INTRODUCING Dr Steve Kumar:Apologetics that is rational, relevant, redemptive

Author, teacher, speaker and apologist, is committed to answering the tough questions of the skeptics and equipping believers with the tools to think more clearly about their faith. As a prominent New Zealand Christian apologist, Dr Kumar has been writing and speaking about faith, philosophy and apologetics for almost thirty years. He is a sought-after speaker and has been actively involved in training and mentoring christian leaders in how to articulate a sensible and meaningful faith in a world that is increasingly post-Christian. Dr Kumar is a frequent guest on television, radio, and news media programs and is an influential voice on issues that relate to the credibility of the Christian truth claims.

As well as acting as the apologetics lecturer at the Excel School of Performing Arts for over 13 years, Dr Kumar has been a regular guest speaker at more than twelve colleges and campuses around New Zealand and throughout the world. He has debated several notable skeptics and atheists, including Dr Alister Gunn (head of philosophy at the University of Waikato) and Professor Keith Campbell (Head of Philosophy of Sydney University), and Dr Bill Cook, vice-president of the NZ Rationalist society.

He co-founded and was president of the New Zealand Evangelical Apologetics Society and since then has been involved in working alongside christian thinkers, activists, church-planters, and pastors. With a passion for communicating ideas in a way that is accessible and lively, Dr Kumar has spoken at many denominational settings, including camps, conferences, and church gatherings.
He has authored a number of books including Think Why You Believe, Answering the Counterfeit, and Christianity for the Skeptics, which has been recognised as an approachable and even-handed defense of the Christian faith and recently won the Hollywood ‘Angel Award’ for excellence in media.