Rev. Dr. Christine Hong will be chatting about her forthcoming book Decolonizing Learning: Intercultural and Interreligious Intelligence. A keynote speaker for the NEXT Church national gathering, Dr. Hong is sought after as a speaker, writer, preacher, interfaith leader, and friend. Hong directs the Doctor of Educational Ministry program at Columbia Theological Seminary where she is an Assistant Professor of Educational Ministry. Dr. Hong’s research interest includes Asian American studies, child and adolescent behavior and development and immigrant communities, church history, post-colonial studies, and systematic theology.