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SAM RIMA2003-Director, Doctor of Ministry;Faculty, Center for TransformationalLeadershipBethel Seminary St. PaulKYLE ROBERTS2005-Assistant Professor ofSystematic TheologyBethel Seminary St. PaulSTEVEN J. SANDAGE1997-Associate Professor ofMarriage and Family StudiesBethel Seminary St. PaulGLEN G. SCORGIE1996-Professor of TheologyBethel Seminary San DiegoFacultyB.A., Eastern WashingtonUniversity; M.Div., TalbotSchool of Theology, BiolaUniversity; D.Min., TalbotSchool of Theology, BiolaUniversity; Ph.D. candidate,University of BuckinghamRima provides leadership tothe doctor of ministry program.He also teaches in theCenter for TransformationalLeadership and leads pastoralenrichment seminars. Hisbackground includes servingas a church planter, workingas the senior pastor at threechurches, and serving as adistrict executive minister ofthe Columbia District of theBaptist General Conference.Rima is the author of threebooks, including Overcomingthe Dark Side of Leadershipand Leading from the InsideOut.B.A., Wheaton College; M.Div.,Midwestern Baptist TheologicalSeminary; Ph.D., TrinityEvangelical Divinity SchoolRoberts came to Bethelfrom Trinity EvangelicalDivinity School in Chicago,where in 2006 he completedhis dissertation on SørenKierkegaard’s understandingof the role of Scripturein the development ofauthentic selfhood. Hetaught high school Englishand Christian thought forthe International School inTegucigalpa, Honduras, andserved as a youth pastorin Liberty, Mo. He recentlycontributed two chapters forKierkegaard and the Bible, thefirst volume of the forthcomingproject KierkegaardResearch: Sources, Reception,and Resources, publishedby the Søren KierkegaardResearch Center, Universityof Copenhagen. Hehas also presented numerouspapers on theologicalhermeneutics, theologicalmethod, and Kierkegaard’sreligious philosophy at variousconferences, includingthe Evangelical TheologicalSociety and the InternationalKierkegaard Conference inNorthfield, Minn.B.S., Iowa State University;M.Div., Trinity EvangelicalDivinity School; M.S., VirginiaCommonwealth University;Ph.D., Virginia CommonwealthUniversitySandage has served as clinician,psychologist, and chaplainin a variety of settings(community mental health,correctional, university) andcurrently engages in parttimeclinical practice. Hetaught at Virginia CommonwealthUniversity and theMedical College of Virginiaas an adjunct faculty priorto coming to Bethel. He hascoauthored three books: ToForgive Is Human; The Facesof Forgiveness: Searching forWholeness and Salvation; andTransforming Spirituality:Integrating Theology and Psychology.His other primaryareas of writing and researchinclude marriage and familytherapy, virtue ethics andmoral development, theintegration of theology andsocial science, and Hmongcultural psychology. He isalso a research member ofthe Institute for Research onPsychology and Spiritualityat Rosemead School ofPsychology.B.Th., Canadian Bible College;M.A., Wheaton GraduateSchool; M.C.S., Regent College;Ph.D., University of St.AndrewsScorgie, a Canadian, joinedBethel’s faculty after servingas academic vice presidentof North American BaptistCollege (now Taylor UniversityCollege) in Edmonton,Alberta. He is a pastpresident of the CanadianEvangelical TheologicalAssociation as well as theFar West region of the EvangelicalTheological Society.His writings include A Callfor Continuity: The TheologicalContribution of James Orr;(co-editor) The Challengeof Bible Translation; andThe Journey Back to Eden:Restoring the Creator’s Designfor Women and Men. Hisresearch interests includegender issues, the theologyof spirituality, and therelationship of Christianityto various cultures. He hasspoken and lectured in suchplaces as the Philippines,Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei,Hong Kong, and the People’sRepublic of China. Presentlyhe assists in the ministriesof a Chinese church in SanDiego.149