Dr. Alan Meenan
Founder and President Emeritus
ALAN J. MEENAN, PhD, DD. is Founder and President Emeritus of The Word Is Out. He is the author of numerous articles, books and study guides. He has taught extensively throughout Asia, Africa and America. Born in Belfast Northern Ireland; besides growing up there, he has lived in Scotland and East Africa. He served the Church in the United States for more than 40 years, in Virginia, Texas and California – most notably as Senior Pastor of the famed Hollywood Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles.
Dr. Meenan holds five academic degrees. The first from the Queen’s University of Belfast (BA Hons), Asbury Theological Seminary (MDiv & ThM) and a PhD from Edinburgh University. He was elected to membership in Theta Phi, an International Honors Society as well as the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical Research in Cambridge, England. He was appointed Research Fellow at Yale University and was later honored with a Doctor of Divinity degree from his Alma Mater, Asbury Theological Seminary in 2011.
Dr. Brad Johnson
President
BRAD JOHNSON is the President for The Word Is Out and serves as an Affiliate Professor at Asbury Theological Seminary. He holds two Master of Arts degrees in Theological Studies and Biblical Studies and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary. His publications include “The Form and Function of Mark 1:1-15: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Markan Prologue” (Pickwick, 2018) and “The Gospel of Mark” in the OneBook Daily-Weekly series (Seedbed, 2017). He lives in Wilmore, Kentucky with his wife, Christina, and their four sons (Sam, Luke, Matthew, and Caleb).
Tori Konopinski
Executive Assistant
TORI KONOPINSKI serves as the Executive Assistant at The Word is Out. She brings with her a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University as well as her past experience working on the Enrollment Management Team at Asbury Theological Seminary as the Coordinator of Student Services. Tori is also involved in her local church in Lexington, KY serving and participating in a variety of Women’s Ministries as well as serving as a Group Leader at Bible Study Fellowship (BSF), locally. If she is not working, you can find her adventuring or reading with her husband, Ty, their three children (Charlotte, Beau, and Jack), and their dog!
Yee Nge (“Carol”) Lin
Director-in-Training, Myanmar Center for Biblical Understanding
Yee Nge (“Carol”) Lin is The Word Is Out’s current director-in-training for a future International Center for Biblical Understanding in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Carol began her studies at Asbury Theological Seminary in 2019 with joint support from an agreement between The Word Is Out and Asbury Seminary. Despite the political turmoil facing her home country of Myanmar and long-term separation from her family, Carol has gracefully leaned into this “equipping opportunity of a lifetime” as a global champion for The Word Is Out. She earned a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies in 2021 and, since graduating, has been able to bring God’s Word to Burmese communities both online and across the U.S. with conviction and passion. She currently resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana leading Fellowship Groups as she awaits her dream to teach sound, biblical interpretation in Myanmar, where she has four older sisters—some of whom are pastors themselves.
Rev. Lael Zulu
Zambia Team
In 2013 a pastor in Zambia by the name of Sam Lael Mwase Zulu sensed God’s call, and accepted the invitation from The Word Is Out to come to the US to prepare for the work of a Champion in his country. In the fall of 2015, Lael earned an M.A. in Biblical Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary and founded the Zambia Center for Biblical Understanding in 2016.
Thanks to Lael and his amazing teaching team, our students in Zambia, each year, are able to reach over 5,100 people in their respective ministries with the knowledge gained in Inductive Bible Study. He continues to inspire Lead Followers throughout Zambia to get to know God through intentional study of the Scriptures. Many testimonies continue to come in about how lives and ministries are forever impacted by him and the method of Inductive Bible Study.
