I have been tasked with compiling a list of all PAOC / PAONL credential holders who are either in possession of or working toward a Doctorate in some area theology related (e.g., ministry, Bible, religion, history, sociology). This may include YOU! Please pass the link to this web page on to people that you know. If you have credentials from the PANOL, I would be glad to hear from you too.
I am looking for the following information (or whatever you are comfortable providing):
- Name
- Degree, institution, and convocation year (or in progress)
- General area of study (e.g. NT, Systematic Theology)
- Primary areas of expertise (e.g., Pneumatology, Reformation history)
- Dissertation title
- Current placement (e.g., church, school)
- Contact information
You can either post your information below as a comment on this blog or e-mail me your information at agabriel(at)horizon.edu. I would prefer that you NOT e-mail me your full CV. Rather, please just send me the information as listed above so I can easily copy and paste it into my database.
Thanks!
Again, please pass the link to this web page on to people that you know.
To get the party started, I will start off with my information below…
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Andrew Gabriel
Ph.D., McMaster Divinity College, 2010.
General area of study: Systematic Theology
Primary areas of expertise: Pneumatology, Trinity, Attributes of God, Pentecostal Theology
Dissertation title: A Pneumatological Vision of God: The Holy Spirit and Classical Theism’s Doctrine of the Divine Attributes.
agabriel(at)horizon.edu
Assistant Prof Theology, Horizon College and Seminary
Peter Neumann
PhD (2010) University of St. Michael’s College
General area: Theology
Expertise: Pentecostal theology, Pneumatology, Soteriology, and other ologies. Some philosophy, including Phil of science.
Diss title: Encountering the Spirit: Pentecostal Mediated Experience of God in Theological Context
Academic Dean at Master’s College
Peter.neumann@mcs.edu
William Raccah
Ph.D, Laval University, 2002
OT
OT Ethics and Cultural Anthropology
Widows at the Gate – Close Kin Relationships and Economical Dimensions in the Stipulation of the Law of the Levirate as Articulated in Deuteronomy 25.5-10
University Laval and McGill University
wvc3@telus.net – 403-978-2525
William Raccah
PhD – Laval University – 2002
Old Testament
OT Ethics and Cultural Anthropology
Widows at the Gate – Close Kin Relationships and Economical Dimensions in the Stipulation of the Law of the Levirate as Articulated in Deuteronomy 25.5-10
Laval University and McGill University
wvc3@telus.net – 403-978-2525 (cell)
Geoff Butler
Ph.D. (Cand.), Wycliffe College, University of Toronto
Area of Study: Systematic and Historical Theology
Areas of Expertise: John Calvin, Reformation Theology, Pentecostal Studies, Pneumatology
Dissertation: A Pentecostal Engagement with John Calvin’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper
geoffrey.butler@mail.utoronto.ca
Pastor, Calvary Pentecostal Church, St. Lunaire-Griquet, NL
Adam Stewart
PhD, University of Waterloo, 2012
General area of study: Religious Studies
Primary areas of expertise: Sociology of Religion; Qualitative Research Methodology; Congregational Studies; Religious Diversity in North America; Canadian Pentecostalism; History of Christianity.
Dissertation title: Quenching the Spirit: The Transformation of Religious Identity and Experience in Three Canadian Pentecostal Churches.
