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Dr. kiem le

Professor of Theology

Academic Degrees & Education

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL

Ph.D. in Systematic Theology – 2015

Dissertation: That Complex Whole: Divine Action and Science in Arthur Peacocke

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL

Master of Divinity (cum laude) – 2005

University of California, Davis, CA

B.Sc. in Biological Sciences – 1993


Academic Appointments & Experience

Kairos University

Professor of Theology – Present

Alliance Evangelical Divinity School, Northern CA

Director & Professor of Theology – Present

Alliance Evangelical Divinity School, Anaheim, CA

Adjunct Professor of Theology – Present

Ha Noi Bible College, Vietnam

Visiting Professor – 2012 - Present

Gateway Seminary, Fremont, CA

Adjunct Professor – 2017 - 2019


Ministerial & Pastoral Experience

VITAS Healthcare

Chaplain & Nationwide Grief Facilitator (Covid-19 Loss Zoom Group) – 2013 - Present

Living Word Community Church, San Jose, CA

Lead Pastor – 2013 - 2022

Guest Preacher at various local churches in the San Francisco Bay Area


Research & Publications

Translation of The Gospel Coalition’s “Foundational Documents” into Vietnamese

Book Review: Dictionary of Christianity and Science: The Definitive Reference for the Intersection of Christian Faith and Contemporary Science – Bulletin of Ecclesial Theology, 2018

Vietnamese Translation of John Frame’s Salvation Belongs to the Lord: An Introduction to Systematic Theology – P&R Publishing, 2016


Presentations & Conference Contributions

Some Reflections on the Diaspora Experience – Center for Pastor Theologians Annual Theology Conference, 2021

Theology as Sanctified Imagination – Alliance Evangelical Divinity School, 2021

A Critical Response to Amos Yong on Asian American Evangelical Theology – ISAAC NorCal Scholar Lecture, 2011

The Life of Prayer – Midwest Annual C&MA Vietnamese Conference, 2009

Thinking Christianly about the Culture of Advertising & Consumerism – C&MA Vietnamese District Conference, 2005


Courses & Areas of Teaching

• Systematic Theology

• Contemporary Theology

• Apologetics

• Historical Theology

• Global Theology

• Theological Education

• Pastoral Ministry

• History of the Vietnamese Church


Professional Memberships

Evangelical Theological Society

Center for Pastor-Theologians

Dr. kiem le
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