Faculty & Staff
Lead mentor: Leonard Sweet
Bio
Author of more than two hundred articles, 1000 published sermons and almost fifty books, Leonard’s most current publications are Viral and I Am A Follower. In 2012, several publications will be released: The Jesus Story (the sequel to Jesus Manifesto), A Tale of Two Cultures, and a textbook on preaching entitled Giving Blood.
Len often appears on the “50 Most Influential Christians in America” list, and in 2010 was selected by as one of the “Top 10 Influential Christians of 2010:”. His popular weekly podcast called “Napkin Scribbles” is widely used and quoted. Len’s microblogs on twitter and facebook are ranked as some of the most influential social media sites in the world.
Currently occupying the E. Stanley Jones Chair of Evangelism at the Theological School of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, Len served from 1995 to 2001 as Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Theological School at Drew. He is also a Visiting Distinguished Professor at George Fox University in Portland, Oregon and President Emeritus of United Theological Seminary. He is a weekly contributor to the online preaching resource, sermons.com.
Details
- Position: SFS DMin Lead Mentor and Visiting Distinguished Professor
- Academic and Professional Background: An honors and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Richmond, he earned his Master of Divinity degree from Colgate Rochester Divinity School and PhD from the University of Rochester. He is the recent recipient of honorary doctorates from University of Richmond (Virginia), Baker University (Kansas), Otterbein College (Ohio), Coe College (Iowa), and Lebanon Valley College (Pennsylvania).
- Expertise and Research Interests: bio and cv
- E-mail: LenISweet [at] aol.com
- Office: 1-973-539-1682
- http://www.leonardsweet.com/
- http://twitter.com/lensweet
- http://www.facebook.com/lensweet
Director
Loren Kerns
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Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program
lkerns@georgefox.edu
1-541-747-6176
Associate Director
Clifford Berger
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Position: Associate Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program, Faculty Advisor and Dissertation Advisor
Academic and Professional Background: BA, Northwest Christian University; MDiv, Emmanuel Christian Seminary; DMin, Emmanuel Christian Seminary
Expertise and Research Interests: Religion and popular culture, theology of childhood, adult education and pastoral ministry
E-mail: cberger@georgefox.edu
Phone: 1-503-554-6163
Faculty
See George Fox Evangelical Seminary faculty page for details. All of the GFES faculty variously serve as instructors and advisors to the Semiotics and Future Studies Doctor of Ministry students.
Visiting faculty and advisors
John Bergquist
Position: Expert advisor; Directory of Communications, Soma Games, The Code-Monkeys; Speaker & Leader, Bootcamp NW
Academic and Professional Background: BS, Political Science, BS Fisheries Science, Oregon State University; Director of Communications, Conservation Biology Institute
Expertise and Research Interests: Blogging, speaking, communications, writing, mobile application evangelism, game design, business acumen
E-mail: john@johnbergquist.com
johnbergquist.com
twitter.com/johnflurry
code-monkeys.com
somagames.com
bootcampnw.com
Phillip G. Carnes
Position: Faculty and Dissertation Advisor
Academic and Professional Background:DMin, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, Portland, OR; MAR, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC; MAEd, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ; BA, English Lit., Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA; Postgraduate Studies in Coaching, Western Seminary, Portland, OR. Professional Investor;Executive & Organizational Coach; Board Chair, LifePoint Church.
Expertise and Research Interests: Spiritual Formation, Executive & Organizational Coaching, Ministry strategy & development, Leadership, Christian Education, Board Governance, Church/Ministry renewal.
