Kasi Apologetics
Global Conference 2025
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Richelle Bryan Who Wrote the Bible? |
Richelle is a passionate Apologist with the heart of an Evangelist. Her purpose is to remove the obstacles preventing people from learning the truth about the amazing God she serves. She holds a Master of Arts in Christian Apologetics from Talbot School of Theology – Biola University, which she used to train
Evangelism Ministry leaders, and later start an Apologetics ministry at The Brooklyn Tabernacle in Brooklyn, NY. She has also addressed students of faith at schools including Alliance Theological Seminary and Harvard Law school, as well as general audiences on many panels, virtual chats and a conference. This is in addition to decades of street evangelism on the sidewalks of the New York City and Atlanta metro areas, and evangelistic conversations around the globe during missions and leisure travel. |
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Dr Henry Hock Guan The Jesus the Philosoper: Jesus’ Application of Philosophical Theory in His Debates and Preaching |
Dr Henry Hock Guan Teh was a former litigation lawyer and Assistant Professor in Law. Dr Henry Teh was also an Elder of an International Church in China. Presently, he is doing postgraduate research on Ethics in Artificial Intelligence at Hong Kong Baptist University. Besides two British Law degrees, Dr Teh also has a Master’s in Biblical & Theological Studies and a Ph.D. in Christian Philosophy & Apologetics. After studying Christian Apologetics under Prof John Warwick Montgomery with Trinity Theological Seminary, Indiana, USA and the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism & Human Rights, Strasburg, France, Dr Teh founded and is the National Director of Ratio Christi Malaysia. He is also the author of “Principles of the Law of Evidence as Applied in the Johannine Christology” published in Germany. He is now worshipping at Kowloon International Baptist Church, Hong Kong. He is married to Dr WH Loke and they have one lovely daughter. |
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Rev. Elcé-Junior Lauriston (“Thunder”) Are the teachings of Seventh Day Adventists compatible with Christianity? |
Rev. Elcé-Junior Lauriston (“Thunder”) was born on Turtle Island, Haiti; raised in Grand Bahama, the Bahamas; and now resides in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He’s a former SDA evangelist and top theology student. He’s a Christian apologist, with specialization in Sabbatarianism, Sunday Worship, Seventh-day Adventism, and Old Covenant legalism. He’s an avid reader,
passionate Bible teacher, and preacher. He holds a Bachelor of Theology (Hons.) from the Bethel Bible College of the Caribbean-Jamaica (2020). He is happily married to Kahmal Williams-Lauriston and they have three children, Kah-El, Kah-Liyah, and Kah-Melly. He’s a contributing author of the best-selling book “Urban Apologetics: Cults and Cultural Ideologies,” edited by Dr. Eric Mason and published by Zondervan Publishers. He’s the author several Amazon-bestselling books, Hiding In Plain Sight: The False Doctrines of Seventh-day Adventism Vols. 1-3 and The Sabbath: What You Need To Know. He is an Ordained Minister in the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (Congregational, Disciples of Christ, Presbyterian). He pastors several congregations in the UCJCI’s Western Regional Mission Council. |
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Damon Richardson How to answer Jehovah’s Witnesses at your Door? |
Damon Richardson, a native of Queens, New York, is a Bible teacher and Christian apologist specializing in the field of urban apologetics and is the founder of UrbanLogia, an online theological and apologetics resource. He’s served over the past 34 years in various capacities of ministry roles including church planter, senior pastor and teaching pastor and currently preaches and teaches itinerantly with a passion for helping to equip ministers, church leaders and all believers biblically, theologically and apologetically. Damon is a contributing author to two books, “Urban Apologetics volume 1: Restoring Black Dignity with the Gospel” and “Urban Apologetics volume 2: Cults and Cultural Ideologies”, and has also written for Christianity Today. Damon has a Masters degree in Religious Studies and is also a Spring 2025 Ph.D candidate. He is the husband of Nadine and they have four children Jalen, Chandler, Nyasia, and Amare. |
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Zanele Jiane Did God curse Africa? A Theodicy. |
Zanele is the co-founder of Kasi Apologetics, a ministry geared towards helping skeptics overcome their doubts over Christian
Presuppositions – also aimed at equipping Christians to defend their faith. He authored the book titled “Jesus Our Philosopher :The Mechanics of our conversations”, which attempts to demonstrates Christianity and Critical Thinking are compatible. He holds a Masters Degree in Theology from the University of Pretoria. He resides in Kempton Park with his wife Faith and three children. He serves as a Pastor at Trinity Reformed Church in Kanana in a community outside the margins of society. |
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Mathabo Baase Are there contradictions in the Bible? |
Mathabo Baase grew up in Klerksdorp, South Africa into a family that practiced Ancestralism. She came to know Jesus Christ as a grade-schooler when a local church started a Sunday school program in her neighbourhood. She earned her bachelor of arts’ degree in Law and Psychology and her bachelor of laws degree from the North- West University (NWU) in Potchefstroom, South-Africa.
