Bonnie E. Lin, Ph.D.

Bonnie E. Lin comes to Messiah University after her doctoral studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, where she developed and taught a course on educational strategy in conflictual contexts, co-led the Asian American Theology and Ministry Colloquium and co-organized the Asian American Theology Conference, directed research for ministry innovation in urban churches through the Log College and Zoe Projects' Trenton Design Incubator, and designed a digital learning tool on the model minority myth for the Zoe Project's Antiracist Design Lab. Bonnie has taught courses at Peking University and the National Tsing Hua University, cared for individuals and families as a crisis counselor and hospital chaplain, and served for over 20 years in the teaching and discipleship ministries of several churches in New Jersey, including at two Chinese American immigrant churches where her husband, Nathan D. Hieb, has pastored for 15 years. For nine years, Bonnie also worked for Scholar Leaders, a Christian nonprofit that supports theological leaders and institutions in the Majority World. She is honored to help build up Christ's church through teaching at Messiah University, and excited to serve and learn alongside students and colleagues who love Jesus and endeavor earnestly to love one another across difference. Bonnie is a member of The Meeting House, a Brethren in Christ church where her husband serves as the Sanctuary Campus Pastor in Carlisle.

Selected Publications

“At-Homeness, Placemaking, and Holy Anticipation: Christian Hospitality in Educational Practice.” International Academy of Practical Theology Conference Series 3 (2023): 63-70. https://doi.org/10.25785/iapt.cs.v3i1.803.

“Encountering the Other: Postmodern and Barthian Pastoral Theologies in Dialogue.” International Journal of Practical Theology 24, no. 2 (2020): 212-230. https://doi.org/10.1515/ijpt-2020-0055.

“All This is from God: Augsburger, Lederach, Barth, and Coutts on Forgiveness.” Pro Ecclesia 28, no. 1 (2019): 39-59. http://doi.org/10.1177/1063851219829928.

Ph.D. in Practical Theology (Christian Education and Formation), Princeton Theological Seminary
Th.M. in Pastoral Care, Princeton Theological Seminary
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary
B.A. in English and Religion (Christianity and Buddhism), Amherst College

• Basic Conflict Mediation
• Christian Spirituality
• Creative Communication of the Gospel
• Evangelism and Discipleship
• Exorcising Hatred: Exchanging Contempt for Compassion
• Introduction to Christian Theology
• Pastoral Care & Counseling
• Teaching for Christian Ministries
• Theology of Ministry