PhD Candidate in Intercultural Studies 

Growing up in Malaysia with a family that upheld the Buddhist faith, Siew Pik Lim never dreamed she would one day be a student at Fuller Seminary studying how to strengthen and equip leaders in developing countries.  As a teenager, Siew Pik realized that she had doubts regarding her existence and the meaning of life, but the answers given to her by her Buddhist faith weren’t satisfying her questions.  It was during high school that a close friend shared with her about Jesus - the true and living God who loves her.  These ideas were foreign to Siew Pik, and she admits that she had reservations about the stories told about this God.  Yet, in 1986, she distinctly remembers hearing the voice of Jesus within her asking to surrender her life to him. Since then, she has proclaimed Jesus to be her loving Savior.

Siew Pik has served in vocational Christian ministry for the past 21 years now, and has a burden in her heart for the task of “developing good leadership, particularly in the developing Third World countries where the church is facing exponential growth.”  She believes that quality leadership is one of the biggest challenges the global church must overcome as a new generation of Christians emerges.  To prepare for this essential task, Siew Pik came to Fuller and completed a double Master of Arts degree in 2003, and has returned to earn a PhD in Intercultural Studies, which is designed to expand her analytical and presentation skills.   

She has come to strongly believe that the church has the task of building up the Body of Christ through teaching, preaching, worship and fellowship, and she is grateful for the opportunities presented her to minister and learn through Fuller Seminary.  Siew Pik says, “Thank you for your partnership in the gospel and the scholarship gift that enables me to be equipped for this service.”   

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