Elie Haddad

Assistant Professor of Missional Ecclesiology

Previous ABTS President (2008 - 2025)

Education

MTS, Theology, Tyndale Seminary (Toronto)
PhD, Missional Ecclesiology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Bio

Born and raised in Lebanon, Elie Haddad immigrated to Canada towards the end of the civil war in Lebanon in 1990. He worked for 15 years in Toronto as a senior consultant in the area of Information Systems and Management.
During his work, Elie enrolled in a Masters of Theological Studies (MTS) program at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto alongside his involvement with the Middle East Baptist Church in Mississauga where he served as a member of a lay pastoral team.
In 2005, Elie and his wife Mireille felt called to return to Lebanon, where - as global field staff with Canadian Baptist Ministries (CBM) – Elie joined the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS) serving as Provost until 2008 when he became President until September 2025.

Areas of expertise, research, writing, teaching

Missional Ecclesiology, Ethics, Leadership

Publications

Book Chapters and Journal Articles

"Leading for Change: The View from the President's Office", in Stuart Brooking (ed.), Is It Working? Researching Context to Improve Curriculum, edited by Stuart Brooking (Langham Global Library, 2018), pp. 97-104.

"Biblical and Theological Reflections on Emigration", in Jonathan Andrews (ed.), The Church in Disorienting Times: Leading Prophetically through Adversity (Langham Global Library, 2018), pp. 33-41.

"Cultivating Leaders in the Arab World" Didaktikos Journal of Theological Education, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2018, pp. 14-16.

"Book Review: Ferenczi, Jason. Serving Communities: Governance and the Potential of Theological Schools" InSights Journal for Global Theological Education, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2016, pp. 75-78.

"Jesus Christ, King and Caliph" with Jesse Wheeler in Christian Ethics Today, Vol. 22, Issue 4, 2014, pp. 16-20.

Blog Posts

"Passing the Baton: Theological Reflections on Leadership Succession", ABTS, 2025

“Why We Study Theology”, ABTS, 2024

“Shaped by Books: Personal Reflections”, ABTS, 2024

“The Sin of Talking about Sin”, ABTS, 2023

“A House Divided Against Itself Will Fall”, ABTS, 2023

“ABTS Christmas Blog”, ABTS, 2022

““In Christ” in Crisis: Lessons from Paul”, ABTS, 2022

“Was Our Ministry Successful Last Year?”, ABTS, 2022

“Middle East Consultation 2021 Recap Series: Leadership Development”, ABTS, 2021

“The ABTS Blog: A New Brand for a Long-Established Platform”, ABTS, 2021