Disciplines/Field of Instruction

• Communication
• Biblical Studies (at CUBM)

Degrees Received

• Doctor of Ministry (Missions & Cross-Cultural Studies), 2004, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
• Master of Divinity, 1995, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
• Bachelor of Arts (Speech Communication), 1989, Geneva College

Courses Taught

• ACE 116 - Oral Communications in the Professions
• ACE 127 - Media and Culture
• ACE 220 - Communication in Ministry
• COM 101 - Principles of Communication
• COM 111 - Introduction to Communication
• COM 310 - Advanced Public Speaking
• HRS 441 - Business and Interpersonal Communication
• MIN 210 - Evangelism
• MIN 219 - World Christian Movement
• MIN 495 - Ministry Communication

CUBM Classes

• BIB 303 - Old Testament Studies
• BIB 310B - Survey of the Pauline Epistles
• BIB 316B Romans
• MIN 210 - Evangelism
• MIN 213 - Global Missions in the Local Church
• MIN 215 - Methods of Teaching the Bible
• MIN 491 - Principles of Ethnic-Racial Reconciliation (co-creator and developer)

Presentation/Publications

   Presentations: 

• “Coca-Cola Jesus”
• “Moving Millennials to Missions”
• “Living on Mission: Lifestyle or Program?”
• “A Pastor′s Perspective of the Persecuted Church”
• “Principles of Reconciliation”
• "Communicating the 'Word' in the 21st Century Post-Literate West", Orality and Literacy in an Age of Social Media, Geneva College, April 2024.

   Publications:

• “Virtual Reality”, Youthworker′s Encyclopedia (on WORDSearch CD-ROM, NavPress Software)
• “Less Tourists, More Commitment: Helping the Church in Post-Communist Europe”, Expression magazine, March 1996
• Recruiting a New Generation of Missionaries: Doing Missions with Older Millennials in the C&MA (2004)
• AY Mission Training Manual (2005). "Getting Involved: Mali", Great Commission Connections, September 2006
• “Making a Fresh Impact by Developing Russian Church Leaders”, Great Commission Connections, December 2012
• On Mission (The Christian & Missionary Alliance, 2013)
• On Mission Together. Book, published in September 2019.
• Managing Editor for the Wells of Refuge Welcoming Devotional Bible, released in the summer of 2023 by the Refugee and Immigrant Network of the Alliance.

Current Projects

• Leadership development with church leaders in Russia

Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.

• Alliance Missions Network
• American Society of Missiology
• National Network of Youth Ministries (NNYM)
• NNYM Youth Missions Network
• Pittsburgh Kids Network

Miscellaneous, e.g., hobbies, sports, personal info, etc.

• One wife, four children
• Pastor of Washington Union Alliance Church, New Castle, PA
• Actively involved with missions mobilization and short-term missions ministry
• Other teaching involvement:  Pennsylvania Bible Institute (Western PA of the C&MA); EvandeoskiTeoloskiFakultet (Osijek, Croatia)