asstewart(at)uwaterloo.ca
– James Richards
– D. Min.- Trinity Evangelical Divinity School- 1989
– Communications
– Application of Homileticsal Techniques for Church Small Groups
– Pentecostal Financial Services Group, Executive Director
– jrichards@paoc.org
Richard Burton
D.Min Fuller School of Theology
General Area of Study: Practical Theology
Areas of Expertise: Christology, Pneumatology
Dissertation: An Ecclesiology for Effective Ministry at Calvary Pentecostal Church in the Twenty First Century
richard.burton2@symptico.ca
Randall Holm
PhD Laval University, 1996
General area of study: Theology
areas of expertise: Biblical Theology, Canadian Pentecostalism, Judaic Studies, New Testament
Dissertation: A Paradigmatic Analysis of Authority Within Pentecostalism
Currently Teaching: Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Providence University College
Randall.holm@prov.ca
Bradley Truman Noel
ThD University of South Africa, 2008
DMin Acadia University, c2014
General Area of Study: Practical Theology
Areas of Expertise: Pneumatology, Hermeneutics, Postmodernity, Youth Culture
Dissertation: Pentecostal and Postmodern Hermeneutics – Comparison and Contemporary Impact
bnoel@tyndale.ca
Jeromey Martini
PhD, University of Edinburgh
General Area of Study: New Testament and Christian Origins
Areas of Expertise: Paul, Second Temple Judaism
Dissertation: “Anthropology, Eschatology, and Ethics in 1 Corinthians”
Jonathan Bersot
PhD Candidate, University of Montreal (should be finished in 2013)
General area of study: Bible Studies
Areas of Expertise: Exegesis, New Testament, Luke and Acts, Narrative Criticism
Dissertation: The characterization of «Jesus the Living one» in the narrative of Acts
jbersot@paoc.org
Shane Simms
Pentecostal Assembies of Newfoundland and Labrador
D.Min–Tyndale University College and Seminary, 2012
General Area of Study: Christian Leadership
Areas of Expertise: Missional Church Models, Missiology, Family Systems Theory, Congregational Studies.
Dissertation: Moving Forward in Mission-Introducing Missional Life to a Rural Newfoundland and Labrador Pentecostal Church Through Shared Narratives and Missional Experiments
simms.shane@gmail.com
Allison S. MacGregor
PhD (in progress), Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, 2016/17
General Area of Study: Systematic Theology
Areas of Expertise: Pentecostal Theology, Pneumatology, Pentecostal History, Pentecostal Dialogue
amacgregor(at)hopecbs(dot)ca
Thank you to everyone who has responded here or by e-mail. I extend an open invitation to others to continue to respond as people come across this page.
Van Johnson
ThD, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto
Thesis: The Development of Sheol
Expertise: NT Studies, Second Temple Judaism, Pentecostalism
Position: Dean, Master’s Pentecostal Seminary, Toronto; Pastor, Agincourt Pentecostal Church; Adjunct in NT, Tyndale Seminary
vjohnson@apchurch.com
Josh Samuel
PhD (Candidate), McMaster Divinity College (hoping to graduate in 2013)
General Area of Study: Theology
Primary Areas of Expertise: Pentecostal history and theology; the Great Awakenings, Worship, Homiletics,
Dissertation focus: Pentecostal theology of worship
Jeff Beck
DMin, 2002 from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Trinity International University)
General area of study: Practical Theology
Primary areas of expertise: OT and Spiritual Gifts
Current placement: Lead Pastor, Delta Church (Delta, B.C.)
Contact information: dr.pastorjeff@gmail.com
Name: Wilf Hildebrandt
Degree: D.Th., University of South Africa, 2004
General area of study (OT Theology)
Primary areas of expertise (Missiology; OT Theology; NT)
Dissertation title: The Cessation of Prophecy in the Old Testament
Current placement: Dean of Education, Summit Pacific College
Contact information: deanofeducation@summitpacific.ca
Dave Demchuk
D.Min Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Dissertation – The Design and Implementation of a Volunteer Ministry Program
Primary Areas of Expertise/Teaching – Leadership, Practical Theology, Pauline Pneumatology, NT Greek, Pentecostal History.
