About Speaker: Tom Bloomer studied archaeology at the University of Illinois (B.A. 1972), Tom and his wife Cynthia joined the French-speaking branch of a youth work in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1974. In 1983 they went to Kona, Hawaii, to help develop the University of the Nations (UofN). A Master’s degree in intercultural studies from Wheaton College Graduate School (1987) and years of cross-cultural experience proved invaluable as Tom helped coordinate, refine, and improve the different courses developing through the UofN. Tom completed a Ph.D. in Education Science at Trinity International University in 1999 and has served as the International Provost of the UofN since 2001. Tom has lived in Switzerland for forty years now; his wife Cynthia passed away in 2012.

Rev Wee Boon Hup is Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore. His philosophy in life is to rejoice in his privileged position in Jesus, and to share this joy with others. He is known for teaching the Word of God in a simple, practical and applicable way.