The Faculty

 

Debra Brensinger

Co-Director, C. N. Hostetter, Jr. Mentoring Program - Messiah College
B.A., Messiah College
B.S.N., Messiah College
M.A., Chestnut Hill College
Terry Brensinger

Senior Pastor - Grantham Church
Professor of Biblical Studies - Messiah College
B.A., Messiah College
M.A., M.Div., Asbury Seminary
M.Phil., Drew University
Ph.D., Drew University
Leonard Chester

Associate for Resource Development, Canadian Conference
Associate Pastor, Port Colborne
B.A., Wilfred Laurier University
M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary
Daryl Climenhaga

Associate Professor of Global Studies - Providence Theological Seminary
B.A., Messiah College
M.Div., Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
D.Miss., Asbury Theological Seminary


Michael Cosby

Professor of New Testament and Greek - Messiah College
B.S., University of Montana
M.A., Western Kentucky University
Ph.D., Emory University
Rob Douglass

Instructor of Worship and Church Music - Ashland Theological Seminary
B.A., Messiah College
M.Div., Ashland Theological Seminary
Ph.D. Candidate, Duquesne University


Anne Findlay-Chamberlain


Kahu (Pastor) - Wananalua Congregational Church
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.Ed., Shippensburg University
M.Div., North Park Theological Seminary
David L. Hall

Director - Heart for God Ministries
B.A., Hobe Sound Bible College
M.A., Columbia International University
M.T.S., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
D.Min., Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Pauline Hogan

Teaching Assistant, Department of Religious Studies - McMaster University
B.A., Brock University
M.A., McMaster University
Ph.D., McMaster University


Fred Holland

Coach for Church Planting - Brethren in Christ World Missions
B.R.E., Messiah College
Th.B., Messiah College
B.A., Greenville College
M.R.E., Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary
D.Miss., Fuller Theological Seminary
(pictured above) Grace Holland

Chair of Brethren in Christ Board for World Missions
B.A., Greenville College
M.A., Fuller Missions
D.Miss., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School


Dennis Hollinger

President, Evangelical School of Theology
B.A., Elizabethtown College
M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
M.Phil., Ph.D., Drew University


Luke Keefer

Professor of Church History and Theology - Ashland Theological Seminary
B.A., Messiah College
B.Th., Messiah College
M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary
M.A., Temple University
Ph.D., Temple University
A. Serounian Keir

Principal - Pacific Christian School
Associate Pastor - New Community Brethren in Christ Church
Adjunct Professor - Haggard School of Theology, Azusa Pacific University
B.A., Oral Roberts University
M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary
Kessler Edwin Kessler

Senior Pastor - Free Grace Brethren in Christ Church
B.A., Messiah College
M.Div., Evangelical School of Theology
Peter von Keyserling

Pastor - Ridge View BIC
B.S., Virginia Tech
M.Div., Ashland Theological Seminary
D.Min., Ashland Theological Seminary



George Kimber


Senior Pastor - Speedwell Heights Brethren in Christ Church
former Associate Professor of Biblical Literature - Messiah College
B. A., Southern California College
M.Div., Ashland Theological Seminar
M. A., Ashland Theological Seminary
D.Min.; Ashland Theological Seminary


Steve Lane

Pastor - Redland Valley Brethren in Christ Church
Adjunct Professor in Bible - Messiah College
M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
D.Min., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Paul Lehman-Schletewitz

Adjunct Professor in School of Religion - Azusa Pacific University
Adjunct Professor in the English Department - Azusa Pacific University
Junior High Youth Minister - New Community Brethren in Christ
B.A., Azusa Pacific College
M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary

Matthew Lewis

Pastor - New Vision Brethren in Christ Church
B.A., Messiah College
M.Div., North Park Theological Seminary
D.Min. candidate, Ashland Theological Seminary


Jay McDermond

Associate Professor of Christian Ministry and Spirituality
B.A., Messiah College
M.Div., Mennonite Biblical Seminary
D.Min. Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Chris McNiven

Director of Organization and Leadership Development-Fairview Ministries, Inc.
Adjunct Professor, School of Social Sciences, Trinity International University
B.S., Houghton College
M.A., Trinity International University
Ed.D. Candidate, Indiana Wesleyan University



David J. Miller

Adjunct Professor Department of Bible and Religion, Messiah College
B.S. University of California at Berkeley
M.A. in Hebrew Studies at Jerusalem University College
Fred Miller

Senior Pastor - Cumberland Valley Brethren in Christ Church
B.S., Drexel University


Dorothy (Pat) Oldham

Director of Children's Ministries - Mt. Pleasant BIC
M.Div., Evangelical School of Theology
Alan Robinson

Senior Pastor - Carlisle Brethren in Christ Church
Adjunct Professor in Christian Ministry - Messiah College
B.A., Manchester University
M.Th., Oxford University
D.Min., Asbury Theological Seminary


David Sassaman


Deacon, Treasurer, Sunday School Teacher - Free Grace Brethren in Christ Church
B.A., University of Pennsylvania
M.A., University of Delaware

Elisa Joy Seibert


Adjunct Instructor in Pastoral Counseling - Messiah College
B.A., Messiah College
M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary
M.A., Asbury Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Gannon University

Eric Seibert


Assistant Professor of Old Testament - Messiah College
Director of the Sider Institute - Messiah College
Director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Initiative - Messiah College
B.A., Messiah College
M.A., M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary
M.Phil., Ph.D., Drew University

Carl Shank

Pastor of Administration and Church Development - Cross Roads BIC, Mount Joy, PA
B.S., Dickinson College
M.Div., Westminster Theological Seminary
Th.M., Westminster Theological Seminary

E. Morris Sider

Professor Emeritus of History and English Literature - Messiah College
Editor and Executive Director - Brethren in Christ Historical Society
B.A., Upland College
Th.B., Upland College
M.A., University of Western Ontario
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Brian Smith
Brian Smith

Teaching Pastor and Sr. Lecturer in Bible at Messiah College
B.A. Taylor University
M.Div. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
M.Phil., Ph.D. Hebrew Jewish Union College Institute of Religion

Jim Sollenberger

Sr. Pastor - West Side Brethren In Christ Church
B.S. Messiah College
M. Div. Ashland Theological Seminary

Gregory Starr

Pastor of Congregational Care - Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ Church
B.A., Messiah College
M.A., Ashland Theological Seminary

Lynn Thrush


Senior Pastor - Gateway Community Church
Adjunct Professor - Asuza Pacific University
B.A., Messiah College
M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary
D.Min., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary


David Weaver-Zercher

Associate Professor of American Religious History- Messiah College
Chair, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies - Messiah College
B.A., Messiah College
M.Div., Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



John Yeatts

Associate Dean of General Education and Common Learning - Messiah College
B.A., Messiah College
M.Div., Princeton Seminary
Ph.D., Purdue University