E-mail:pcarnes@georgefox.edu
theolibri@mac.com
Office: 1-775-782-0800
Ron Clark
Position: Faculty and Dissertation Advisor; Minister/Lead Church Planter, Agape Church of Christ
Academic and Professional Background: BA, Biology and Chemistry, Central Missouri State University;. MDiv, Harding University Graduate School of Religion; DMin, Harding University Graduate School of Religion
Expertise and Research Interests: Evangelism, abuse, sex trafficking, Proverbs, Luke/Acts, 1 Corinthians, leadership development; lead church planter for the Agape Church of Christ in downtown Portland, OR; Member of Society of Biblical Literature, Oregon Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force, Community Against Domestic Violence, Association of Marriage and Family Ministry; author of Emerging Elders, Setting the Captives Free: A Christian Theology for Domestic Violence, Freeing the Oppressed: A Call to Christians Concerning Domestic Abuse, The Better Way: The Church of Agape in Emerging Corinth, and Am I Sleeping with the Enemy?: Males and Females in the Image of God
E-mail: rclark@agapecoc.com
kokemushkeivogel.blogspot.com/
agapecoc.com
Dwight Friesen
Position: Faculty and Dissertation Advisor; Associate Professor of Practical Theology, at Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle
Academic and Professional Background: MA, Trinity International University; BA, Ambrose University College; DMin, George Fox University; his dissertation research focused on the development of a relational hermeneutic toward connective church leadership and structure. Having served as a missional pioneer of a Seattle-area simple church for more than eleven years Dwight now trains missional church leaders at Mars Hill Graduate School. He is an emergent, Anabaptist licensed and ordained by the Christian & Missionary Alliance. He is active locally and internationally with missional and emerging church movements, and have been active in both ecumenical and interfaith dialogue. He is the author of Thy Kingdom Connected: What the Church Can Learn from Facebook, the Internet and Other Networks, co-author of Routes & Radishes: And Other Things to Talk about at the Evangelical Crossroads, and contributor to The Emergent Manifesto of Hope. Dwight, his wife Lynette and their son Pascal live in Bellevue, Washington.
Expertise and Research Interests:
E-mail:dfriesen@mhgs.edu
Studio: 1-888-977-2002
dwightfriesen.com.
facebook.com/dwight.j.friesen
twitter.com/orthoparadoxy
Deborah Gohrke
Position: Expert Advisor
Academic and Professional Background: Ed.D. Educational Leadership, Seattle University; MS, Ministry, Pepperdine University; BS, General Studies, City University
Research Interests:
E-mail: gohrked@seattleu.edu
Office: 1-425-485-3266
twitter.com/debgoes
Frank Green
Position: Visiting faculty and Dissertation Advisor; Licensed marriage and family counselor and founder of Charis Foundation
Academic and Professional Background: BA, Westmont College; MA in counseling psychology from National University; MDiv, Fuller Seminary; DMin, Fuller Seminary
Research Interests: The connection between well-being and ministry effectiveness, systems theory, the integration of theology and psychology
E-mail: fpgreen@earthlink.net
Office: 1-919-244-8213
charisfoundation.com
George Hemingway
Position: Faculty and Dissertation Advisor; Canon Emeritus of the Diocese of Oregon
Academic and Professional Background: BSc in Zoology and a MSc in Biology at San Diego State University; Diploma in Theology, Claremont; DMin, specialty in missiology, George Fox Evangelical Seminary; founding Chair of the Department of Biology and Professor of Biology and Biological Oceanography, University of Baja California, ordained Episcopalian Priest
Expertise and Research Interests: Bi-cultural mission, missiology, oceanagraphy
E-mail: ghemingway@nehalemtel.net
Office: 1-503-368-7140
Jim Henderson
Position: Faculty and Dissertation Advisor; Cofounder and Executive Director of Off The Map
Academic and Professional Background: DMin candidate at Bakke Graduate University
Expertise and Research Interests: Evangelism, church planting and leadership development
E-mail: jim@off-the-map.org
Office: 1-206-383-9078
offthemap.com/people/jim-henderson-team/
Carol Hutchinson
Position: Faculty and Dissertation Advisor; Pastor of Life Path Ministries and Pastor of Latino Ministries at Salem Alliance Church in Salem, Ore.
Academic and Professional Background: Masters of Religious Education, Canadian Theological Seminary; Doctor of Ministry in Leadership and Spiritual Formation, George Fox Evangelical Seminary
Expertise and Research Interests: Served 20 years as a missionary in Argentina planting churches, teaching and leadership training. Special concern for the emotional and spiritual health of leaders in local congregations. Research in the area of restoring fallen leaders
E-mail: chutchinson@salemalliance.org
Office: 1-503-581-2129 ext 287
salemalliance.org
Byoungchul Joseph Jun
Position: Adjunct Faculty and Dissertation Advisor; Assistant Professor of Education and Leadership at ACTS (Asian Center for Theological Studies)
Academic and Professional Background: BA, Psychology, East Asain Studies, University of Colorado; MDiv, Fulller Theological Seminary; PhD, Intercultural Education, Biola University; Dr. Jun has been actively involved with Korean Immigrant Church Ministries in North America and Korean diaspora networking. He participated in the translation project of Rev. Joshua Kang's Korean books Deep-Rooted in Christ and Scripture by Heart into English; he has also translated and published English books into Korean language, including Dr. James Bryan Smith's The Good and Beautiful God, The Good and Beautiful Life, and The Good and Beautiful Community.
