Doctor of Ministry in Faith & Cultural Engagement Faculty and Team

Faculty Lead

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Leah Payne

Doctor of Ministry in Faith & Cultural Engagement Faculty Lead

Learn more about Leah.

Project Faculty

Project faculty work with advisees to provide individual and small-group guidance for doctoral project development within the project portfolio research sequence.

Seminary faculty routinely serve as project faculty within the doctoral programs. See Portland Seminary faculty page for details.

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Sunggu A. Yang

PositionAssociate Professor of Theology and Christian Ministries, Chair of George Fox Cornerstone Core

Academic Background: PhD in Homiletics and Liturgics, Vanderbilt University; STM in Liturgics, Yale Divinity School; MDiv, Emory University; BA in Theology, Yonsei University

Expertise and Research Interests: Homiletics, Theological Aesthetics, Multicultural and Emerging Worship, Christian Formation, Asian American Christianity

Email: syang@georgefox.edu

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Alyssa McLaughlin

Position: Project Faculty, Portland Seminary; Discipleship Pastor, Cedar Hills Church

Educational Background: Doctor of Ministry, Portland Seminary at George Fox University; Master of Arts in Leadership, Northwest University

Expertise and Research Interests: Spiritual Formation, Discipleship, Leadership Development, Adult Learning, Faith and Cultural Engagement, Leadership Multiplication, Practical Theology, Volunteer Mobilization, Organizational Leadership, Church Systems, and Equipping the Church for Mission

Email: TBA

Doctor of Ministry Faculty and Team

The Seminary doctoral team manages the program online platforms, organizes the Summits, and provides support to students and project faculty, in-person or online. In short, this team is the "glue" that holds the various elements of the program together.

Clifford Berger

Director, Doctoral Programs

Assistant Professor for Seminary Doctoral Programs

Darcy Hansen

Darcy Hansen, DMin

Associate Director, Doctoral Programs

Assistant Professor of Leadership & Formation

Jen Macnab

Jen Macnab, MPA

Assistant Director of Academic Engagement, Doctoral Programs

Heather Rainey

Program and Operations Manager, Doctoral Programs