Bitrus, Ibrahim S.

Last name:  Bitrus
Name:  Ibrahim S.

Nigerian Theologian in Residence for the Minneapolis Area Synod of the ELCA. Bitrus received Ph.D. in systematic theology from Luther Seminary St Paul, Minnesota. Prior to this, he was a lecturer at the Bronnum Lutheran Seminary Yola, Nigeria. He is the author of the book Community and Trinity in Africa and many other publications, including, ‘The Means of Prosperity: The Neo‐Pentecostal Interpretation of the Lord's Supper in Nigeria’ (Dialog 55, no. 4 (2016): 334–342), ‘The Persecution of the Church in Northern Nigeria: A Theological Response’ (Word &World 36, no. 4 (2016): 380–389), and ‘Disturbing Unjust Peace in Nigeria through the Church and Legal Reforms: The Contribution of Luther's Critical Public Theology’ (in On Secular Government: Lutheran Perspectives on Contemporary Legal Issues, ed. R. W. Duty and M. A. Failinger (Grand Rapids: MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2016).