Suraja Raman graduated from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1993 with a PhD in Educational Studies. During her time there, Ted Ward was the Director of the Department and was also her dissertation director and first reader. Upon returning home to Singapore, she resumed her responsibilities as faculty for theological schools in Singapore and later served as a missionary at Africa International University, in Kenya from 1997-2008. She continues to teach, write, and conduct training for Church leaders in Southeast Asia and around the world.

A Friend with a Global Perspective

“Ho, Ho, Ho! You must be wishing that you could be back home in Singapore,” said a smiling Ted Ward to me on a cold winter morning in Deerfield, Illinois He was holding a mug with steaming brewed coffee in one hand and a briefcase in the other He was walking toward his office on the campus of..... read more