The Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary faculty is as international and diverse as the seminary student body. Presently it consists of 57 members, including seven part-time professors emeriti. In addition there are 31 adjunct professors, two visiting professors, 22 affiliated professors, and a number of occasional contract and guest teachers. Twenty-six regular faculty members either were born outside the U.S. or have a non-North American culture. There are six women, one Asian, four Blacks, and six Hispanics.
Of the 57 regular members, 30 have doctoral degrees from schools other than Andrews University and 13 are Andrews alumni. Ten are soon to obtain doctoral degrees. The accumulated years of experience in pastoring, evangelism, missions, or church leadership by the faculty before joining the seminary amounts to 452 years. Faculty members continue their heavy involvement in the church throughout the world.
The following directory gives a synoptic profile of the seminary faculty. It may also serve as a reference source for church leaders who may want to call upon the faculty for special services.
Christian Ministry Department
Douglas R. Kilcher: department chair; director, Center of Continuing Education for Ministry and the M.A. in pastoral ministry; church planting, equipping of laity, church growth, church leadership, and field education. Lilianne Doukhan: Beltz Chair of Church Music; worship and church music. Roger L. Dudley: director, Institute of Church Ministry; research, counseling, and religious education. John F. Duge: part-time, health ministry and physician-minister relationships../?. Clifford Jones: urban ministry, preaching, and Black church ministry. James J. North: seminary chaplain; counseling and chaplaincy ministries. Ricardo Norton: church growth, evangelism, and Hispanic ministry. Benjamin D. Schoun: associate dean; director, Master of Divinity program; church leadership, church organization, and conflict management. Kenneth B. Stout: chair, H.M.S. Richards Lectureship Committee; preaching and evangelism. H. Peter Swanson: pastoral counseling and psychological testing. Alfonso Valenzuela: associate director, Institute of Hispanic Ministry; marriage and family, pastoral counseling, and Hispanic ministry. Ronald H. Whitehead: director, Center for Youth Evangelism. Randal R. Wisbey: director, M.A. in youth ministry; youth ministry, preaching. Stephen P. Vitrano (emeritus) part-time: preaching and worship.
North American Division Evangelism Institute (NADEI):
Russell Burrill, church growth and public evangelism; Cynthia Burrill, felt needs; Donald C. James, small groups; Eduard E. Schmidt, personal evangelism and Hispanic evangelism; and Ernest B. Young, African-American evangelism.
Church History
Walter B. T. Douglas: department chair; history of religion, world religions, English reformation, and mission. P. Gerard Damsteegt: historical theology and Adventist history. George Knight: Adventist history, modern church history, and educational philosophy. Jerry Moon: associate editor, Andrews University Seminary Studies', Reformation and Ellen White studies. C. Mervyn Maxwell (emeritus) part time: early church history, Adventist history and theology. Kenneth A. Strand (emeritus) part-time: Reformation, Sabbath, and Revelation.
New Testament
Robert M. Johnston: department chair; gospels, Judaism and Christian origins. P. Richard Choi: writings of Paul, advanced Greek, and New Testament ethics. Jon Paulien: New Testament interpretation, apocalyptic, and reaching the secular mind. W. Larry Richards: director, Greek Manuscript Research Center; New Testament exegesis and New Testament formation.
Old Testament
Richard M. Davidson: department chair; Old Testament interpretation, sanctuary, and Old Testament theology. Niels-Erik Andreasen: university president; Old Testament studies. Jacques B. Doukhan: Hebrew, Old Testment exegesis and eschatology. Roy E. Gone: Hebrew Bible, ancient Near Eastern languages, and sanctuary. P. David Merling: curator, Horn Archaeological Museum; archaeology and history of antiquity. J. Bjomar Storfjell: archaeology and history of antiquity. Randall W. Younker: director, Ph.D./ Th.D. programs and the Institute of Archaeology; archaeology and science and religion. Leona G. Running (emerita) part-time: biblical and other ancient Near Eastern languages.
Theology and Christian Philosophy
Miroslav M. Kis: department chair; ethics and church and society. John T. Baldwin: acting director, M.Div. program, and director, seminary chorus; science and religion, systematic theology. Antonio Bueno: historical theology, salvation. Fernando L. Canale: philosophy and systematic theology. JoAnn Davidson: under study. Atilio Dupertuis: director, Institute of Hispanic Ministry; theology and courses for Hispanics. J. H. Denis Fortin: historical theology, Adventist theology, Ellen White studies. Warren Johns: seminary librarian. Peter VanBemmelen: biblical theology, eschatology, righteousness by faith. Daniel Augsburger (emeritus) part-time: historical theology and church history. Raoul Dederen (emeritus) part-time: historical theology.
World Mission
Jon Dybdahl: department chair; theology and practice of mission. Bruce Bauer: director, D.Min. program; mission. Erich Baumgartner: coordinator, Global Data Bank; leadership development, church growth, and mission preparation. Patricia Jo Gustin: director, Institute of World Mission; mission preparation. Rudolf Maier: director, M.S.A. in International Development; mission and development. Bruce Moyer: director, Center for Urban Mission; urban mission and mission preparation. Nancy Vyhmeister: editor, Andrews University Seminary Studies; mission, biblical languages, and research. Werner Vyhmeister: seminary dean; history of mission. Russell Staples (emeritus) part-time: theology of mission.
