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Commencement Speaker
Safaa Fahmi holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cairo Theological Seminary. He also completed a Masters of Arts in Counseling, a Masters of Arts in New Testament, and a Master of Divinity degree from Cincinnati Christian University. After becoming a Christian minister, Safaa co-founded Christian Arabic Services and Hope Village for individuals with special needs. He was co-editor of Vacation Bible School and Sunday School curriculums for seventeen years. He has translated, with others, more than eighty books and booklets written by Restoration Movement writers. As an author, Safaa has written twenty-nine books and booklets. He is co-editor for the “Arabic Bible Commentary” a project that started in 2007 and will be published by 2012. He distributes thousands of Bibles each year.
Mr. Fahmi established a Bible college, named the Christian Arabic Services Education Benevolent Center that attracts students from a cross section of denominations preparing evangelists and Christian workers. It is through this organization that the Hope International University certificate program coordinates to train church leaders in Egypt and surrounding countries. His vision includes a fully accredited Christian College that can equip leaders for the Arabic-speaking world, daily radio broadcasts and a weekly journal.
Safaa and his wife Mona have two sons and two grandchildren.