student) Southeastern Baptist Seminary – Intercultural Studies

Subject Areas
Systematic theology, Islamic thought

Present Research:
Christian-Muslim relations in the early Abbasid period; Islamic notions of sin, forgiveness and salvation, theology of the land.

Family
Wife, Miriam and three boys: Elijah, Isaiah and Ethan


Brent Neely
Lecturer in New Testament

Contact Information
Email: brent_neely@nazarethcenter.com

Education
BA Middle Eastern Studies (Hons) Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Texas, Austin.
MDiv (Hons), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, S. Hamilton, MA.
Classical Arabic courses, Notre Dame Center and Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Auditing Islamics seminar, LST, London
3^rd Year PhD candidate, London School of Theology.

Publications
Article on ‘Reconciliation’ in Eurasia Area Studies Collection, AGWM

Present research
Muslim Apocalyptic

Family
Wife, Loretta



D. Alexander Miller
Lecturer in Church History and Theology

Contact Information
Email: alex_miller@nazarethcenter.com

Education
BA University of Texas, San Antonio – Philosophy (magna cum laude)
MA St Mary’s University – Theology (summa cum laude)
Diploma in Arabic – Kelsey Language Institute, Amman, Jordan
PhD candidate University of Edinburgh

Subject Areas
Church history, systematic theology and Islamics
Family
Wife, Sharon and two children, David and Amelia

Rev Azar Ajaj
Dean of Students

Contact Information
Phone: from overseas ++972 4 6464898
Email: azar_ajaj@nazarethcenter.com

Education
BA in Theology from Bethlehem Bible College
MA candidate International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague

Church Activities
Elder of the Local Baptist Church, Nazareth.
Served as General Secretary of the Fellowship of Christian Students in Israel
Representative of the Bible Society in Israel, working among Israeli Arabs.

Family
Wife, Ibtisam and three sons: Khalil, Wasim and Fadi

J. Bryson Arthur
President/Director of NCCS and Professor of Systematic Theology

Contact Information
bryson_arthur@nazarethcenter.com
Education
BD (Hons) University of Glasgow – Systematic Theology
PhD University of Glasgow

Subject Areas
Systematic Theology and Philosophy

Publications
A Theology of Sexuality and Marriage
The Real Church: the GodMan Legacy
Safari into Light 1
Safari into Light 2: the New Morning

Present Research
Contextual Theology in Israel

Interests
NCCS, Reading, NCCS, classical music

Family
Wife May, two daughters and one grand-daughter