PRESENT STATUS:

• Professor of Bible, Warner Southern College
• Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, Warner Southern College
• Ordained Minister of the Church of God, Anderson, Indiana.

• Ph.D. in Religion, Duke University (Durham, North Carolina), 1993 with the Major in Hebrew Bible and Semitic Languages, and Minors in Anthropology and the History of Judaism.
• M.A. in Religion, School of Theology, Anderson University (Anderson, Indiana), 1978 graduated with Academic Honor with the Major in Biblical Studies.
• B. A., Anderson Univesity (Anderson, Indiana), 1975 graduated cum laude with the Major in Religious Studies, and Minors in History and Psychology.

• Pastor, Asbury Park First Church of God, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1980-1986.

• Instructor at Pastor In-Service Training, Mandeville, Jamaica, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1998.
• Leader in various Youth Conferences, Singles Conferences and Church Retreats

• "Equal Access to Grace in Ministry" in Listening to the Word of God, Warner Press, 1990.
• Honored as one of the distinguished Christian educators of the Church of God, Teachers of Recognition Award, 1998.
• Comment editing of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs in the New International Version Reflecting God Study Bible Zondervan Publishing House, 1999.
• Carnegie Professor of the Year, Warner Southern College, 1999

• Born October 13, 1952; married to Connie in 1973, parent of two children: Sarah and James.