Tom Lin

Tom Lin (born 13 February 1973) is a Taiwanese American evangelical and the eighth president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

Biography

Raised in Chicago to Taiwanese immigrant parents, Lin completed a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University in 1994 and an M.A. in Global Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary.[1][2]

From 1994 until 2001, Lin helped to start local chapters of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University and Boston University, after which he was the Mongolia country director of International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, from 2002 to 2006.[3] Lin and his family returned to the United States in 2006, taking up various positions in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, including directing the Urbana Student Missions Conference and, in August 2016, becoming the organization's first non-white president.[4]

Works
  • Lin, Tom (2012). Pursuing God's Call. InterVarsity Press. ISBN 9780830866007.
  • Lin, Tom (1997). Losing Face & Finding Grace: 12 Bible Studies for Asian-Americans. InterVarsity Press. ISBN 9780830816842.

References
  1. Petersen, Jonathan (8 August 2016). "InterVarsity Christian Fellowship: An Interview with Tom Lin". Bible Gateway Blog. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. "Tom Lin Commissioned as President". InterVarsity. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. "Tom Lin". InterVarsity. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  4. Shellnutt, Kate (16 May 2016). "InterVarsity Names a Historic New President". Christianity Today. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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