Charles Bradshaw

Adjunct Faculty | cob79424@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2013

Janice Bros

Adjunct | brojane@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2014

Jan is the lead pastor/church planter of Abbey Way Covenant Church. Graduating from Bethel University with a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Studies, she completed her education receiving a Master of Divinity degree from Bethel Seminary in 1997. She worked at Church of the Open Door in Maple Grove, Minnesota for many years, both as a lay leader and as member of the senior pastoral staff as the Pastor of Pastoral Care. Jan is an ordained to Word and Sacrament as a minister of the Evangeli. . . read more.

Jeannine Brown

Professor of New Testament | j-brown@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2000

Dr. Brown has focused much of her research and writing on the Gospels, hermeneutics, and interdisciplinary integration. In addition to a book on biblical hermeneutics (Scripture as Communication, now in second edition) and two books on integration, she has published three commentaries on Matthew's Gospel and one on Philippians (Tyndale NT series). She is a member of the NIV translation team and is an editor for the NIV Study Bible, revised edition (2020). Her current writing projects includ. . . read more.

Norah Caudill

Faculty Associate of Old Testament | n-caudill@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008

Hebrew, Hebrew Exegesis, Old Testament

Jeramy Clark

Adjunct Faculty | jac25278@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2014

Professor Clark is the Pastor of Discipleship Ministries at Emmanuel Faith Community Church in Escondido, CA. He grew up in Rodeo, CA, and has worked at several churches during his ministry career, and has also served as a High School Pastor. Jeramy has been cheerfully married to his wife Jerusha for over ten years, and is a father to Jocelyn and Jasmine.

David Diener

Adjunct Faculty | david-diener@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2009

Professor Diener offers Bethel Seminary a unique perspective to theological education with time with the US Air Force. His experience in the Air Force directly influences and is infused in his teaching in missions, global & contextual studies, and missiology.

John Anthony Dunne

Assistant Professor of New Testament | j-dunne@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017

Dr. Dunne's research interests lie primarily in the New Testament, the life and letters of Paul (esp. Galatians), Christian origins, and second temple Judaism. Within these frameworks he is fascinated by many things, including: theologies of suffering, eschatology, intertextuality, missiology and identity, participation with Christ, and the critique of imperial ideology.

Paul Ferris

Professor Emeritus | pferris@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998

Content and exegesis of the First Testament and biblical languages

Curtis Gruber

Adjunct Faculty | c-gruber@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1981

Curtis began teaching at Bethel University (College at the time) in 1981 as an instructor in New Testament Greek, and eventually taught as Lead Faculty in Christian Ministries. He has taught evangelism, discipleship, and various ministry leadership courses for the Seminary. 

Tim Henderson

Adjunct Instructor of Biblical Studies | timothy-henderson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2006

New Testament and early Christianity

Natalie Hendrickson

Adjunct Faculty and Adjunct Faculty | natalie-hendrickson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2000

Natalie is an Adjunct Faculty member who teaches internship and spiritual formation courses for the seminary. She formerly served as the Director of Supervised Ministry and Student Assessment at Bethel Seminary San Diego.

Wendy Huisken

Adjunct Faculty | wlw27568@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2016

I am an author, teacher, and scholar, who loves helping people understand the Bible so they can know God better. Most of my study has been in the Old Testament, and I am especially passionate about helping the Church taste and see how good, meaningful, and relevant it is for today.

Alison Lo

Associate Professor of Old Testament | alison-lo@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2019

Old Testament Teaching & Research. I am passionate about training church leaders to faithfully minister God's word and live out His truth. I dedicate myself to research work, believing that teaching and research must be integrated.

Shane Long

Adjunct Instructor | shane-long@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008

Family systems, differentiation of self, narrative and constructivist approaches in therapy, socio-economic and cultural issues in therapy, and integration of religion and spirituality in the field of psychotherapy.

Mark McCloskey

Professor | m-mccloskey@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1998

Biblical theology of leadership, leadership formation, organizational leadership development, team building, virtue-based leadership, strategic planning

Lyn Nixon

Adjunct Faculty | nixlyn@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2009

NT Greek, Hermeneutics, New Testament, Biblical Theology, The Use of the OT in the NT

Ramon Pastrano

Adjunct Faculty | ramon-pastrano@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2003

Dr. Pastrano is the CEO and Founder of ImpactLives Inc. He founded ImpactLives in 2007 as a laboratory for social responsibility and innovation. Through awareness-based leadership and critical thinking, his model is designed to assist individuals and organizations in developing new frameworks from where to solve the world's most challenging problems. By critically reflecting on the social-cultural and geopolitical structures as a whole, his model helps to provide a better understanding of c. . . read more.

Andrew Rowell

Assistant Professor of Ministry Leadership | a-rowell@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2013

Dr. Andy Rowell has taught mission, discipleship, and church leadership at Bethel Seminary since 2013.

Andrew Russell

Teaching Partner | andrew-russell@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2013

Andrew Russell teaches church history courses at Bethel Seminary. He also teaches a variety of theology and humanities courses in the College of Arts and Sciences. Some of his research interests include the Keswick movement, the East African Revival, the Christian and Missionary Alliance, and John Wesley.

Glen G. Scorgie

Professor of Theology | g-scorgie@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1996

Professor Scorgie teaches systematic theology and ethics, and related electives, at the Seminary. His special research interests include spiritual theology, historical theology, and environmental ethics. For many years, he has taught in Asia and assisted in the ministries of Chinese churches in San Diego, where he resides. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews (Scotland), and is a past president of the Canadian Evangelical Theological Association and, more recently, of the Soc. . . read more.

James D. Smith III

Professor | jd-smith@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988

Church History; Historical Theology; Christian biography; Spiritual life & ministry; History of Missions; Women in the Christian Tradition; Henri Nouwen; baseball history

Mark Strauss

University Professor of New Testament | m-strauss@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1993

Dr. Strauss is the author/coauthor of 20 books and many articles, and editor/co-editor of 40 volumes, with expertise in Gospels, Hermeneutics and Bible Translation. He also serves as Vice Chair of the Committee on Bible Translation for the New International Version and as an associate editor for the NIV Study Bible.

Peter Vogt

Seminary Dean | p-vogt@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2001-2014 as Professor, 2019 as Dean

As the Dean of Bethel Seminary today, Peter is passionate about striving to be a radically counter-cultural follower of Jesus and helping others grow in their capacity in this area as well. His responsibilities include casting a vision for robust online education, partnership with local churches and denominations, identifying ways of serving alumni and local pastors, maintaining all aspects of accreditation for degree programs, representing the seminary to internal and external partners, an. . . read more.