REV. DR. ARNE H. FJELDSTAD has been a newspaper journalist and editor in various Norwegian newspapers and the publisher of a large monthly magazine in the Middle East and North Africa. His journalistic career covers more than 30 years in mainstream news media. He has also been a part-time professor teaching journalism and communications.

Fjeldstad is an ordained Lutheran minister having served in local parishes, with the Norwegian Inter Varsity (NKSS) and was the International Coordinator and Editor for World Evangelization, the magazine of the Lausanne movement from 1993-1996. Dr. Fjeldstad is currently the CEO of the Media Project of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Public Life (www.themediaproject.org)