President, Summit Pacific College
ddemchuk@summitpacific.ca
Charles A. Coats
D.Min Northwest Graduate School/Ministry
Dissertation: Jesus Before His Birth and After His Death
Expertise: Apologetics, Systematic Theology, Hermeneutics
Teaching Experience: Northwest College/University, Seattle; AGTS; Summit Pacific College
David B. Milley
Pentecostal Assemblies Of Newfoundland And Labrador
D.Min Providence Theological Seminary
Dissertation: A Study Of The Pentecostal Assemblies Of Newfoundland’s Message Of seperation
General Area Of Study: Church Leadership
Gibson, Graham
PhD (in progress), Wilfrid Laurier University, hopefully by Fall 2012
General area of study: Religious Studies, Religion & Culture
Primary areas of expertise: Anthropology of Religion, World & Folk Religions, Aboriginal Religions, Cross-Cultural Studies, Evangelism, Missions, Ethics
Dissertation title: Dancing in the Fire: Aboriginal Pentecostalism in Northern Ontario and Manitoba Camp Meetings
Current placement: Full-Time Faculty, Master’s College & Seminary
Contact information: Graham.Gibson@mcs.edu
Wilf Hildebrandt (Dean at Summit Pacific College) asked me to post information on an opening they have for the position of “Biblical Theology Director.” See this link: http://andrewgabriel.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/biblical-theology-job-descrip.doc
Name: David Courey
Degree: Ph.D. McMaster Divinity College, 2011
General Area of Study: Theology
Primary Areas: Luther Studies, 19th Century North American Religious History, Pentecostal Theology
Dissertation title: What Has Wittenberg to Do with Azusa? : Luther’s Theology of The Cross and Pentecostal Triumphalism
Current placement: Pastor, Calvary Pentecostal Assembly, Cambridge, ON
Contact information: dcourey56@hotmail.com
Name:John A. Bertone
Degree: Ph.D., University of St. Michael’s College (University of Toronto)
General Area of Study: New Testament, New Testamet Theology
Primary Areas: Pauline Literature- Pneumatology, Law, Hermeneutics
Dissertation Title: “The Law of the Spirit”: The Experience of the Spirit and Displacement of the Law in Romans 8:1-16 (Published with Peter Lang)
Contact Information: jabertone@sympatico.ca
Contact information changed. Johnabertone@gmail.com
D.Min through Trinity Western University
General area of study: Church Ministry
Theme of dissertation: Intimacy in Pentecostal worship
Currently English Ministries pastor Calgary Chinese Pentecostal Church
Contact: Stephen.Laing@mytwu.ca
Hello
:
I am Gerry Tonn lead pastor of Cedarview Church in Paris Ontario. In 2015 I completed my Doctor of Ministry Degree in Leadership from Tyndale College and Seminary. The theme of my dissertation was Using Appreciative Inquiry and Focused Sermons to Move Congregational Members of Cedarview Church in Paris Ontario to Develop Friendships with
Non-Christian Neighbour.
Blessings:
Gerry Tonn
Congratulations on completing your program!
Thanks so much
Dale Sanger
DPT, McMaster Divinity College (Starting Winter 2019)
Practical Theology with an Emphasis on the Small Church in the Canadian Context
Lead Pastor, New Life Assembly Belle River, On
Was supposed to begin this term but had to delay it one term
Stephen Barkley
DPT, McMaster Divinity College, in progress
General area of study: Practical Theology
Primary areas of expertise: Charismatic Prophecy, Pentecostalism
Dissertation title in progress
Lead Pastor at Wellington St. Pentecostal Church, Bracebridge
Adjunct Instructor (online) at Master’s College & Seminary
paddler@stephenbarkley.com
http://stephenbarkley.com
Name: Chris Padiath
Doctor of Educational Ministry in Christian Worship from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Areas of expertise: Christian worship, ethnodoxology and multi-ethnic church
Dissertation title: Reconciled in Christ: An Intertextual Biblical Model for Ethnodoxology Practice in Local Church Ministry
Current placement: Lead Pastor at Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly. Adjunct Faculty at Master’s College & Seminary.
Contact information: chris@wpa.church
Name: David Long
Degree: DPT (in progress)
institution: McMaster Divinity
General area of study: Practical Theology
Primary areas of expertise: Pentecostal Sacramentality, Pentecostal Theology
Dissertation title: Pentecostal Sacramentality and the practice of Holy Communion.
Current placement: Calvary North Bay (cpt)
Contact information: revdavelong@hotmail.com
Name: David Fortune
Degree, D.Min. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary – 2004
General area of study – Leadership Studies
Primary areas of expertise Small Group Ministry / Missions
Dissertation title – Small Groups in PAOC churches
Current placement (e.g., church, school): GW – Pastor – Crossroads Basel, Switzerland
Contact information david@thefortunes.ca
Brent Gibson
D.W.S. The Robert E Webber Institute For Worship Studies, Jacksonville, FL. USA, 2009
Worship Studies (Biblical, Historical, and Practical Theology)
Biblical Theology of Worship, Pentecostal Worship, Music, and Music/Sound Production Technology
Designing and Implementing Pentecostal Worship Gatherings in Today’s Emerging Canadian Context
Program Director for:
Music Leadership
Sound Production and Media
Summit Pacific College
bgibson@summitpacific.ca
W. Paul Franks
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2012.
