Ministry

Ministry Experience

Trinity Baptist Church, Missoula, MT

• Licensed to preach, Southern Baptist Convention (1976)
• Ordained to gospel ministry, Southern Baptist Convention (1980)

Pastoral, Interim Pastoral, and Associate Pastoral Service in Montana, Missouri, Illinois, North Carolina (1976- )

Preaching and Teaching Duties in Scotland, West Germany, Virginia, Wisconsin, Iowa, and other states (1976- )  

Transferred Ordination to PCA (1991) 

St. Mark Lutheran Church, ELCA, Lindenhurst, IL

• Pastoral Assistant, Adult Education Leader, Children's Sermon Specialist (2002-10)

Teaching Experience

In North America:

Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA   

•  Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, 1985-87

Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL

• Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies (1987-90)
• Associate Professor of New Testament Studies (1990-91)

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL

• Associate Professor of New Testament (1996-2009)
• Professor of New Testament (2009-10)

Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO

• Associate Professor of New Testament (1991-96)
• Professor of New Testament (2010- )

Overseas:

Wheaton Faculty Missions Project

•  Evangelical Theological Seminary, Cairo, Egypt (Summer 1989)
•  Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Summer 1990)  

Nile Thological College, Khartoum, Sudan (Summer 1995)

Emmanuel University, Oradea, Romania

•  Lecturer in Theological and Exegetical Department on multiple one-week teaching visits (1994-2006)

Karoli Gaspar Reformed University, Budapest, Hungary

•  Annual Lecturer (2001-present)

Center for Biblical Studies, Africa

•  Twice-annual transdenominational pastoral training conference (1999-present)

Academic Qualifications

Southwest Baptist College, Bolivar, MO

•  BA, English and Religion (1979)

Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL

•  MA, Theological Studies--New Testament (1982); thesis: "The Date of the Writings of Papias of Hieropolis"

University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

•   PhD (1985); dissertation: "The heilsgeschichtliche Perspective in Modern New Testament Theology"

University of Tubingen and Albrecht-Bengel-Haus, Tubingen, Germany

•   Post-Doctoral Study (1995-95 winter semester)

Presbytery and Denominational Service

• Service on various committees for PCA, 1991-97 and 1998-2003
• Member, Candidates and Credentials Committee, Northern Illinois Presbytery, PCA (1998)
• Charter Member, Chicago Metro Presbytery, PCA, new district of former Northern Illinois Presbytery (2005- )
• Member, Candidates and Credentials Committee, Chicago Metro Presbytery, PCA (2007- )

Professional Societies

• Evangelical Theological Society
• Institute of Biblical Research
• Society of Biblical Literature
• Tyndale Fellowship