John C. Rankin is president of the Theological Education Institute, TEI International, whose motto is "The Power to Love Hard Questions." He grew up in an agnostic Unitarian background, then ran into the presence of the living God in 1967. He holds graduate degrees in theology from Gordon-Conwell and Harvard, is currently studying at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, and is ordained through the Vineyard Christian Fellowship. He is founder of the Mars Hill Forum series, and through the TEI International Leadership School seeks to equip the church with the biblical and cultural literacy nec...