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PRACTICAL & APPLIED THEOLOGY - Faculty-Practical & Applied Theology

Job Classification

  Faculty Full-Time (75-100%)

Position summary

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Leadership, with emphasis in institutional leadership and church life leadership. Full-time (75-100%) teaching a full graduate load of courses for the Department of Practical and Applied Theology of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary.

Qualifications summary

Person with significant professional pastoral experience in the Seventh-day Adventist context holding an earned terminal degree with an emphasis in Leadership, or closely related area. Must have a passion for developing pastors and a commitment to research and publication of relevance to the advancement of understanding leadership practices.


Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities


  1. Teach a full load of leadership courses, with emphasis in institutional leadership and church life leadership.

  2. Advise and provide mentorship to master’s and doctoral students.

  3. Participate in Department, Seminary, and University life and responsibilities.

  4. Carry regular faculty responsibilities related to teaching, service, research, publication, and administration.



Supervisory responsibilities


  1. Work with Administrative Assistant

  2. Supervise Graduate Assistant



Qualifications


  1. An earned doctoral degree (DMin or PhD) in the area of Leadership, or closely related area.

  2. Demonstrated competence in teaching or pastoral training.

  3. Pastoral ministry experience in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

  4. A record of academic engagement and publication and a desire for an ongoing research agenda in area of expertise.

  5. An understanding of adult learning practices and how to apply them in the context of theological education.

  6. Strong interpersonal skills, the ability to collaborate well with colleagues, and a disposition conducive to interacting winsomely with students, staff, faculty, and administration.

  7. An active commitment to impartially interacting with students, staff, faculty, and administration in a fashion that recognizes and respects ethnic and cultural differences.

  8. A personal history of health human relations, high moral integrity, and Christian spiritual maturity.

  9. A commitment to mentoring students.

  10. Capacity to communicate effectively and dynamically both on a popular and scholarly level.

  11. Solid support of Seventh-day Adventist beliefs and mission.




Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies


  1. Technical competencies as needed to fulfill teaching, service, research, advising, and administrative responsibilities.

  2. Ability to prepare and organize a wide variety of documents, reports, files, and information in various formats.

  3. Ability to teach on various online platforms (e.g., Zoom, Microsoft Teams, LearningHub) and delivery formats (face-to-face, hybrid, virtual).



Interpersonal interactions

Strong interpersonal skills, the ability to collaborate well with colleagues, and a disposition conducive to interacting winsomely with students, staff, faculty, and administration.

Physical demands

Physical abilities as needed to fulfill teaching, service, research, and advising responsibilities.

Work environment

Climate-controlled office and classroom where the noise level in the work environment is low to moderate.