Joseph W. Handley
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Joseph W. Handley, Jr. (2008–present) is the president of Asian Access, a non-profit evangelical organization dedicated to the development of leaders of the Church throughout Asia originally established in 1967. He has been the president since 2008, leading movements including developing an award-winning partnership with SIM USA and prompting the mission to invest in several natural disasters that most notably helped the people of Japan and Nepal. Under his guidance, Asian Access started both A2.business and the Pan Asia Leader Development program as well as partnered in the development of the Nozomi Project in Japan. Previously, he was the founding director of Azusa Pacific University's Office of World Mission and lead mission pastor at Rolling Hills Covenant Church.
Education
Handley received a B.A. in psychology and an M.A. in theology from Azusa Pacific University in 1992. As of 2020, he received his Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Career
Handley served nine years at Azusa Pacific University, where he founded the Office of World Missions and led the first multi-national high school mission congress to Mexico City in 1996. He transitioned to Rolling Hills Covenant Church in 1998, where he served as the Global Outreach Pastor and later as the Associate Pastor for Outreach Ministries. He led relief efforts Hurricane Katrina and expanded the church's outreach through Kazakhstan, to focus on the Silk Road.
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