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FacultyCHRIS aRMSTRONG2005-Associate Professor of ChurchHistoryBethel Seminary St. PaulJeannine K. Brown2000-Associate Professor of NewTestamentAssociate Academic DeanBethel Seminary St. PaulLyn S. Brown1998-Librarian; Director ofInformation ServicesBethel Seminary of the EastJOHN R. CIONCA1985-Professor of MinistryLeadershipBethel Seminary St. PaulB.A., St. Mary’s University(Nova Scotia); M.A., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary;Ph.D., DukeUniversityArmstrong came to Bethelfrom the managing editor’schair at Christian History &Biography magazine, a publicationof Christianity TodayInternational. He continuesto write for Christian History& Biography, ChristianityToday, Leadership Journal,and www.christianhistory.net. He is a member of severalprofessional associationsrelated to church history andthe Wesleyan and Pentecostalmovements. Armstrong’sresearch foci include religionand emotion, Christianityand literature, and theChrist-and-culture conversation.His doctoral workfocused on the 19th-centuryholiness movement,and his current researchinterests include the British“Inklings” authors and modernappropriations of medievalideas and practices. Heis currently finishing a bookwith the working title PatronSaints for Postmoderns.B.A., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; M.Div., BethelTheological Seminary; Ph.D.,Luther SeminaryPrior to her appointmentto full-time faculty in 2000,Brown taught as adjunctfaculty at Bethel College& Seminary for four years.She received her Ph.D. fromLuther Seminary. Her publicationsinclude Disciplesin Narrative Perspective andScripture as Communication:Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics,as well as a numberof journal articles in NewTestament Studies, Word andWorld, and Journal of BiblicalLiterature. In addition,Brown has leadership rolesin the Institute for BiblicalResearch and the UpperMidwest region of the Societyfor Biblical Literature.Brown teaches in local andregional church contexts onsubjects of biblical interpretationand the New Testament.B.S., Western Baptist College;M.Div., NorthwestBaptist Seminary; Ph.D.,California Graduate School ofTheology; M.Libr., Universityof Washington; Ed.D., NovaSoutheastern UniversityBrown has 21 years of experiencein library administration.He is a member of theAssociation of ChristianLibrarians, the AmericanTheological LibraryAssociation, SoutheasternPennsylvania TheologicalLibrary Association, AmericanLibrary Association, andthe Association of Collegeand Research Libraries.Brown is also involved inthe music ministry of alocal church and providesconsulting services for Biblecolleges and institute libraries.In addition, he serves asa chaplain in the U.S. ArmyReserve.B.A., Elmhurst College;M.R.E., Denver Seminary;M.A., Ph.D., Arizona StateUniversityCionca has served in fulltimecapacities as youth pastor,minister of education,and senior pastor. He hasministered in many churchesas an interim pastor andseminar leader, and he servesthe larger Christian communityas a ministry advisorand transitions coach.Cionca is also a prolificwriter. He has publishedarticles in more than threedozen periodicals, writtenfour books, co-authoredtwo books, and served ascompiler and editor of twoadditional works. His mostrecent book is Dear Pastor:Ministry Advice from SeasonedPastors (2007).142