Edward L SmitherEdward L. Smither (PhD, University of Wales-Trinity St. David; PhD, University of Pretoria) serves as the Dean of the College of Intercultural Studies and Professor of Intercultural Studies and History of Global Christianity at Columbia InternationalUniversity. His other books include Mission in the Way of Daniel (2022), Mission as Hospitality (2021), Christian Mission: A Concise Global History (2019), and Mission in the Early Church (2014). He served for fourteen years in intercultural ministry in North Africa, France, and the United States. Smither is married to Shawn, and they have three children.