Wen Pin’s research focuses on the intersection between biblical and practical theology. His areas of inquiry include biblical studies, disability ministry/missions, creation care, mental health, homiletics, pastoral theology, and more. His works have been positively reviewed by Christianity Today, the Journal of Disability and Religion, the International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, and many other publications, and have received competitive international awards.
Books
- Like Mount Zion: Conceptual Metaphor and Critical Spatiality in the Songs of Ascents. Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments, Volume 288. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2024.
- Koinonia Groups: Nurturing Disability-Inclusive Small Groups in Your Church. Disability Ministry in Asia Series, Volume 3. Singapore: Koinonia Inclusion Network, 2023. (Co-authored with Chew Ping Lin and Jesselyn Ng.)
- Loving Our Father’s World: Creation Care and Gospel Living, The Gospel Way, Volume 2. Singapore: Graceworks, 2025. (Co-authored with Lam Kuo Yung and Dennis Tan) Also available in Mandarin as 爱护天父世界：以福音之道关爱受造界. Previously published under the title Creation Care and the Gospel.
- Under the Wings of God: Stories of Hope from the Book of Ruth. Singapore: St Andrew’s Autism Centre, 2023.
- Offering the Light: Essays in Honour of Philip Satterthwaite on the Occasion of His Retirement. Singapore: Biblical Graduate School of Theology, 2022. (Co-edited with Tze-Ming Quek and Kiem-Kiok Kwa.)
- Enabling Communities: Bible Studies on Including People with Disabilities in Church (Student’s Version & Facilitator’s Version). Disability Ministry in Asia Series, Volume 2. Singapore: Koinonia Inclusion Network, 2021. (Co-authored with Joanna Ong.) This book has been translated into Mandarin as 启动社群容纳性: 教会容纳特需人士的查经资料 (published in 2025).
- Enabling Hearts: A Primer for Disability-Inclusive Churches. Disability Ministry in Asia Series, Volume 1. Singapore: Koinonia Inclusion Network, 2020. (eBook)(print copy) This book has been translated into Mandarin as 启动从心容纳性: 教会容纳特需人士入门指南 (published in 2025).
- Call Me by Name: Stories of Identity, Faith, and Special Needs. Singapore: Family Inclusion Network, 2018. (Co-edited with Anne Wong-Png.)
Booklets/Reports
- Singapore Disability Ministry Landscape Survey 2023. Singapore: Koinonia Inclusion Network, 2023. (Supervising author)
- Enabling Hearts Discussion Guide: A Guide for Ministry Team Discussion in Churches. Singapore: Koinonia Inclusion Network. (Co-authored with Janice Ho.)
Web-Applications
- Hebrew for Busy People. hfbp.app An online web application that helps students learn Hebrew effectively. Developed in collaboration with kaphos.
Journal Articles
- “Being a Disability-inclusive Church”. In Koinonia Journal, 1, no. 3 (2025): 1—9.
- “Disability Inclusion is Missional for the Church”. In Koinonia Journal 1.2 (2025): 1—7.
- “Perspectives on Disability and Theology from Confucian Societies in Asia”. In Reformed World, 70, no. 1 (2022): 26-33.
- “Disability Ministry in Singapore: Current State and Future Prospects”. In Reformed World, 70, no. 1 (2022): 55-61. (Co-authored with Jesselyn Ng and Janice Ho).
- “‘But Who Do You Say I Am?’: Language and Identity in Singapore Disability Ministries.” Journal of Asian Evangelical Theology 26, no. 1 (2022): 25-46. (Co-authored with Ying-Jie Chen & Natalie Su-Yin Lam)
- “Towards an Asia Disability Missiology: Reflections from Singapore.” Journal of Asian Mission 22, no. 1 and 2 (2021): 5-22. (Co-authored with Ching-Hui Ong)
- “Ekklēsia and Civic Discourse in the Rhetoric of Ephesians.” Asia Journal of Theology 34, no. 2 (2020): 66-85.
- “Farming for Meaning: Dynamic Extended Metaphor and Conceptual Blending in Psalm 129.” Asia Journal of Theology 34, no. 1 (2020): 1-22.
- “Changing One’s Tune: Re-reading the Structure of Psalm 132 as Complex Antiphony.” Old Testament Essays 32, no. 1 (2019): 32-57.
- “Form and Experience Dwelling in Unity: A Cognitive and Contextualised Approach to the Metaphors of Psalm 133.” Tyndale Bulletin 68, no. 2 (2017): 185-202.