At the NWU Mathabo served as chapter president of Ratio Christi, a student campus apologetics alliance. She also served as a group facilitator & mentor at Dokima (the teen ministry division of Duet Gemeente, church) and various other teen leadership development programs. Upon graduation from NWU she went on to completing a master’s degree in comparative child law at the NWU. She was appointed as a junior lecturer in indigenous law and law of persons at the NWU. In 2016 she studied apologetics and theology at the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics (OCCA) and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. Mathabo is currently a lecturer and PhD candidate at the University of Cape Town. She is also serving as co-chapter director of Ratio Christi (Cape Town and UCT). |
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Lwandiso Dlokweni is a pastor at REACH East London and a Christian apologist at Bisrat4Africa, where he tackles cultural apologetics and addresses challenging questions about
Christianity. With a passion for biblical truth, Lwandiso posts weekly videos engaging with contemporary issues. He is a Baptist-trained minister, having completed his theological studies at the Baptist Theological College in Randburg. Lwandiso is married and has one child. |
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Xolisa Oscar Matrose born 16 May 1986, Port Elizabeth, South Africa is a dedicated minister serving in the Reformed Kanyamazane
congregation. With a deep commitment to theological scholarship and pastoral care, Matrose holds a Diploma in Theology, a Bachelor of Theology in Bible Languages, a Bachelor of Divinity, and a Master of Divinity. His educational background reflects a strong foundation in biblical studies and languages, which enhances his ministry and preaching. Xolisa is married to Bontle Leah Matrose, and together they are blessed with four children. His role in the Reformed church and family life speaks to his devotion both as a spiritual leader and as a father. |
Clare Williams Is Christianity Good News for Women? |
Clare is a speaker and thinker who engages with Christian apologetics, particularly questions about justice, race and faith from the black British community. She has a degree in English Literature and Language from Oxford University and completed studies in Theology at Wycliffe Hall. Clare is currently a PhD Sociology student at The University of Westminster. |
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Zion McGregor What threats are posed by Liberal Theology in Africa? |
Zion McGregor serves as the Lead Pastor of Zion Cincinnati and brings over 30 years of experience in preaching, teaching, and ministry leadership across churches nationwide. He is an award winning writer and a contributor to the best-selling book Urban Apologetics: Restoring Black Dignity with the Gospel. He offers expertise in African American ecclesiology, biblical theology, Christian orthodoxy, and early church studies.
Pastor McGregor holds earned degrees, including a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Master of Theology from Rawlings School of Divinity. His education also includes advanced studies at Regent College (Vancouver, Canada), Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (South Hamilton, MA), and Regent Park College, Oxford University (Oxford, England) where he was a SWBTS Abroad Scholar. An accomplished speaker and thought leader, he has been featured on various platforms, including Dallas Theological Seminary’s The Table Podcast. Pastor McGregor is married to Alicia, and together they are devoted parents to D’Maj, Erin, Elijah, and Gabrielle. |
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Ebenezer Afolabi Was Christianity Copied from African gods? |
Ebenezer Afolabi is a Pastor, author, songwriter, conference speaker and a passionate defender of the Christian faith. He is the founder of AfriCore Apologetics, an organization that exists to equip African Christians with biblical, reasonable, and culturally relevant apologetics, empowering them to defend their faith and transform their
communities. Formerly a faculty member of LIFE Theological Seminary in Nigeria, but now, the National Minister of Christian Education at the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria. He has authored ten insightful books, which include “Doing Apologetics with an African Mindset.” Ebenezer Afolabi is happily married to Kikelomo Afolabi and they are blessed with four Children |
