Dr Manfred W. Kohl has served in many senior roles in theological education and has personally visited a total of 495 theological institutions. In his academic capacity, he has published over 120 books and articles, and has received numerous awards and honorary doctorate degrees.
During the course of his ministry he established the Christian humanitarian organisation World Vision in several European countries and founded Re-Forma, an institution that has set a global standard for non-formal theological education. He also founded the Galilean Movement, which calls for an additional one million women and men for biblical ministry each year. He is catalyst for the Global Integrity Network (GIN), an issue network of the Lausanne Movement and the World Evangelical Alliance.
Dr Kohl lives with his wife, Dr.Barbara Kohl, in Nova Scotia, Canada. They have two married sons and six grandchildren.