Our professors are distinguished scholars, active researchers, published writers, and faithful Christians who demonstrate what it means to be both Christ-followers and leaders in their academic fields. As mentors and role models, they play a huge role in the integration of faith and learning at Bethel.

Program Directors & Lead Faculty

Laura Gilbertson

Program Director | laura-gilbertson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2005

Systematic theology, American Evangelicalism, culture, sociology of religion, race, gender, and topics connected to justice and reconciliation.

Faculty

Craig Case

Teaching Partner in Christian Ministries | craig-case@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006

Research, writing, worldview, humanities and theology, and Bible. In addition to teaching in the college setting for over 10 years, Case has served in pastoral ministry for 20 years in positions of student ministry, adult ministry, church planting, local and global missions, and senior leadership. He is currently working on a doctorate regarding the influence of narratives on our spiritual formation.

Melanie Cole

Adjunct Faculty | m-cole@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017

I am a most fulfilled when I get to hold the world of education in one hand the local church in the other.

Raymon Hanson

Adjunct Instructor in Christian Ministries | raymon-hanson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001

Biblical/historical studies related to the Ancient Near East and to the Jewish background of Christianity, how the teachings of Scripture are relevant for living in today's world.

Peter Kapsner

Teaching Partner in Christian Ministries | kappet@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002

New Testament and Practical Theology

Keith Loy

Adjunct Professor | kal22547@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2022

Keith Loy is the Founding Senior Pastor of Celebrate Church, a multiplication church that launched in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1999. It has since grown into a thriving church with nearly 3,500 in attendance. Keith is driven by his passion for reaching the lost, and he is fueled by the personal story of a life changed by Christ.

Shawn Moore

Teaching Partner in Christian Ministries | shawn-moore@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2010

Adjunct Instructor of General Education