Faculty

Your professors are more than just educators. They are also ministry practitioners who are deeply engaged in the life of the church. There is no room for an ivory tower here—your professors practice what they teach.

Regular Faculty

Get to know the core and administrative faculty at Western Seminary.

Gerry Breshears, PhD Professor of Theology | Director, Master of Applied Biblical Leadership

Chuck Conniry, PhD President | Professor of Pastoral Theology

Daniel K. Eng, DMin, PhD Associate Professor of New Testament Language and Literature | Director, Master of Theology

Pali Gill, PhD Associate Professor of Counseling

Dan Kimball, DMin Vice President of Church Mission and Strategy | Associate Professor of Leadership and Theology | Director, Master of Arts in Ministry and Leadership (Cohorts) | Director, Doctor of Ministry in Leadership, Innovation, and Theology | Director, Regeneration Project

John Y. Kwak, PhD Vice President of Academic Affairs | Dean of Faculty | Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology | Chair, Center for Ministry and Leadership Studies | Director, Doctor of Ministry

Todd Miles, PhD Professor of Theology

Andrew Pack, EdD Associate Dean of Academic Affairs | Associate Professor of Christian Formation | Director, Master of Arts in Ministry and Leadership (Traditional)

Jon Raibley, EdD Assistant Professor of Educational Ministry | Director, Master of Divinity | Associate Director of Global Learning

Judith Richards, PhD Professor of Counseling  | Chair, Center of Personal and Spiritual Formation (San Jose) | Director, Master of Arts in Counseling (San Jose)

Jan Verbruggen, PhD Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature | Chair, Center for Biblical and Theological Studies | Director, Master of Arts in Biblical and Theological Studies | Coordinator for Israel Study Programs

Enoch Wan, PhD Professor of Intercultural Studies | Director, Doctor of Philosophy in Intercultural Education and Doctor of Intercultural Studies

Bryan Warren, PhD Associate Professor of Counseling | Chair, Center for Personal and Spiritual Formation (Portland/Online) | Director, Master of Arts in Counseling (Portland/Online)

Emeritus Faculty

J. Carl Laney, ThD Professor Emeritus

Ron Marrs, PhD Professor Emeritus

Randy Roberts, DMin President Emeritus | Professor of Spiritual Life Development

Adjunct Faculty and Visiting Lecturers

Phyllis Bennett, DMin Women's Transformational Leadership

Richard Blaylock, PhD New Testament

Trish Bussey Jeter, MA Women's Transformational Leadership

Amanda Goletto Carnes, MA Counseling

Cody Cannon, DMin Pastoral Ministry

Amber Dillon, PhD New Testament

Karen Hedinger, EdD Intercultural Studies

Mark Hedinger, DIS Intercultural Studies

Gale Heide, Phd Bible and Theology

Brad Henderson, DMin Ministry

Aaron Mattox, ThM New Testament

Russell Meek, PhD Biblical Studies

Steve Mathewson, PhD Ministry

David Nystrom, PhD New Testament

Tim Osborn, DMin Pastoral Ministry

Demetrius Rogers, DMin Bible and Theology

Isaac Serrano, ThD Pastoral Ministry

Stephen Stallard, PhD Ministry

Lee Thai, PhD Theology

Matthew Thiesen, MLS Research Methods

Norm Thiesen, PhD Counseling