Karl Dahlfred has served as a missionary with OMF International in Thailand since 2006. He has taught courses in church history and intercultural studies at Chiang Mai Theological Seminary and Bangkok Bible Seminary, assisted in the editing and translation of Thai Christian books at OMF Publishers Thailand, and engaged in church planting efforts in Central Thailand and Bangkok. An ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America, Karl completed a PhD in World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh and currently lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Karl and his wife Sun have three children.