Book Chapters and Opinion Pieces
- “Becoming a Dementia-Friendly Church”, Methodist Message, November 1, 2025.
- “Mental Health and the Church: Strategies for Faithful and Compassionate Ministry” (State of the Great Commission Report – Theological Foundation Papers), Lausanne Occasional Papers, 88, Lausanne Movement, May 2025.
- “Righting Wrongs: Correcting Deficient Views of Social Justice”, Credo, ETHOS Institute for Public Christianity, April 21, 2025.
- “Helping People with Dementia Serve in their Faith Communities”, Pages 32–38 in Faith Matters: Conversations on Care and Spirituality, Volume 2, Singapore: St Luke’s Eldercare, 2025.
- “Why Should Churches Care About Mental Health?”, Methodist Message, October 1, 2024.
- “Ableism and Christian Leadership”, Pages 8–11 in Ziyou, Fall Issue, Freedom and Justice Issue Network, Lausanne Movement, 2024.
- “The Spirituality of Tithing”, Credo, ETHOS Institute for Public Christianity, July 15, 2024.
- “Reactive or Proactive Hospitality?” Pages 41–44 in Dwell: An Invitation to Rest, Reflect and Renew, edited by Timothy Seow. Singapore: Impact Christian Communications, 2024.
- “Creation Care and the Gospel in the New Testament”. Pages 17–28 in Creation Care and the Gospel. By Lam Kuo Yung, Leow Wen Pin, and Dennis Tan. Asian Resources for Ministry, Volume 1. Singapore: Genesis Books, 2023.
- “Creation Care and the Gospel in the Old Testament”. Pages 1–16 in Creation Care and the Gospel. By Lam Kuo Yung, Leow Wen Pin, and Dennis Tan. Asian Resources for Ministry, Volume 1. Singapore: Genesis Books, 2023.
- Response to “Fund-Raising: God will Provide?”. Pages 129–130 in Mentoring Stories, by David W. F. Wong. Singapore: Graceworks, 2023.
- Response to “Sabbatical: Wilderness and Harvest”. Pages 40–41 in Mentoring Stories, by David W. F. Wong. Singapore: Graceworks, 2023.
- “Shame, Dementia, and the Church”, Feature Article, ETHOS Institute for Public Christianity, April 3, 2023.
- “Trust Under Siege: Psalm 125 as Theological Reflection”. Pages 16-40 in Offering the Light: Essays in Honour of Philip Satterthwaite on the Occasion of His Retirement, edited by Tze-Ming Quek, Kiem-Kiok Kwa, and Wen-Pin Leow. Singapore: Graceworks, 2022.
- “7 Reasons to Include People with Disabilities in the Church”, Feature Article, ETHOS Institute for Public Christianity, July 4, 2022.
- “Called By Name: Identity, Disability, Personhood”. Pages 23-28 in Pace Journal, Volume 2. Singapore: Pace Publishing, 2022.
- “The Body Is One: Spiritual Growth, Disability, and 1 Corinthians 12”, Cateclesia Institute, March 24, 2022.
- “‘Understanding a loss that has no resolution’: 5 ways to support parents of children with special needs”, Salt & Light, March 8, 2022.
- “A Theological Introduction to Disability”. Pages 1-11 in Enabling Hearts: A Primer for Disability-Inclusive Churches, edited by Wen-Pin Leow. Disability Ministry in Asia 1. Singapore: Graceworks, 2021.
- “A Roadmap for Disability Ministry”. Pages 12-22 in Enabling Hearts: A Primer for Disability-Inclusive Churches, edited by Wen-Pin Leow. Disability Ministry in Asia 1. Singapore: Graceworks, 2021.
- “Disability and the Gospel”. Pages 165-170 in Enabling Hearts: A Primer for Disability-Inclusive Churches, edited by Wen-Pin Leow. Disability Ministry in Asia 1. Singapore: Graceworks, 2021.
- “Changing our Minds: A Theological Introduction to Mental Illness”. Pages xi-xviii in Mental Health in the Gospel Community, edited by Jonathan Cho, Joanna Hor, Ng Zhi-Wen, Nicole Ong, Bernice Tan, Ronald J.J. Wong. Good News for Bruised Reeds 2. Singapore: Graceworks, 2019.
- “The Body is One: Spiritual Growth and Disability in conversation with 1 Corinthians 12”. Pages 238-250 in An Owl’s Journey: Essays to Commemorate the 70th Birthday of David W. F. Wong, edited by Dev Menon and Tze-Ming Quek. Singapore: Graceworks, 2019.
