Peter T. Cha, PhD

Peter T. Cha is associate professor of pastoral theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he has served since 1997.

Dr. Cha earned the Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago, the Master of Divinity and the Master of Theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and his Doctor of Philosophy from Northwestern University.

Between 1985 and 1999, Dr. Cha was involved in a number of different ministries, including youth and young adult ministry in Korean immigrant churches, campus ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and church planting. He is currently a board member for Catalyst Leadership Center (an Asian North American Christian Leadership organization) and has served as a board member of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, USA.

Dr. Cha is a coauthor of Following Jesus without Dishonoring Your Parents: Asian American Discipleship (IVP, 1998) and Growing Healthy Asian American Churches (IVP, 2006). He has also contributed chapters to Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns (Zondervan, 2000), Korean Americans and Their Religions (Penn State University Press, 2001), and This Side of Heaven: Race, Ethnicity, and Christian Faith (Oxford University Press, 2006).