Highlights
Why I teach at Covenant Theological Seminary
I can best fulfill my mission from the Lord to be a shepherd-exhorter-leader who assists people in growing spiritually, intellectually, socially, and emotionally with a special focus on training pastoral and lay leaders for the equipping of the saints for church planting and the building up of the body of Christ.
Department
Ministry and ProclamationFaculty member since
1986Educational Background
- BA (Sociology), Washington and Lee University
- MDiv (New Testament), Princeton Theological Seminary
- PhD (Educational Theory), Saint Louis University
Expertise
- Teaching: helping others fully understand a subject, topic, or idea in various group settings
- Moderating: guiding group discussions, hosting panel presentations, or coordinating discussion between people or groups
- Giving Presentations: presenting information in the classroom and question-answer workshops
- Initiating/Developing: supervising others in starting new projects, programs, churches, organizations, and the like; also leading a church or program through renewal
- Long-range Logistical Planning: mapping out future details to meet goals
- Making Future Projections: accurately predicting people's response to future events, especially those connected to the church and her ministry
- Researching/Investigating: collecting a lot of information from different sources about one or more subjects for present use or future reference (may include field research)
Classes I Teach
- Spiritual and Ministry Formation
- Ministry Leadership
- Strategies for Urban and City Center Church Planting
- Discovering the Personality of a Church
- Your Unique Ministry Style
- Leading Your Church to Renewal
- Developing Lay Leaders in the Church
- Gospel and Life
- Grace Centered Leadership
- Team Ministry
Interests and Hobbies
- Working with the PCA Midwest Region to develop church-planting apprenticeships for MDiv graduates
- Serving as a consultant with churches—leading churches through the process of renewal while mentoring Covenant Seminary students in ministry
- Serving on the PCA General Assembly’s Mission to North America Committee for the last 22 years (5 years as Chairman)
- Serving on the Midwest Church Planting Task Force
- Writing books and articles on the various aspects of ministry styles of individuals and churches
- Following politics and current cultural trends
Current Projects/Research
- Continue writing in the church personality genre on the topics of church conflict and making good choices in pastoral staff and lay leaders