Meet Our Professors

Dr. Yasmine was born in Lebanon and was saved in 1982 during the ministry of a missionary with Bible Baptist Fellowship International.

He is married and has three children and six grandsons. His entire family is actively involved in ministry.

Dr. Yasmine began ministry at the age of 18 and entered full-time pastoral ministry at the age of 24. He served throughout the years in many fields: Conferences speaker, Board member of the Lebanese Baptist Convention, Chairman of FEBA (Far East Broadcasting Association)... but his heart had always been in the areas of pastoral ministry and theological training.

For the past 37 years he pastored three churches, both in Lebanon and in Canada. He currently pastors "Bible Evangelical Baptist Church" in Laval, Quebec, Canada, and is also planting a church in Montreal. He has years of experience teaching theology and Christian psychology at Bethany Divinity College and Seminary, Alabama.

Dr. Dahdah was born in Lebanon and was saved in his early twenties. He is married and has two children.

Following his conversion, he changed his educational and career path and pursued theological studies in response to God's calling to full-time ministry.

Dr. Dahdah has more than 36 years of pastoral ministry experience. He founded and pastors Gospel Baptist Church in Zahle, Lebanon.

Dr. Dahdah also has extensive academic teaching experience at several universities and institutes in Lebanon, including both secular and Christian institutions: Science teacher and Chaplain at SES, Zahle; Professor of Humanities at AUST — Zahle, Lebanon; Professor at AUCE — Baalbeck, Lebanon; and Assistant Professor at Luther Rice Seminary, Lebanon Extension. Dr. Dahdah has a strong burden to teach theology and equip present and future servants of God throughout the Middle East.

Dr. Abou Mekhael was born in Lebanon. He came to know Jesus Christ as his personal Savior in 1990 and, in 1994, sensed God's call to full-time Christian ministry.

In 1995, he began planting Christ Bible Baptist Church in Keserwan, Lebanon. With a growing burden to see the Gospel proclaimed throughout the Arab world, he founded Arab World Baptist Mission in 2000, with the purpose of planting and strengthening churches in that part of the world.

Dr. Abou Mekhael also established the Arab World Baptist Seminary with a vision of equipping Arab Christian leaders.

Dr. Barakat was born in Lebanon and served for many years in southern Lebanon in various areas of ministry, including evangelism and discipleship, Christian bookstore management, pastoral ministry, church planting, theology teaching, serving as vice-chairman of a Christian charity, and Christian counseling.

Dr. Barakat recently moved with his family to Scotland, where he worked with the Trinitarian Bible Society at William Tyndale House on its Arabic Bible translation project. He currently lives in Scotland and serves as a chaplain with a large Christian organization.