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TYNDALE
SEMINARY

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2015
SPRING GRADUATION
SEMINARY

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Saturday, May 9, 2015
10:00 a.m.
Richmond Hill Christian
Community Church 
9670 Bayview Avenue 
Richmond Hill, ON L4C 9X9

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ABOUT TYNDALE

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THE HISTORY

Tyndale University College & Seminary was founded in 1894 as the 
Toronto Bible Training School. Later known as Toronto Bible College, 
it merged with the London College of Bible and Missions in 1968 to 
become Ontario Bible College. The Seminary was established in 1976 
to offer graduate theological education. In 1998, the name Tyndale was 
assumed, honouring William Tyndale (1494-1536), the early English 
reformer whose commitment to making Scripture available to all 
persons led him to undertake the first English translation of the Bible. 
He is a model for scholarship, faith, and vision.

In 2003, Tyndale was accorded university college status by the Province 
of Ontario. In 2007, Tyndale received approval from the Ontario 
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and from the Ontario 
College of Teachers to offer a Bachelor of Education program. The 
Seminary's graduate degrees, including the Doctor of Ministry degree, 
are accredited by The Association of Theological Schools in the United 
States and Canada (ATS). In 2007, Tyndale purchased the Morrow Park 
property from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto.

Tyndale is an evangelical, multi-denominational school with more than
9,500 alumni.

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THE MISSION

Tyndale is dedicated to the pursuit of truth, 
to excellence in teaching, learning and research, 
for the enriching of mind, heart and character, 
to serve the church and the world for the glory of God.

During the service, please turn off all 
electronic devices and keep aisles clear.

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[ order of ceremony ]

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2015 SPRING GRADUATION

Musical Prelude
Eunseong Cho
Organist-in-Residence

Call to Worship (please stand)
Dr. Michael Krause
Assistant Professor of Christian Ministry

Processional (please remain standing)
Eunseong Cho

[ hymn title ]
All Creatures of Our God and King

[ verse 1 ]
All creatures of our God and King, 
Lift up your voice and with us sing, 
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam, 
Thou silver moon with softer gleam,

Chorus
O praise Him! O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!

[ verse 2 ]
Thou rushing wind that art so strong, 
Ye clouds that sail in heaven along, 
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou rising moon, in praise rejoice, 
Ye lights of evening, find a voice!

Chorus

[ verse 3 ]
Thou flowing water, pure and clear, 
Make music for thy Lord to hear, 
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright, 
That givest us both warmth and light,

Chorus

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And ye who are of tender heart, 
Forgiving others, take your part, 
O sing ye! Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear, 
Praise God and on Him cast your care!

Chorus

Let all things their Creator bless, 
And worship Him in humbleness, 
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, 
And praise the Spirit, Three in One!

Chorus

Invocation (please remain standing)
Dr. Stephanie Ling
Chancellor

Welcome
Dr. Gary Nelson
President & Vice Chancellor

Valedictory Address
Carson Mok, MDiv
Introduced by Dr. Barbara Leung Lai, Professor of Old Testament

Scripture Reading 2 Timothy 2:1-7
Dr. James Pedlar
Assistant Professor of Wesley Studies and Theology

Conferring of the Honorary Doctorate
Dr. Minho Song
Presented by Dr. Gary Nelson

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Graduation Address “For a Passionate Ministry”
Dr. Minho Song

Congregational Hymn (please stand)
Eunseong Cho, Jamie Shockley, Kurtis Wright

[ hymn title ]
Jesus, All for Jesus

[ verse 1 ]
Jesus, all for Jesus,
all I am and have and ever hope to be. 
All of my ambitions, hopes and plans 
I surrender these into Your hands 
All of my ambitions, hopes, and plans 
I surrender these into your hands 
For it's only in your will that I am free. 
For it's only in your will that I am free. 
Jesus, all for Jesus,
all I am and have and ever hope to be.

