Dr. Alvin Low
Dr. Low has spoken in conferences and taught in seminaries in more than 40 countries. He is the author of 16 books, which have been translated into various languages for the training of indigenous missionaries for effective ministry and church-planting among the unreached peoples of Asia.
Dr. Low graduated in 1976 as the top student in Business and as the overall most outstanding graduate from his college in Singapore. He abandoned a lucrative career in the business world to pursue theological training at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), where he received his Master’s in Theology (Th.M.) and Doctor of Theology (Th.D.). In 1982, he became the first Asian student to receive the H.A. Ironside Award in Expository Preaching from DTS. Dr. Low also received a Ph.D. in Expository Preaching from Trinity Theological Seminary.
Dr. Low founded ACTS International (www.actsinternational.net) in 1991 and is currently its President. He previously served as the Southeast Asia Regional Director and then as Vice-President for Field Ministries with International Students’ Inc.; Pastor of The Bible Church (Singapore); Lecturer at Singapore Bible College; and Associate International Director and Chief Operating Officer with the AD 2000 & Beyond Movement. He also has served as a Preaching Mentor with Dr. Haddon Robinson at Gordon-Conwell Seminary; Adjunct Professor of World Missions at DTS; and Adjunct Professor for Preaching at Denver Seminary.
Dr. Low, and his wife, Susan, have three children: Michelle (married to Jim Wright), Maisie (married to Luke Knowles), Nathan, and two grand-daughters (Izzy & JoJo).
