Ministry

Ministry Experience

Freie evangelische Gemeinde, Giessen, Germany

• Deacon (1985-87)

Freie evangelische Gemeinde, Wetzlar, Germany

• Co-founding elder (1988-94)

Northern Illinois Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)

• Ordained teaching elder (1997-2005) newly formed Chicago Metro Presbytery, PCA

• Ordained teaching elder (2005-present)

Teaching Experience

Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, OH

• Teacher of German (1977-78)

Richland Newhope Industries, Mansfield, OH (a facility for mentally and physically challenged adults)

• Teacher (1978-79)
• Department Coordinator (1979-81)

Freie Theologische Akademie/German Theological Seminary (GTS), Giessen, Germany.

• Lecturer in New Testament Exegesis (1984-94)
• Head of NT Department (1986-1994)

Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO

• Associate Professor of New Testament (1994-2006)
• Director of ThM Program (1996-2004)
• Chair of NT Department (2003-present)
• Professor of New Testament (2007-present)

Academic Qualifications

Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, OH

• Master of Arts (MA) in Religion (1977); major: Old Testament
• Master of Divinity (MDiv ) (1979); major: Pastoral Counseling; thesis in NT Exegesis

University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (1984)
• Thesis Supervisor: Prof. R. S. Barbour; Advisors: Prof. I.H. Marshall and Dr. P. Ellingworth
• Thesis title: “Synoptic Predictions of the Vindication and Resurrection of Jesus: Their Provenance, Meaning, and Correlation"

Wuppertal, Germany

• Post-doctoral research (1990-94); topic: “Der Bußprediger in Jerusalem: theologische und historische Studien zu den Petrusreden in Apg. 2 und 3“