AK Lama

A.K. Lama has been named this year's distinguished Doctor of Ministry alumnus at Samford University's Beeson Divinity School.  Dr. Lama earned the Beeson degree in 2002.

Lama is founder and director of Transforming Leaders in Asia, a ministry that equips and disciples Christian workers.  He also serves as general secretary of the Council for Baptist Churches in North East India.

Lama began his career as a veterinarian in his native India, where he was a Buddhist until he became a Christian in 1983. He also holds a Ph.D. degree in Old Testament from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

He and his wife, Asangla Ao, a medical doctor who holds a Master of Divinity degree from Beeson, have three children.

Lama received the award from Dr. Mark Searby, director of Beeson's doctor of ministry studies program, in a chapel service at the school earlier this month.

 

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.