Dr Nordstokke, a graduate of the MHS School of Mission and Theology, served in Brazil as a missionary of the Norwegian Missionary Society for ten years in the 1970s and 80s. He has published several articles in the area of missiology, working with issues like contextualization, third world theology, theology of liberation, transformation, mission and diakonia, and has taught these subjects at academic level both in Norway and abroad. His 1991 doctoral dissertation at Oslo University was on the subject, “Council and Context in Leonardo Boff’s Ecclesiology: The Rebirth of the Church among the Poor.” Before joining the LWF staff in Geneva, Dr Nordstokke worked as Professor of Diaconia Studies at Diakonhjemmet Høgskole in Oslo, Norway.

The appointment of Nordstokke as Adjunct Professor at MHS School of Mission and Theology, is part of a strengthening of Diaconia Studies in the institution. Dr Nordstokke will do some teaching, and he will also supervise Master's and Ph.D. students.