School of Theological Studies

Timothy Powell, Ph.D., Associate Dean In 1919, the first students at Bethany University's precursor, Glad Tidings Bible Institute in San Francisco, met to study the Bible as preparation for reaching a needy world with the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Today, the School of Theological Studies forms the heart of Bethany's curriculum and the core of the University's Pentecostal heritage. By providing biblical, theological, and ministry training for all graduates of the University, the School of Theological Studies strives to prepare students for service to God, church, and society. Graduates with majors in the School of Theological Studies leave Bethany with insights and skills for ministry around the corner and around the globe.

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Mission

The mission of the School of Theological Studies is to prepare Christian servant-leaders through personal formation and through the academic, spiritual, and professional disciplines unique to the work of ministry.

Careers

Graduates of Bethany's School of Theological Studies serve in a variety of fields and vocations, both in the ministry and in the marketplace. Many have distinguished themselves as senior pastors, youth pastors, children's pastors, music ministers, missionaries, evangelists, administrators, editors of religious books and journals, authors, leaders of Para-church ministries, educators, as well as in a variety of secular settings.

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Faculty

Full-time

Daniel Albrecht, Professor of Church History and Christian Spirituality

B.A., Central Bible College; M.S., Southern Illinois University; M.A., Western Evangelical Seminary; Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union

Jimmie Brewer, Professor of Church Leadership

B.S., Arkansas State University; M.A., M.Div., Assemblies of God Theological Seminary; D.Min., Harding University Graduate School of Religion

Richard Israel, Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages

B.A., Northwest University; M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Timothy Powell, Professor of Biblical Literature and Languages

B.S., Bethany University; M.Div., Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary

Koo Dong Yun, Professor of Theology

B.A., Bethany University; M.Div., M.S.T., Yale University; Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union

Part-time

Truett Bobo, Professor Emeritus of Theology

B.A., Vanguard University; M.Div., Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary

Brad Abley, Instructor of Bible and Church History

B.A., San Jose State University; M.Div., Regent University

Mark Hulse, Professor of Music

B.A., M.A., San Jose State University; D.M.A., Stanford University

Charles Self, Adjunct Professor of Theology and Church History

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Graduate Theological Union; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

James W. Stewart, Adjunct Professor of Missions

B.A., Bethany University; M.A., Assemblies of God Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Washington

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