About the Speakers

Rodrigo Bibo

Rodrigo Bibo is the creator and producer of Bibotalk, a hub of theological resources that features BTCast, the largest Bible and Theology podcast in Brazil. He is the author of the book “The God Who Destroys Dreams” (Thomas Nelson Brasil, 2021), and editor of the books “New Mentality: Conversations on Paul’s letter to the Philippians” (Mundo Cristão, 2021) and “Doctrine and Devotion” (Thomas Nelson Brasil, 2022). He is married to Alexandra and father of Milena and Kalel.

Dr. Craig S. Keener

Craig S. Keener (PhD, Duke University) is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is author of thirty-three books, with more than one million copies in circulation. The books have won thirteen national or international awards, including six in Christianity Today. These include The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament and major academic commentaries. In 2020 Craig was president of the Evangelical Theological Society.

Cynthia Muniz Soares

Cynthia Muniz Soares is a biologist and theologian specializing in New Testament Theology. She is currently enrolled in a Master’s program in New Testament Studies at Jonathan Edwards Theological Seminary (STJE), and has been teaching at seminaries for the past 5 years, with a special focus on women’s work in theology and the church. She lives in São Paulo with her husband Fabio.

Viktorya Zalewski Baracy

Viktorya Zalewski Baracy is a professor, Master of Linguistics & Literature (UFPR), and licensed in Linguistics & Literature: Portuguese/German. She lives in São Bento do Sul (Santa Catarina, Brazil), and is currently studying theology at the Lutheran College of Theology along with her husband, Nicksson. She has worked to bring Christian Egalitarian research to the forefront in Brazil.

Kathy Myatt

Kathy Myatt is a psychiatric nurse practitioner with an emphasis on family and child development. A graduate of the University of Colorado with post-graduate studies at Vanderbilt University, she has taught courses on counseling and working with children. She is currently a psychiatric nurse practitioner at a mental health clinic. She lives in Colorado with her husband, Alan.

Cynthia Long Westfall PhD

Cynthia Long Westfall is assistant professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. She is the author of Discourse Analysis of the Letter to the Hebrews: The Relationship Between Form and Meaning (T. & T. Clark, 2006), and Paul and Gender: Reclaiming the Apostle’s Vision for Men and Women in Christ (Baker Academic, 2016) and has been part of an urban mission to the inner city in Denver for more than twenty years. For the last five years, she has also been involved in urban ministry in the Greater Toronto area. She is also a 2017 recipient of CBE’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr. Mimi Haddad

Mimi Haddad is president of CBE International. She is a graduate of the University of Colorado and Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary (summa cum laude). She holds a PhD in historical theology from the University of Durham, England. Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University awarded Mimi an honorary Doctor of Divinity in 2013. Read more about Mimi here.

Alan Myatt PhD

Alan Myatt is a graduate of Denver Seminary with a PhD in Theological Studies and Religion from Denver/Iliff School of Theology. He is currently a professor of Theology at the Baptist College of Curitiba, Brazil. He taught at Baptist Theological College of São Paulo, Brazil and was chair of Theology and Philosophy of Religion at South Brazil Baptist Theological Seminary. His publications include Teologia Sistemática (awarded two Arete prizes) and numerous articles such as “Fides Reformata,” “Religion and Social Policy,” and “Vida Acadêmica.”

Rodrigo Bibo

Rodrigo Bibo is the creator and producer of Bibotalk, a hub of theological resources that features BTCast, the largest Bible and Theology podcast in Brazil. He is the author of the book “The God Who Destroys Dreams” (Thomas Nelson Brasil, 2021), and editor of the books “New Mentality: Conversations on Paul’s letter to the Philippians” (Mundo Cristão, 2021) and “Doctrine and Devotion,” (Thomas Nelson Brasil, 2022). He is married to Alexandra, and father of Milena and Kalel.