Rev. Louis Lau
Dean
Louis was born and bred in Singapore and became a Christian at age 16. He was first involved in world missions in 1981 with OM, serving in London and then onboard the MV Doulos for 2 1/2 years. And from 1992, together with his wife Chris, they joined OMF and have been involved in church planting ministries in Japan.
Presently, he is the Church Planting Facilitator in Japan and in Asia, training and facilitating missionaries and local leaders towards building DMM/CMM networks. He ministers to the poor and to the homeless in Tokyo since 2012. In 2014, he became the dean at ACTI, knowing the importance of missionaries being trained effectively.
While on the field, Louis did his MA in Intercultural Studies with the Cook School of Intercultural Studies with Biola University, graduating in 2016. They have two children – Justin is a worship pastor in London while, while Jeremy is working in Tokyo.
dean@acti-singapore.org
Phil Carter
Training Director
Phil Carter, along with his wife Stella, have been serving in global missions through Cru for over 35 years in 38 countries across 66 cities. He founded and currently directs the XChange cross-cultural training program for Cru Asia Ltd.
Phil was born in South Carolina, USA, where he became a Christian at the age of 12. He attained a BFA in Advertising Design, a degree he has put to use across five continents while serving as a missionary. He married Stella at the age of 38 putting him in the middle of a large Chinese-Singaporean family, which is where the real cross-cultural learning began.
Phil and Stella have lived in the United States, South Korea and Singapore. In 2010 they began teaching and developing cross-cultural training tools for Asians moving to different cultures. He has also served as Sending and Partnership Development Director for seven countries in two different Cru regional offices within Asia.
