Faculty Profiles

Dr. Sadiq earned his doctorate from the London School of Theology, UK.  His research draws attention to the contextualization of the metrical translation of the Psalms into Punjabi language, done in the late nineteenth century in India.  The Punjabi Psalter is the fullest expression of indigenous Punjabi Christianity.  Dr. Sadiq is passionate to be a voice for the persecuted church.  He is actively serving the globally persecuted church through developing contextual resources on persecution and training of leaders in hostile contexts.  Dr. Sadiq and his wife Ruth, have two children and he enjoys watching Cricket matches.

London School of Theology, United Kingdom
Ph.D., Historical Theology 2015

London School of Theology, United Kingdom
B.A (Hons), Theology 2007

Institute of Linguistics, Pakistan
Diploma, Linguistics 2001

Panelist/Presenter

Coming Alongside the Globally Persecuted Church, Lausanne Congress Collaborative Session, Incheon South Korea (2024)

A Global Faith and People: Reflections on World Christianity, Wheaton College, IL (2019)

Evil and the Suffering of God, Evangelical Theological Society, Wheaton College, IL (2017)

Conferences

American Society of Missiology Annual Meeting (Christians Engaging with Young Adults in Muslim Contexts), St. Mary's College, Indiana (2024)

American Society of Missiology Annual Meeting (Contextualization and the Arts), St. Mary's College, Indiana (2023)

Annual Pakistani-Indian Christian Convention, Silver Spring, Maryland (2022)

The Urdu/Punjabi Metrical Psalms, European Training Conference, Buckinghamshire, UK (2011)

Bible Translation and the Indian Sub-continent, NBTP Annual Conference, Pakistan (2003)

Speaking

Biblical Understanding of Christian Persecution, International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, College Church, Wheaton, IL (2017)

Christianity in Pakistan, Weekly Chapel at Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, IL (2014)

Psalms in the South Asian Context, St. John’s Church, London, UK (2013)

Contextualized Worship and the Punjabi Community, Calvary Chapel Asian, Newbury, UK (2013)

Christians in Pakistan, Gebetshaus, Zürich, Switzerland (2013)

South Asian Christian Communities: Struggles and Issues, Reformed Presbyterian Church, Pakistan (2012)

The Psalms in Punjabi, Memorial Church, Pakistan (2012)

• Global Christian Persecution
• South Asian Church & Culture
• Global Migration and Refugees
• Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
• Power and Privilege in Asian Contexts
• Linguistic Anthropology
• Biculturalism

• The Persecuted Church
• Indian Sub-continent
• South Asian Christianity
• The Punjabi Psalter
• Islamic Cultures & Practices

Strengthening the Globally Persecuted Church, Connections, 2024

An Inconceivable Challenge: The Story of a Persecuted Pastor in Pakistan, The Exchange ChurchLeaders, 2023

The Jaranwala Tragedy: Response to Suffering and Persecution, Connections, 2023

The Contextualized Worship of the South Asian Punjabi Christian Diaspora. Pp 265-278 in Reflections of Asian Diaspora: Mapping Theologies and Ministries, Sam George (editor) Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2022

Special Psalms Help Pakistani Christians with Persecution, Pandemic, and Disunity, Christianity Today, 2021

The Punjabi New Testament in Persian Script, Bible Translator, 2021

Psalms as bridge-building between Christians and Muslims, Evangelical Quarterly, 2019

How Should We Respond to the Persecution of Christians? Practical Steps for Strengthening the Church, Lausanne Global Analysis, 2019

Jesus’ Encounter with a Woman at the Well: A South Asian Perspective, Missiology: An International Review, 2018

A Precious Gift: The Punjabi Psalms and the Legacy of Rev. Dr. Imam-ud-Din Shahbaz, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 2014

Bible Translation in Pakistan, The Oxford Encyclopedia of South Asian Christianity, 2010

The Contextualized Psalms (Punjabi Zabur)
A Precious Heritage of the Global Punjabi Christian Community
2020.

American Society of Missiology