Academic Courses

In 2011, Tim began teaching “New Testament Theology” one semester per year at the Myanmar Institute of Theology (MIT) in Yangon, Myanmar, as an ongoing “Visiting Professor”. When he first began, he was the only faculty member with a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies, and one of very few (if any other) New Testament scholars in the entire country of 53 million people, of which there are about 3 million Christians. Today, while there are a few dozen Ph.D. holders among Christian professors nationwide, Tim has been filling a critical hole during this long period of working to raise the educational level of MIT faculty. When he had to move to online teaching, due to COVID, followed by political instability in Myanmar, Tim began teaching New Testament Theology to refugees at the Kawthoolei Hope Theological Seminary (KHTS), just inside the Thai side of the Thai-Myanmar border.

Over the past two decades, Tim has developed and taught several other academic courses. These include exegetical courses, which require the use of the Greek New Testament, including “Romans,” “Philippians,” “Hebrews, James, and 1 Peter.” He has also taught “Christian Spirituality” and “Critical Reasoning on the Bible” for Master of Divinity students in Myanmar and Thailand. In 2026, he will be developing a new course for Master of Theology students, entitled “Pastoral Priorities and Practices in Spiritual Formation.”