John Rosensteel, DMin

The Department of Theology welcomed John Rosensteel in 2026 as an assistant professor of practice in theology and Christian ministries.

He is the lead pastor of One Church PDX in Portland, serving on a team that provides pastoral leadership to a large staff and to pastors in the greater Portland area. He is known as a “pastor to pastors,” helping lead The Hub for Pastoral and Ministry Flourishing, leading PastorsPDX, and serving on the advisory board of TogetherPDX and Garden Space PDX.

Previously, he was the lead pastor at New Hope Church in Portland for nine years, and before that was on the teaching team of a large university church in Madison, Wisconsin, for 18 years. Rosensteel is committed to a greater emphasis on spiritual formation in the church. He completed Soul Formation’s School of Spiritual Formation and is a trained spiritual director. He is also part of a modern monastic order called Order of the Mustard Seed and serves with Didasko Seminars to help teaching pastors grow as expositors and communicators. His teaching and research interests include the first century context of the New Testament and The Lord's Supper.

Rosensteel is an avid backpacker, dog lover, sports fan, and enthusiastic girl dad to Eden and Jubilee. He loves to cheer on his wife Corrie, who teaches high school art and runs a pottery studio out of their home in Oregon City.

Academic Background

DMin, Northern Seminary, Chicago (2024)
MDiv Equiv., Denver Seminary (2007)
MA, Dallas Theological Seminary (1999)
BA, James Madison University (1994)