Research Interests: Dr. Jun is a bridge builder between Western and East Asian culture; research interests include Inter-cultural education, spiritual formation in cross-cultural context, family life education, andragogy, and experiential learning.
E-mail: bjun@georgefox.edu
twitter.com/bj1202
facebook.com/bjjun
Dan Kimball
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Position: Secondary Lead Mentor; Pastor of Vintage Faith Church, Santa Cruz, Calif.
Academic and Professional Background: BS, landscape architecture, Colorado State University; Graduate Certificate in Bible, Multnomah Biblical Seminary; MA General Ministry, Western Seminary; pursuing DMin, George Fox Evangelical Seminary
Expertise and Research Interests: Emerging Church and culture; author of The Emerging Church, Emerging Worship, and They Like Jesus but not the Church; contributor to Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches and The Emergent Manifesto of Hope
E-mail: dkimball06@georgefox.edu
Office: 1-831-429-1058
dankimball.com
vintagefaith.com
vintagechurch.org
Dan Lioy
Position: Dissertation Advisor; Author and editor, David C. Cook Bible Lesson Commentary (NIV and KJV yearly editions); Associate Faculty, Marylhurst University; Affiliate Faculty, Southwestern College; Senior Academic, South African Theological Seminary; Tutor and External Examiner, North-West University, Greenwich School of Theology.
Academic and Professional Background: BSc, University of Southern California; ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary; PhD, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa; Board Certified Chaplain, Association of Professional Chaplains; Member, American Mensa.
Expertise and Research Interests: Dan is widely published and has a particular interest in evolutionary creation, intertextuality between the testaments, biblical ethics, and spiritual care in professional settings. Dan has extensive experience in tertiary education and a passion for scholarly excellence. He latest monographs are Axis of Glory: A Biblical and Theological Analysis of the Temple Motif in Scripture (Peter Lang, 2010) and The Divine Sabotage: An Expositional Journey Through Ecclesiastes.
E-mail: dlioy@georgefox.edu
Office: 1-503-383-9713
satsonline.academia.edu/DanLioy
Deborah Loyd
Position: Faculty and Dissertation Advisor; Adjunct Professor; Co-founder and Pastor Emeritus, The Bridge Church of Portland; Co-founder of Women's Convergence.
Academic and Professional Background: BA in Biblical Studies, Excelsior College; MA in Exegetical Theology, Western Seminary; DMin candidate, Transformational Leadership, Bakke Graduate University
Expertise and Research Interests: Emerging Culture, Urban Church Planting, Leadership Development
E-mail: dloyd@georgefox.edu
Office:
twitter.com/deborahloyd
David McDonald
Position: Dissertation Advisor; Teaching Pastor, Westwinds Community Church, Jackson, MI
Academic and Professional Background:
Expertise and Research Interests:
E-mail: david.mcdonald@westwinds.org
guerillahost.blogspot.com
shadowinggod.blogspot.com
twitter.com/guerillaHost
Chris Meade
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Position: Faculty and Dissertation Advisor; Assistant Professor of Management and Coordinator, Community Service Consulting Projecst, GFU Boise Center
Academic and Professional Background: BA, Management and Organizational Leadership, George Fox University; MM, Christian Ministry, Northwest Nazarene University; MAOL, Organizational Leadership, George Fox University; PhD, Organizational Learning with a Leadership Concentration, University of Idaho; Founder & Lead Pastor, Grace Chapel in Boise, Idaho; President/Consultant, Leadership Alive®, Inc., Boise, Idaho; Author: Leadership Alive: Changing Leadership Practices in the 21st Century World; Christianity Alive: Faith. Love. Action; New Testament Alive: The Gospels – Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.
Expertise and Research Interests: Organic Leadership, Change, Cultural Architecture, Futurist Issues, Emerging 21st Century Culture, Neuroscience, Eomtional and Physical Health, Ethics, Philosophy, Theology and Worldviews, Spiritual Formation and Personal Growth.
