Cynthia Holder Rich

Cynthia Holder Rich, theologian, pastor, and author, received her PhD in theology and development from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, writing on the intersection of ecclesiology, missiology, and development strategies among the Protestant churches in Madagascar. She has published widely in academic journals on Madagascar, race and culture in the church, and disability, and edited The Fifohazana: Madagascar's Indigenous Christian Movement (2008). She has taught at theological...See more

Cynthia Holder Rich, theologian, pastor, and author, received her PhD in theology and development from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, writing on the intersection of ecclesiology, missiology, and development strategies among the Protestant churches in Madagascar. She has published widely in academic journals on Madagascar, race and culture in the church, and disability, and edited The Fifohazana: Madagascar's Indigenous Christian Movement (2008). She has taught at theological schools in Madagascar and the United States, and now directs ecclesio.com, where participants converse on issues facing the church in the world. See less