Conferring of Degrees and Awarding of Diplomas and Certificates
Dr. Stephanie Ling
Dr. Gary Nelson
Dr. Janet Clark
  Senior Vice President Academic & Dean of the Seminary

Prayer of Dedication
Dr. Victor Shepherd
Professor of Theology

Congratulations from the Board of Governors
Steven Holmes
Chair, Tyndale Board of Governors

Welcome to the Alumni Association
Dr. Robert Patterson
Director, Alumni & Church Relations

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Closing Remarks & Benediction
Dr. Gary Nelson

Recessional (please stand)
Eunseong Cho

[ hymn title ]
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

[ verse 1 ]
Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, 
Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise.

[ verse 2 ]
Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, Thou rulest in might; 
Thy justice, like mountains, high soaring above 
Thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.

[ verse 3 ]
To all, life Thou givest, to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree, 
And wither and perish but naught changeth Thee.

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Great Father of glory, pure Father of light, 
Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight; 
All praise we would render, O help us to see 
'Tis only the splendor of light hideth Thee.

Reception to follow in the gymnasium.

[ hymn credits ]
All Creatures of Our God and King. Public domain.
Jesus, All for Jesus, Robin Mark, Jennifer Orr. CCLI License No. 140643. 
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise, Walter C. Smith. Public domain.

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GRADUATES

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DOCTOR OF MINISTRY

Gerald Chan
Mobilizing “Second-Mile” 
Christians to Engage in Ministries 
in a Chinese Church through the 
Tribe of Caleb Project: An Initiative 
to Equip Cantonese-Speaking 
Senior Christians and Provide 
Them with Opportunities to Serve

Stephen Drudge
Developing Leadership Capacities 
for a Post-Christendom Context: 
Implementing and Evaluating a 
Missional Change Process with 
Mennonite Pastors

Charles Mackey
The Design and Development 
of an Online Encyclopedia of 
Canadian Christian Leaders

Paul Miki
“Parenting with Heart”: The 
Development and Evaluation of a 
Christian Parenting Curriculum 
to Support and Encourage the 
Family to Be the Domestic Church

Benjamin Platz
Transformation Happens at the
Margins: Shaping Beatitudinal 
Character of Volunteers 
by Embracing Excluded, 
Marginalized, Inconvenient Others 
at Drop-In Centres

Bernard Sin
Introducing Post-Preaching 
Reflection and Assessing Its 
Impact on Selected Members of 
the Richmond Hill Chinese Baptist 
Church Ontario, Canada

Gerhold Tonn
Using Appreciative Inquiry and 
Focused Sermons to Move 
Congregational Members of 
Cedarview Church in Paris Ontario 
to Develop Friendships with 
Non-Christian Neighbours

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MASTER OF THEOLOGY

Denys McDonald
Thesis: Paul's Use of the Exodus 
Narrative in his Argumentation in 
1 Corinthians 5

Granville McKenzie 
Chris Tam 
Frederick To 
Meng-Wen Tsai

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MASTER OF DIVINITY

[ Heading 5.3.1 ]
Biblical Studies

Mary Kwan 
Wai-Hon Li 
Carson Mok

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Christian Education
& Formation

Wintze Chan 
Johnson Hsu
Natoya Hylton

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[ Heading 5.3.3 ]
Counselling

Natasha Akam
Heebong Chang
Karen Chiu
Mary DeGeer
Walter Dudar
Xiomara Gomez
Shawn Groen
Delroy Hill
Sheng Yong Hu
Ryan Janssen
Frances Jean
Cherie Kuiper
Yezee Lee
Regine Leung
Jacquelyn Man
Rudo Manyau
Blythe McKinlay
Noah Mugenyi
Jeffery Pascoe
Madeleine Pryce
Stephanie Redfern
Emily Stubbs
Sarah-Jane Theobald 
Stephanie Vanden Boomen 
Margaret Wardroper
Terry Wiseman

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Global Mission &
Intercultural Studies

Michelle Bauer
Hyunseung Shin
Ferdinand Umali

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In-Ministry
Darryl Bergen

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Pastoral Ministry

Henry Chuang 
Corey Copeland
Laura Coxworth 
Daniel Dihele 
Stephen Frank
Zachary Fulton
Eric Green 
Alexander Lee
Owen Lynch 
Elaine Yee Lam Tsang