General area of study: Philosophy
Primary areas of expertise: Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Christian Apologetics
Dissertation title: A Rational Problem of Evil: The Coherence of Christian Theism and the Free Will Defense
pfranks(at)tyndale.ca
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Tyndale University
Gerald Michalski
D. Min. Providence Theological Seminary 2005
General Area of Study: Leadership/Pastoral Theology
Dissertation Title: Rethinking Church for Emerging Generations
Lead Pastor Soul Sanctuary Winnipeg
gsm@soulsanctuary.ca
In progress, DMin Leadership, Tyndale 2023.
Dale Sanger
Doctor of Practical Theology, McMaster Divinity (Dissertation stated)
Spirituality of the Small Church Pastor
Church History, Spirituality, Pentecostal Theology, Pastoral Theology
Pastor at New Life Assembly (Belle River, ON), Adjunct Faculty at Bridges Christian College (New Orleans, LA – Church History, Fundamentals of Speech, Pastoral Theology)
James Kelly
D. Min.
Knox Theological Seminary, 2018
Theological Exegesis
Biblical Theology, Pneumatology,
Rebuilding the Walls, Confronting and Restoring Sin Damaged Saints.
Global Worker awaiting departure for the field.
James.kelly@paoc.org
David Kentie
Ph.D., Bangor University, (in-process).
General area of study: Systematic Theology
Primary areas of expertise: Eschatology, Ecclesiology, Pneumatology, Pentecostal Theology
Dissertation topic: The Historical and Theological Development of Canadian Pentecostal Eschatology
dkentie@tyndale.ca
Part-time lecturer, Tyndale University
Name: Carmen Kampman
DMin Leadership & Spiritual Formation, Portland Seminary at George Fox University in Portland, Oregon. In progress.
General area of study: Leadership & Spiritual Formation
Primary Areas of Expertise: Leadership Foundations & Spiritual Formation
Project Focus: Licensed Minister to Ordained Minister Training Template
Spiritual Care Practitioner (Hospice); Associate Pastor (Church)
Contact information: carmen@leadwomen.ca
Jamie Stewart
DIS (intercultural studies), Fuller Theological Seminary, 2017
General area of study: Practical Theology/Missions
Dissertation: The Effect of Globalization on the Church: Achieving Unity in the Midst of Diversity
Current Placement: Life Church (AG), Kissimmee Florida; Adjunct Faculty – Southeastern University, Lakeland, FL
jamiestewart1017@gmail.com
407.747.6891 (cell)
Thank you again to everyone who has responded here or by e-mail. I extend an open invitation to others to continue to respond as people come across this page.
Marlene Lorraine Martin
South Africa
Masters Degree Link http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/2686
Christian Ethics
Doctorate Degree Link http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/13579
Spirituality, medical science and health
Aaron M. Ross
PhD (2019), University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto (Wycliffe College)
General area: Theology, concentration in the History of Christianity
Primary area of expertise: The history of Christian mission among Indigenous People in what is now called Canada.
Dissertation title: “The Heavens Have Become a Highway:” The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Northland Mission and the Indigenous Principle”
Current placement: Lead Pastor, Richmond Pentecostal Church, Richmond BC
Contact information: aaron(at)rpcchurch.ca
Geoff Butler
Ph.D. (Cand.), Wycliffe College, University of Toronto
Area of Study: Systematic and Historical Theology
Areas of Expertise: John Calvin, Reformation Theology, Pentecostal Studies, Pneumatology
Dissertation: A Pentecostal Engagement with John Calvin’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper
geoffrey.butler@mail.utoronto.ca
Pastor, Calvary Pentecostal Church, St. Lunaire-Griquet, NL