KOINOS FACULTY
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and Board of Directors.
Dr. Adeney is associate professor of
missions and cross-cultural communications at Seattle Pacific University and
research professor in the same area at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. Her
graduate degrees are from Syracuse University (M.A.) and Washington State
University (Ph.D.). She is a published scholar in her field and writes frequently
for major Christian journals. Highly regarded as a missiologist, she travels the
world and maintains personal links with non-Western Christian leaders as well as
Western missionaries around the globe. She is the director of an important
project focusing on the development of indigenous Christian literature outside
of North America and Europe. She is a member of the board of Christianity
Today.
Dr. Bence is a minister,
teacher and spiritual director. Kathy is the Director
of the KOINOS Christian Spirituality program. She leads retreats and also teaches at Fuller
Seminary Northwest. She is a graduate of Asbury
Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and Azusa Pacific University (D.Min.in Spiritual Formation). Her last book is
entitled Under Her Wings:
Spiritual Guidance from Women Saints.
Dr. Bence directs the Pacific Association for
Theological Studies and its KOINOS programs. He also teaches at
Fuller
Theological Seminary's Seattle extension
and Seattle Pacific
University. He has graduate degrees from Asbury Theological Seminary
(M.Div.) and the
University of Saint Andrews, Scotland (Ph.D.). He has written a commentary on
the Acts of the Apostles and a number of scholarly and popular
essays.
Dr. Burton is the senior minister of John
Knox Presbyterian Church in Normandy Park and serves as an adjunct professor at
both Drew University and Fuller Theological
Seminary. His graduate degrees are
from Bethel Theological Seminary (MA) and Queen's University in Belfast,
Northern Ireland (PhD). Committed to bridging the gulf between theology and the
pew (and sometimes even the pulpit!), he has been an active member of the
People's Theology Group, associated with the annual meetings of the American
Academy of Religion.
Dr. Charette is Professor of New Testament at Northwest College in Kirkland, WA, where he also serves as the Chair of the Department of Biblical and Theological Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in New Testament from the University of Sheffield (England). Dr. Charette is the author of two books on Matthew's Gospel as well as several scholarly articles on New Testament interpretation. Blaine is in his 25th year of marriage to his lovely wife Judy and is the father of two sons, Blaeden and Eliot.
Dr. Christian is senior pastor of North Seattle Church of the Nazarene in Seattle. He holds degrees from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas (B.B.A.); Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth (M.Div.); and the University of South Africa (Ph.D., Systematic Theology). Dr. Christian is a frequent speaker at retreats, college chapels, and conferences. His adjunct teaching assignments have included Dallas Christian College, Warner Pacific College, Northwest Nazarene University, George Fox University, and Seattle Pacific University.
Dr. Ekblad is executive director of Tierra Nueva and The People's Seminary in Burlington, WA. Tierra Nueva is an ecumenical ministry that seeks to share the good news of God's love and liberation in Jesus Christ to people on the margins of the church; The People's Seminary is an outgrowth of that ministry. Bob and his wife Gracie founded Tierra Nueva among the peasants in Hondurus in the 1980s and brought it back with them to Skagit Valley where they now work with immigrants, inmates and permanent Hispanic residents. Bob also works as a chaplain with Skagit County Jail Ministry and teaches as a sessional lecturer at Regent College. He holds degrees from Seattle Pacific University (BA) and Institut Protestant de Théologie (Diplôme d'Etudes, ThM, ThD).
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Dr. Al Erisman
Dr.Erisman worked for The Boeing Company for
thirty-two years, the last twelve as Director of Mathematics and Computing
Technology. In this role, he managed a staff of 250 scientists, mathematicians
and engineers with the goal of delivering value to The Boeing Company through
technology deployment. He was named one of the inaugural Boeing Senior Technical
Fellows in 1990. Erisman earned the Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and is the
co-author of two books and many articles in scientific and technical journals
and books. He is Director of the
Institute for Business, Technology and Ethics, Chair of the Information
Technology Review Panel for the National Institute for Standards and Technology)
sponsored by the National Research Council, and a member of the board of the
Washington Technology Center.
Dr. Folsom is a family counselor and
adjunct professor of biblical studies and theology at Seattle Pacific
University. He has graduate degrees from the Assemblies of God Theological
Seminary (MA), Fuller Theological Seminary (MA), and The University of Otago,
New Zealand (PhD).
Laurel Gasque heads up Faculty and Graduate
Student ministry for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of
Canada. Her graduate
degree is from Eastern College of Pennsylvania (MEd). She has also done graduate
studies in art history at Edinburgh University. A lover of languages and the arts,
she has traveled to more than 70 countries, where she has been a close observer
of the diversity of human cultures and particularly of the interface between the
Christian gospel and the arts. She is a consulting editor of Christian
History,
a contributing editor of Radix, and on the board of
Christians in the Visual Arts. She has taught part-time at Regent College, New College Berkeley, Eastern
College, and Tyndale Seminary, where she currently serves as adjunct professor
of theology and culture.