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Pastoral & Chinese Ministry

Mary Kwan 
Simon Kwan 
Carson Mok 
Yue Hin Tse

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Spiritual Formation

Karen Botsford 
Christopher Kam 
Tivadar Madarasz 
Robert Schellenberg

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Theological Studies
Joshua Valley

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MASTER OF DIVINITY
CCSTTS
(CHINESE LANGUAGE)

[ Heading 5.3.1 ]
Global Mission

Han Meng Liang
Hui Jun Ma

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Pastoral Ministry

Bin Chen
Tao Fu
Lizhang Xu

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MASTER OF
THEOLOGICAL
STUDIES

[ Heading 5.4.1 ]
Christian Foundations

Katherine Andrushenko
Alfred Au
Yvonne Chan
Sharon Chuah
Kevin Cole
Carolyn Gillian
Beverley Kalnin
Axel Kazadi
Hyoungjin Kim
Irene Loy

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Kavus Moradi
Taylor Murray
Michelle O'Hara
Pamela Pinksen
Carl Santos
Lois Shepherd
Hon Yue Tam
Diane Ting
Lina van der Wel
Bernd Walter
Lapwan Wong-Essendi
Eric Yu

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Pentecostal Studies

Jayaprasad Gopalan
Darryl Prosper

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GRADUATE DIPLOMA

[ Heading 5.5.1 ]
Christian Studies

Nicola Hilton
David Ramkumar
Mary Angeline Seridon

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GRADUATION AWARDS

Alice & Russell Self Mission Award
Ferdinand Umali

Alvah Sargeant Morse Scholarship
Michelle Bauer

Association of Christian Evangelical Ministries Scholarship in Missions
Michelle Bauer, Hyunseung Shin

Centre for Mentorship and Theological Reflection Scholarship
Adelle Lauchlan

David F. Donevan Award
Matthew Henderson

Doris and Harold E. P. Warren Scholarship for Missions
Michelle O'Hara

Dr. Ross and Carol Bailey Theology Award
Joshua Valley

Dr. Vincent Poon and Mrs. Ruby Poon Gold Medal Award
Victor Laarman, Debra Mathers

Ezra Award in Christian Education
Johnson Hsu

Hyoung Sik and Young Mu Kim Award in Biblical Studies
Malcolm Billing

Jennifer Claire Morris Memorial Award
Mary DeGeer

Mariano Di Gangi Scholarship
Margaret Wardroper

Ottawa Chinese Alliance Church Scholarship
Carson Mok

Seminary Faculty Award
Ramesh Naraine

Shirley and John Chu Award in Hebrew and Old Testament
Wai-Hon Li

Victor Adrian Award in Christian Apologetics and Missions

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BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Clarence Buckle
Sam Chan
Keith Elford
Kim Evans

Steven Holmes
Chair

Wallace Leung
Irene Loewen
Esther Madio
Michael Messenger
Geoffrey Moore
Gary Nelson

Dale Patterson
Vice Chair

Benjamin Reynolds
David Sherbino
Linda Tripp
Aileen Van Ginkel
Andrew Williams
Puiwing Wong

Honorary Member
Beverley Muir

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ADMINISTRATION

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Stephanie Ling, PhD
Chancellor

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Gary Nelson, DMin
President & Vice Chancellor

Janet Clark, PhD
Senior Vice President Academic & Dean of the Seminary

Randy Henderson, BComm, CA
Senior Vice President Finance & Chief Operating Officer

Barry Smith, PhD
Senior Vice President Academic & Dean of the University College

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PRESIDENTS EMERITI

William McRae, DMin
Brian Stiller, DMin

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FACULTY

[ Heading 9.1 ]
Seminary Faculty

James Beverley, PhD
Arthur Boers, DMin
Paul Bramer, PhD
Mark Chapman, PhD
Susan Ellfeldt, DMin
Donald Goertz, PhD (cand)
Rebecca Idestrom, PhD
John Kessler, Docteur de
L’Universite
Grace Ko, PhD
Michael Krause, DMin
Ron Kydd, PhD
Barbara Leung Lai, PhD
Kevin Livingston, PhD
Arnold Neufeldt-Fast, PhD
Dennis Ngien, PhD
James Pedlar, PhD
Vincent Poon, MD
Hugh Rendle, MLS
Ian Scott, PhD
Paul Scuse, DMin
Victor Shepherd, ThD
David Sherbino, DMin
Yau Man Siew, PhD
Wafik Wahba, PhD

