Grace Ying May

Grace Ying May is the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs,  Director of the Women’s Institute at William Carey International University, and an Associate Professor of Biblical Studies. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA), she has pastored churches in New York City and Boston. In 2011, she co-founded Women of Wonder (WOW!) and served as the Executive Director for seven years. She has taught on the biblical and theological foundations of women in ministry in seminaries in Asia, Africa, and North America. Most recently, she authored “Women Discipling Men” in Christian Egalitarian Leadership: Empowering the Whole Church according to the Scriptures (expected November 2020) and "Appreciating How the Apostle Paul Champions Women and Men in Church Leadership" in The Quest for Gender Equity in Leadership (2016). Grace holds an M.Div from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a Th.D (Theology and Missiology) from Boston University School of Theology.