Dr. Gasque is President of Pacific
Association for Theological Studies. He has graduate degrees from Fuller
Theological Seminary (B.D., M.Th.) and Manchester University in England (Ph.D.). He
has dedicated his life to making good theology available to all of God's people.
A co-founder of Regent College in Vancouver, Canada, he has also been a visiting
scholar at Princeton Theological Seminary and the University of Lausanne
(Switzerland). He has written
two books, edited four collections of essays and more than 20 commentaries; he
has also published nearly 200 articles and many book reviews. He is the
New Testament editor of the multi-volume New International Biblical
Commentary (Hendrickson), and has served as an editor-at-large of Christianity
Today.
Dr. Joy is the
Coordinator for Christian Formation and Congregational Development for the
Anglican Diocese of New Westminster in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Formerly, he
served as Academic Dean (1975-77) and Chief Administrative Officer (1989-95) at
Regent College, where he also taught Old Testament, Hermeneutics, Biblical Greek
and Hebrew. He holds degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MA) and
McGill University (PhD). He is the editor of The Act of Bible Reading (IVP).
David Marshall ministers in the Northwest after a period of teaching at Siebold University in Japan to start Kuai Mu Institute. He is author of Jesus and the Religions of Man (2000) and True Son of Heaven: How Jesus Fulfills the Chinese Culture (1996), and has also written articles for Books and Culture, First Things, Touchstone, and other journals. He worked as a missionary and educator in Asia for 13 years, and has spoken to numerous audiences around the Pacific Rim.
Christian and Kathy Overman are
the developers of "Think Again!" workshops and co-founders of Worldview
Matters, Inc. Christian holds a M. Ed. degree from Seattle
Pacific University, where he is part of the adjunct faculty in the
Continuing Education program, and is currently working toward a D. Min.
degree from Bakke Graduate University. Christian served as a teacher,
Principal, then Superintendent of North Seattle Christian School over a period
of seventeen years, and is the author of Different Windows (Tyndale
House, 1989), Assumptions That Affect Our Lives (1996), and
Making the Connections: How to Put Biblical Worldview Integration into Practice
(2000). The Overmans are parents of four adult children, and grandparents
of eight. They reside in Bellevue, Washington, where they attend Westminster
Chapel, a Christ-centered, interdenominational church.
Rev. Dr. Palmer is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and
Princeton Theological Seminary. He is senior pastor of University Presbyterian
Church of Seattle. He is
the author of a number of commentaries, including The Book that John Wrote
(1978; 1999), and regularly teaches in seminaries, colleges and churches. He is
generally regarded as one of the best preachers in America today, and his
sermons are circulated on audio to people around the globe. Rosie worked for 11 years as a software engineer at Microsoft,
where she was one of the lead developers of Microsoft Word and Money. She
received a Masters in Christian Studies at Regent
College (Vancouver, B.C.). Her research interests include the
spiritual implications of information technology.
Dr.
Prashantham presently serves as a counselor, professor for Fuller Seminary, and
as a consultant to Microsoft's international operations. Born and educated in India, he has graduate degrees
from Trinity International University (MA) and Trinity Lutheran Seminary of Ohio
(MA, DMin). As a Christian who grew up in a country dominated by Hinduism and
where Christians are vastly outnumbered by Muslims and Sikhs as well as by
Hindus, he is ideally positioned to speak on the topic of the church around the
world.
Dr. Scalise is associate professor of Old
Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary. She has graduate degrees from Bethel
Theological Seminary (MA) and Yale University (MA, MPhil, PhD) and is a member
of Phi Beta Kappa. She has published a jointly authored commentary on Jeremiah
(Word Biblical Commentary) and a number of scholarly articles. She is celebrated
as a teacher who is able to instill a warm love for the Old Testament in her
students.
John Schwarz is the author of the
bestselling The Compact Guide to the Christian Faith (Bethany House Pub), which
has been translated into several languages and circulated around the world. It
is the first of a series of 10 books that participants in the KOINOS 101 series
are given. Schwarz is a retired business executive with graduate degrees in
business, law and theology. His vision is that every lay man or woman be firmly
grounded in the Scriptures.
Dr. Tom and Dr. Christine Sine
Dr. Christine and Dr. Tom Sine are the co-founders of Mustard
Seed Associates. They work together to
assist denominations and Christian organizations in evaluating how their world,
nation and communities are changing so they can adapt more adequately to the
challenges of the 21st Century. Tom
Sine is a consultant in futures research and planning for both Christian and
secular organizations. He has authored many books, including Mustard seed vs
McWorld: Reinventing Life and Faith for the Future. Christine
is an Australian physician who developed and directed the healthcare ministry
for YWAM’s Mercy Ships. She has a broad
background in international health and travel medicine and has worked in
Both Tom and Christine are adjunct professors for
Fuller Theological Seminary in