Faculty Openings - Florida
- Position: Professor of Homiletics
- Application Deadline: February 15, 2009
The Position:
Increased enrollments and heightened commitment within the Seminary to the preparation of leadership for church and parachurch ministries have resulted in the need to fill a faculty position in Homiletics on the Florida Campus of Asbury Theological Seminary. This is a tenure-track position. Rank is open. The initial appointment is for three years, with a teaching load of fifteen hours (five courses) in the first year, 18 hours (six courses) thereafter. The person hired in this position will offer at least one but no more than two courses each year in the Seminary's Extended Learning (ExLTM) Program. The position will commence July 1, 2009.
Qualifications:
• A strong personal faith in Jesus Christ, mature Christian character, and active involvement in one's congregational and denominational life;
• Of Wesleyan heritage;
• Full agreement with and embrace of the confessional and ethos statements of Asbury Theological Seminary;
• Theological training at the graduate level;
• Cross-cultural ministerial and/or professional experience is highly regarded;
• Completion of a Ph.D. (or equivalent, terminal academic) degree in homiletics, preaching or another field appropriate to graduate-level instruction in preaching;
• Demonstrated effectiveness as a preacher;
• Demonstrated effectiveness or promise as a classroom teacher in a multicultural setting;
• Demonstrated ability or promise with regard to collegial relations and contribution as a member of a theological faculty;
• Demonstrated scholarship ability, as represented in academic publications and/or active participation in scholarly societies, or evidence of capacity and commitment to make a scholarly contribution within one's field; and
• Willingness to receive training in distance-learning technology and participate fully in the School's Extended Learning (ExLTM) Program.
Preference:
Due to the context of theological education on the Florida -Dunnam Campus and to overall curricular needs, preference will be given to candidates who:
• Have ordination and pastoral experience;
• Complement the current faculty on the Florida Campus in terms of gender and ethnicity; and/or are bilingual (Spanish and English); and who
• Bring with them a primary emphasis on any of the following areas related to: Preaching/Homiletics, Biblical studies, Worship/liturgy/Christian worship music, Communication doctorate w/ preaching experience; and a secondary emphasis in one of the following fields: Missions, Cultural anthropology/Sociology, Theology and Christian leadership.
Application and Correspondence
Please send a letter of application and current curriculum vitae, and have three letters of reference sent to:
Dr. Steve Harper
Asbury Theological Seminary
8401 Valencia College Lane
Orlando, Fl 32825
Steve.harper@asburyseminary.edu
Nominations or questions about this search may be addressed to Dr. Steve Harper at the address above.
Application deadline: February 15, 2009.
Asbury Theological Seminary - Florida
ATS-Florida opened its doors in the Fall of 1999 with 69 students. Currently the Florida Campus has an enrollment of almost 300 students in the Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Christian Ministry programs and Masters of Arts in Counseling and in Pastoral Care. Approximately 25 percent of the student body is non-White, approximately 50 percent are women.
The Florida Faculty includes:
Dr. Steve Harper Vice-President and Professor of Spiritual Formation
Dr. Tapiwa N. Mucherera, Assistant Provost and Professor of Pastoral Counseling
Dr. Zaida Maldonado Perez, Associate Professor of Church History and Theology
Mr. Bill Patrick, Instructor of Biblical Languages
Dr. Brian Russell, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies
Dr. Daryl Smith, Director of Mentored Ministries and Associate Professor of Christian Leadership and Discipleship
Dr. Bob Tuttle, Professor of Evangelism
Dr. Thomas Buchan, Assistant Professor of Theology
Dr. Javier Sierra, Associate Professor of Counseling
Dr. James Miller, Associate Professor of New Testament/ IBS
General Information
Asbury Theological Seminary was founded in 1923 to meet the need for a graduate theological seminary committed to the historic Wesleyan interpretation of evangelical Christianity: "to prepare and send forth a well-trained, sanctified, Spirit-filled, evangelistic ministry" to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world. The contemporary form of this mission commits the Seminary to maintain a multidenominational, multicultural community that:
(1) Pursues the union of sound learning and vital piety through excellence in graduate, professional, and continuing studies for ordained and lay ministries; and provides resources for scholarly leadership in the Wesleyan-Arminian tradition;
(2) Nurtures men and women called of God for parish ministry and other forms of servant leadership in the experience and practice of personal and social holiness as defined by Scripture and Wesleyan theology;
(3) Encourages its members, in their teaching, scholarship, and service, to live out the witness of a Spirit-filled life formed by the authority of Scripture; and
(4) Prepares women and men for prophetic ministries of redemption and renewal in an increasingly urbanized and secularized world.
The Seminary consists of four schools: the School of the Practice of Ministry, the E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism, the School of the Theology of Ministry, and the School of Scripture & Proclamation. The Seminary also houses the Beeson International Center for Biblical Preaching and Church Leadership. The Seminary offers the M.Div. and M.A. degree programs, as well as the Th.M., D.Miss., D.Min., and Ph.D. In Fall 1997, Asbury Theological Seminary began offering courses on-line, through its Extended Learning (ExLTM) Program - that is, through its Virtual Campus. In Fall 1999, Asbury Theological Seminary - Florida Campus began offering classes toward the M.Div. degree. The Seminary currently has some 65 regular members of the Faculty, and some 1,800 students.
Asbury Theological Seminary is ATS- and SACS-accredited.