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Research

Wing-Hung Lam, PhD
Donald MacLeod, DD

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Adjunct

Peter Au, PhD
Van Johnson, ThD
Warren Lai, ThD (cand)
Terry LeBlanc, PhD
Charles Nienkirchen, PhD
David Overholt, EdD
Fred Penney, DMin
Robert Shaughnessy, DMin
Rick Tobias, DD
Paul Wang, DMin
William Webb, PhD

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Student Services

Joan DeVries, PhD (cand)
Dean of Chapel and Student
Formation

Brenda Ho, BBA
Registrar

George Sweetman, MCS
Dean of Student Life

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VALEDICTORIAN

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Carson Mok

Born in Hong Kong, Carson Mok immigrated to Canada in 1993. 
He obtained Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from 
Wilfred Laurier University and continued his studies to complete the 
Chartered Public Accountant (CPA) and the Certified Management 
Accountant (CMA) designations in 2008. With close to ten years of 
career experience in finance, Carson is shaped to think strategically, 
analytically, and critically.

Carson has been an active leader in both local and para church 
ministries. With a great passion in evangelism and worship, he 
continues to collaborate with churches of different denominations in 
organizing worship and evangelistic events. In 2009, he became the 
Ministry Director of Grace Melodia Toronto while serving as a worship 
ministry leader at Calvary Logos Baptist Church. With increasing 
responsibilities in leading, preaching, and evangelizing, Carson felt the 
crucial need to be at Tyndale for a theological education. Concurrent 
with his full-time studies at Tyndale that began in 2013, he worked at 
Richmond Hill Christian Community Church as a Student Intern, mainly 
servicing the young adult congregations.

Since 2014, the vocation of receiving theological training at Tyndale 
has also been extended to his wife, Stephanie Tsui, who serves as both 
Carson's life and ministry companion. Carson and Stephanie strongly 
believe that their family is called to serve as one unit. Testifying the love 
of Christ and bringing people to faith continue to serve as their greatest 
motivation in ministry.

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HONORARY DOCTORATE

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Minho Song

Minho Song was born in South Korea and immigrated to Canada in 
the 70's. He came to know the Lord Jesus Christ in his first week of 
study in university and, shortly after, received a call to ministry. Since 
2004, he has been the senior pastor of Young Nak Korean Presbyterian 
Church of Toronto, a faith community he has been with since 1988. He 
also served as a missionary with OMF, teaching at Asian Theological 
Seminary in the Philippines while his wife Meja taught at Faith 
Academy.

Pastor Song's passion is to help transform churches to be more 
missional. Believing firmly that all the members of the church have 
been sent to the world to be part of God's Mission, he has been guiding 
Young Nak church to be missional, with a strong emphasis not only 
on overseas missions to Kyrgyzstan and Cambodia but also on local 
outreaches to South East Asians living in the Greater Toronto Area.

Pastor Song also believes in training and raising up God's workers 
for the next generation. He served for many years as both board 
member and president of the Catalyst Leadership Inc., an organization 
dedicated to help raise healthy leaders for Asian churches in North 
America. In the more recent years, he has been serving as adjunct 
professor at Asian Research Institute of Language and Culture in 
Handong University, South Korea, and at Asian Theological Seminary, 
Philippines, training future missionaries and pastors.

He studied at University of British Columbia (BA), Regent College 
(MDiv, ThM) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (PhD in Intercultural 
Studies). He is married to Meja Song for 32 years and has three grown 
children. He enjoys either watching or playing soccer.

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TYNDALE
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

3377 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario, M2M 3S4

Telephone: 416.226.6620
Fax: 416.226.6746
www.tyndale.ca

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