E-mail: cmeade@georgefox.edu
Office: 1-503-554-2647
LeadershipAlive.com
GraceChapel.com
facebook.com/profile.php?id=1179727286
David Merwin
Position: Expert Advisor; Senior Designer, Oregon Center for Applied Science. Chief Creative, Pure Blue Design
Academic and Professional Background: BA, Painting with an Independent Study in Media Installation, Purchase College
Expertise and Professional Interests: Web design, user experience, mobile application design, web application design, and game design
E-mail: dave@davemerwin.com
Office: 1-541-335-1832
davemerwin.com/
http://orcasinc.com/
purebluedesign.com/
twitter.com/davemerwin
facebook.com/davemerwin
linkedin.com/in/merwin
flickr.com/photos/merwin/
Phil Newell
Position: Adjunct faculty, Faculty and Dissertation Advisor; Senior Pastor, Portland Open Bible Church; Church Resource Ministries; licensed consultant, Natural Church Development; Life coach, International Coach Federation
Academic and Professional Background: DMin, Western Seminary, Portland, OR; MDiv, Western Seminary, Portland, OR; MA, Exegetical theology with an emphasis on historical theology, Western Seminary, Portland, OR
Expertise and Research Interests: Life and ministry coaching; pastoral leadership
E-mail: phil.newell@crmleaders.org
Office: 1-503-481-3539
portlandopenbible.com
Gina Oschner
Position: Expert advisor; faculty Seattle Pacific University Low-Residency MFA creative writing program
Academic and Professional Background: BA, Secondary Education, MA, Science of English, MFA in Creative Writing
Expertise and Research Interests: Creative writing, Slavic and Baltic languages, Roma culture in Eastern Europe, evangelism. Gina has publishedThe Necessary Grace to Fall, a Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, People I Wanted to Be: Stories, and The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight
E-mail: gina@withnellauto.com
Office: NA
ginaochsner.com
portobellobooks.com/Authors/Gina-Ochsner
Gary Railsback
Position: Faculty and Dissertation Advisor; Dean of the School of Education, Point Loma Nazarene University
Academic and Professional Background: BS, Northwest Christian College; MA, Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary; PhD, education, University of California, Los Angeles.
Expertise and Research Interests: Moral and religious development of college students was the topic for my dissertation. Currently finishing a research article on the topic of "Growing pains: The phenomenal growth of George Fox University from 1983 to 2003." Students under my direction have interviewed more than 80 current and former George Fox faculty and administrators using a qualitative case study design.
E-mail: GaryRailsback@pointloma.edu
Office: 1-619-849-2323
pointloma.edu/SchoolofEducation/FacultyStaff.htm
Jon Robertson
Position: Dissertation Advisor; Assistant Professor of Historical Theology and New Testament, Multnomah Biblical Seminary
Academic and Professional Background: BA, Wichita State University; MDiv, Western Seminary; MSt, PhD, University of Oxford
Expertise and Research Interests: Patristic theology
E-mail: jrobertson@multnomah.edu
Office:
multnomah.edu/Seminary/PagesFaculty/Directory/FacBio
Ken Ross
Position: Faculty and Dissertation Advisor; Senior Pastor, Arbor Heights Community Church, West Seattle
Academic and Professional Background: BS, Concordia College; MAET, Western Seminary; DMin, George Fox University
Expertise and Research Interests: Biblical Studies, pastoral leaderhip, spiritual formation, administration
E-mail: kenross51@hotmail.com
Office: 1-206-935-5714
Mark Strong
Position: Dissertation Advisor; Senior Pastor, Life Change Christian Center
Academic and Professional Background: AA, Portland Community College; BA, Portland State University; MA, Western Evangelical Seminary; DMin, George Fox Seminary
Expertise and Research Interests: Urban Ministries
E-mail: strong@lifechangecc.org
Office: 1-503-288-0479
lifechangecc.org
Courtney Stubbert
Position: Expert Advisor; Art Director/Graphic Designer for Imagination International, Inc. (Copic Markers USA); Freelance Graphic Designer under the studio name PUNCH Graphic Design; Director of Development, BlueTower Arts Foundation
Academic and Professional Background: AA, Visual Communication (Graphic Design, Illustration) Art Institute of Seattle; BA, Art History, University of Oregon
Expertise and Professional Interests: Art, music, media and culture, the intersection of faith and culture, philosophy and contemporary art theory; maintains a consistent fine art studio practice since 2001 with first solo exhibition in 2006
E-mail: courtney@punchgraphicdesign.com
Office: 541.684.0013 ex.135
Cell: 541.513.8779
Design Portfolio: punchgraphicdesign.com
Fine Art Portfolio: courtneystubbert.com
copicmarker.com
twitter.com/getpunched
facebook.com/courtney.stubbert
linkedin.com/in/punchgraphicdesign
Staff
Dee Small
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Administrative assistant for the DMin program
E-mail: dsmall@georgefox.edu
Office: 1-503-554-6162
Andy Campbell
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Facilitator of Online Education for the DMin program
E-mail: acampbell@georgefox.edu
Office: 1-503-554-6034