Kenneth Nehrbass holds a PhD in Intercultural Studies from Biola University, and has taught missiology at Biola University and Belhaven University. He has authored more than sixty academic publications including books, articles, reviews, and a multi-language dictionary. He also serves with the Summer Institute of Linguistics and the Seed Company as a translation consultant and an anthropology consultant. He and his wife Mendy lived in Vanuatu for ten years with their four children, where they advised a translation of the New Testament.