{"id":4288,"date":"2021-05-04T01:07:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T08:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/?post_type=interviewees&#038;p=4288"},"modified":"2021-05-04T01:07:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T08:07:57","slug":"ross-hastings","status":"publish","type":"interviewees","link":"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/interviewees\/ross-hastings\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Hastings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ross Hastings holds the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Chair of Theology at Regent College. Hastings holds two PhDs, one in chemistry from Queen&#8217;s University in Kingston Ontario, and the other in theology from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. From 1992 to 1995 he served as a pastor in Montreal before returning to British Columbia to become the senior pastor of Peace Portal Alliance Church. Hastings also previously served as a sessional lecturer for two years at Regent College, teaching in the area of pastoral ethics. He is an ordained minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and a much sought-after conference speaker. Widely published in the fields of chemistry and theology, his primary interests are in Trinitarian theology and the practice of ministry and mission, pneumatology, the development of missional churches, theological ethics, and the interface between theology and science. You can follow him at Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WRossHastings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@WRossHastings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ross Hastings holds the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Chair of Theology at Regent College. Hastings holds two PhDs, one in chemistry from Queen&#8217;s University in Kingston Ontario, and the other in theology from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. 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