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DAVID K. CLARK1988-Lead Faculty, Master of Artsin Christian ThoughtPermanent Part-timeProfessor of TheologyBethel Seminary St. PaulCARLA M. DAHL1995-Professor of Marriage andFamily Studies; Director of theMarriage and Family TherapyProgram; Dean, Center forSpiritual and PersonalFormationBethel Seminary St. PaulKENT A. EATON1997-Professor of PastoralMinistry; Associate DeanBethel Seminary San DiegoPAUL W. FERRIS JR.1998-Professor of Old TestamentBethel Seminary St. PaulFacultyB.A., Houghton College; M.A.,Trinity Evangelical DivinitySchool; Ph.D., NorthwesternUniversityClark joined Bethel Seminaryin 1988 after teachingphilosophy and theologyfor 10 years at Toccoa FallsCollege in Georgia. Hetaught full-time at Betheluntil 2004 and now servesas lead pastor of Faith CovenantChurch in Burnsville,Minnesota. The author ofseveral books on apologetics,Clark most recentlypublished To Know and LoveGod: Method for Theology.He has also written numerousessays and articles for awide variety of scholarly andpopular magazines.B.A., Bethel College; M.A.,College of St. Thomas; Ph.D.,University of MinnesotaSince 1981, Dahl has providedcounseling and familylife education in a variety ofeducational, community, andcongregational settings. Shehas worked as a consultantwith clergy and seminariansat the North Central CareerDevelopment Center, andhas taught at both the undergraduateand graduate levelsat the University of Minnesota,Saint Mary’s University,and Bethel University. Shewas awarded the BethelSeminary Faculty ExcellenceAward in 1998, and the NewTeaching Excellence Awardby the College of HumanEcology at the Universityof Minnesota in 1993. Dahlis a Certified Family LifeEducator and has conductedresearch and coauthoredarticles in the areas ofspiritual and personal formationand change, familiesand spirituality, grief andbereavement, perceptions ofjustice, and clergy involvementwith families.B.A., Texas Christian University;Th.M., Dallas TheologicalSeminary; Diploma, Universityof Barcelona; Ph.D., Universityof WalesEaton joined Bethel following12 years as professor ofbiblical studies and churchhistory at The Spanish BibleInstitute and TheologicalSeminary in Barcelona,Spain. There his ministryconsisted of theological andspiritual formation as wellas ministering in churchand parachurch organizations.His area of research isthe history of cross-culturalministry and particularlythe history of Protestantismin Spain. Eaton’s passionis to see seminary studentsprepared for ministry byhelping them to understandtheir own particular areas ofgiftedness, and to identifythe potential area of ministryin which their gifts, talents,and dreams could be put touse.B.A., Pillsbury College; M.A.,Trinity Evangelical DivinitySchool; M.Div., Trinity EvangelicalDivinity School; Ph.D.,Dropsie College for Hebrewand Cognate LearningFerris previously served aspresident of Prairie GraduateSchool in Calgary and PrairieBible College in Three Hills,Alberta. He was professor ofHebrew Bible and pastoraltheology at Columbia BiblicalSeminary (S.C.); instructorat Moody Bible Institute;and visiting professor,Trinity Evangelical DivinitySchool (Ill.) and JerusalemUniversity College (Israel).He brings to the classroomsignificant ministry experiencein the pastorate,church-planting, hospitalchaplaincy, and a variety ofcross-cultural experience.He has authored The Genreof Communal Lament in theBible and the Ancient NearEast as well as many articlesin reference works, journals,and periodicals.143