Ministry

Ministry Experience

St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church, St. Louis, MO

• Preaching and teaching for youth (1994-95)

New City Fellowship, Chattanooga, TN

• Pastoral Intern (1996)
• Youth Intern (1997)

Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Wildwood, MO

• Youth Intern (1997-98)

Forest Park Reformed Pres. Church, Baltimore, MD

• Pastoral Intern (1998)

Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA

• Tenth College Union Intern (1998-99)

Mars Hill Bible Church, Grand Rapids, MI

• Men’s Ministry (2004-05)

Chesterfield Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO

• Youth Ministry (2005-present)

Teaching and Administrative Experience 

Philadelphia Montgomery Christian Academy, Erdenheim, PA

• Bible Department Instructor (Old Testament) (1999-2002)
• Dean of Students (2001-02)

Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA

• Teaching Assistant, Department of Apologetics (1999-2002)
• Special Assistant to the Administration (2000-02)

The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, Grand Rapids, MI

• Research Fellow (2002-present)

Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO

• Admissions Assistant (1994-98)
• Visiting Instructor of Systematic Theology (2002-05)
• Assistant Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology (2005-2008)
• Assistant Professor of Apologetics and Christian Ethics (2008- )
• Director, Francis A. Schaeffer Institute (2008- )

Academic Qualifications

Clemson University, Clemson, SC

• Bachelor of Science (BS) in biological sciences (1993)

Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO

• Master of Divinity (MDiv) (1998)

Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in historical and theological studies (2008)
• Major focus: Apologetics
• Minor focus: Church history and systematic theology
• Thesis title: “Victimology and the Apoptosis of Black Liberation Theology”