By Living Waters

Kevin James Bywater is a researcher, author, editor and lecturer for Summit Ministries, and director of the Summit Ministries Oxford Study Centre, a division of Summit ministries that began in the autumn of 2008. Kevin has been on Summit’s staff since 1992.

Kevin holds a Bachelors degree in Philosophy (Utah State University), a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry (New Geneva Theological Seminary), and has enjoyed additional course work at Denver Seminary, studying with such Christian scholars as Craig Blomberg, Richard Hess and Douglas Groothuis. Currently Kevin is a PhD candidate at the University of Durham, in Durham, England.

As a former fifth-generation Mormon, Kevin dedicates much of his time to informing Christians about the beliefs and practices of pseudo-Christian religions (otherwise known as “cults”), as well as offering experienced advice on witnessing to members of these groups.

Along with authoring a variety of essays on pseudo-Christian religions, Objectivism (the philosophy of Ayn Rand), the environmental interface of alternative worldviews, religious pluralism, Islam, and abortion, Kevin co-authored (with David A. Noebel and J.F. Baldwin) the book Clergy in the Classroom: The Religion of Secular Humanism (Summit Press).

Formerly, as director of the Curriculum Department, Kevin wrote and/or content-edited (in cooperation with highly dedicated and gifted team members) Summit Ministries’ video curriculum materials for junior high and high school students. Formerly, as Director of Research, he was involved with researching and lecturing, as well as being involved with script-writing and interviews for Summit’s ever increasing video library. Currently the bulk of his time is devoted to his PhD studies and lecturing for Summit Ministries’ summer seminars.

At Summit Ministries’ various seminars, Kevin lectures on such topics as critical thinking, worldview analysis, pseudo-Christian religions, the New Age movement, Islam, moral relativism, the historicity of Jesus, and various social and intellectual aspects of our culture. (See the topics links to the left.)

Kevin, his wife, Angela, and their children, make their home in Colorado Springs, Colorado (United States), and Oxford, England (United Kingdom). You may contact Kevin by email.