Email: dec62886@bethel.edu
Job Title
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Adjunct Professor
Ed.D. in K-12 Administration, Graduate School
Highlight
Educational Leadership
Started at Bethel
2015
Education
- Luther Seminary - Ph.D., 2014
Biography
Reverend Dr. Dynna Castillo Portugal has served as adjunct instructor in the areas of pastoral care and educational leadership at Luther Seminary, Bethel University (both in St. Paul, MN) and Western Theological Seminary (in Holland, MI) Dr. Castillo Portugal completed her Ph.D. in pastoral care and counseling at Luther Seminary in 2014. Her dissertation was titled, “The Kingdom of God: Guiding Pastoral Care for Female Victims of Domestic Violence in Mexico.” She has completed seven units of Clinical Pastoral Education and has studied Nonviolent Communication, which she incorporates in her teaching and practice of pastoral care. Dr. Castillo Portugal is an ordained minister in the Gethsemane Evangelical Church (Mexico City) and has served there as an associate pastor and elsewhere as worship leader and director of Latino/a outreach ministry.
Courses Taught
EDUC 825 - Leading in a Complex and Pluralistic Society
Teaching specialty
Educational Leadership