- “Reflection on ‘The Gospel and Pain’”. Pages 60-62 in The Gospel Speaks! Past, Present, and Always, edited by Samuel Goh T.S. and Desmond Soh. Singapore: Singapore Bible College, 2017.
Book Reviews
- Review of Held in the Love of God: Discipleship and Disability, by Phil Letizia, Missiology: An International Review. January, 54, no. 1 (2026).
- Review of Jonah: A Commentary by L. Juliana M. Claassens, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 49, no. 5. (2025): 56.
- Review of Jonah: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary by Rhiannon Graybill, John Kaltner, and Steven L. McKenzie, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 49, no. 5. (2025): 58.
- Review of Autism and Worship: A Liturgical Theology by Armand Léon van Ommen, Missiology: An International Review, 52, no .4 (2024): 436.
- Review of Experiencing Scripture: The Five Senses in Biblical Interpretation by Victor H. Matthews, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 48, no. 5 (2024): 81.
- Review of Interpreting Scripture across Cultures: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics, by Will Brooks, Asia Journal of Theology, 37(1): 140–143.
- Review of Hardness of Heart in Biblical Literature: Failure and Refusal, by Charles B. Puskas. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 47, no. 5 (2023): 135.
- Review of Networks of Metaphors in the Hebrew Bible, by Danilo Verdo and Antje Labahn (eds), Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 47, no. 5 (2023): 116.
- Review of Symbol, Service, and Song: The Levites of 1 Chronicles 10–29 in Rhetorical, Historical, and Theological Perspectives, by J. Nathan Clayton. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 47, no. 5 (2023): 87.
- Review of Prophetic Disability: Divine Sovereignty and Human Bodies in the Hebrew Bible, by Sarah J. Melcher, Journal of Disability and Religion, 47, no. 3 (2023): 484-485.
- Review of Finding Jesus in the Storm: The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges, by John Swinton, Journal of Disability and Religion, 47, no. 3 (2023): 478-480.
- Review of And Their Eyes Were Opened: A Theological Analysis of Blindness in the Hebrew Scriptures, by Ray McAllister, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 46, no. 5 (2022): 155.
- Review of Life and Death: Social Perspectives on Biblical Bodies, edited by Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 46, no. 5 (2022): 44-45.
- Review of Ministry with the Forgotten: Dementia through a Spiritual Lens, by Kenneth L. Carder, Journal of Disability and Religion, 26, no. 3 (2022): 338-340.
- Review of The Purity and Sanctuary of the Body in Second Temple Judaism, by Hannah K. Harrington. Journal of Disability and Religion, 26, no. 3 (2022): 340-341.
- Review of Pastoral Care and Intellectual Disability: A Person-Centred Approach, by Anne Katherine Shurley, Journal of Disability and Religion, 26, no. 3 (2022): 355-356.
- Review of Not Scattered or Confused: Rethinking the Urban World of the Hebrew Bible, by Mark McEntire. Asia Journal of Theology, 35, no. 2 (2021): 261-264.
- Review of Critical Spatiality in Genesis 1–11, by Zhenshuai Jiang, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 45, no. 5 (2021): 44-45.
- Review of Disabilities and the Disabled in the Roman World, by Christian Laes, Journal of Disability and Religion, 25, no. 4 (2021): 455-456.
- Review of Psalms 101–150, by Jason Byassee, Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament, 6, no. 1 (2020), ePub edition.
- Review of The Psalter as Witness: Theology, Poetry, and Genre, edited by W. Dennis Tucker Jr., and W. H. Bellinger Jr., Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament, 6, no. 1 (2020), ePub edition.
- Review of Crippled Grace: Disability, Virtue Ethics, and the Good Life, by Shane Clifton, International Journal of Public Theology, 13, no. 4 (2019): 517-518.
- Review of Negotiating the Disabled Body: Representations of Disability in Early Christian Texts, by Anna Rebecca Solevåg, Journal of Disability and Religion, 23, no. 4 (2019): 410-411.
- Review of Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering, by Kelly M. Kapic, Journal of Disability and Religion, 23, no. 4 (2019): 418-419.
- Review of An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story, by Jeremy K. Sabella, Political Theology, 19, no. 2 (2018): 162-164.
- Review of Gender-Play in the Hebrew Bible: The Ways the Bible Challenges Its Gender Norms, by Amy Kalmanofsky. International Journal of Public Theology 11, no. 2 (2017): 260-262.
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