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Ken Bickel, B.A., M.Div., M.A., D.Min.
Part-time Professor
Education History
B.A. in Economics, Millersburg State College; M.Div., Grace Theological Seminary; M.A. in Biblical Counseling, Grace Theological Seminary; D.Min. in Pastoral Studies, Denver Seminary
About
Dr. Ken Bickel was originally in banking when he was saved and called to the ministry. He served as a full-time senior pastor for eleven years and part-time instructor at Grace Theological Seminary before coming full-time to Grace in 1990. He has served as a visiting instructor in Homiletics at Philadelphia Biblical University and as a church consultant on numerous occasions. He is a past President of the FGBC National Ministerial Association. He is a charter member of the Evangelical Homiletics Society and regularly presents papers at the annual meetings. He is active in community related activities and serves on the elder board in his local church. His latest research can be seen in Interpreting the Psalms for Preaching and Teaching, edited by Herb Bateman and Brent Sandy (Chalice, 2010).
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Jeffrey Gill, B.S., M.Div., D.Min.
Dean, School of Ministry Studies, Professor of Pastoral Ministries
Education History
B.S. in Psychology, The Ohio State University; M.Div., Grace Theological Seminary; D.Min. in Pastoral Studies, Denver Seminary
About
Dr. Jeffrey Gill was the senior pastor of the Delaare, Ohio Grace Brethren Church for 20 years (1982-2002). He started at the church when it was little more than a church plant. It experienced substantial growth over the years and is now well-known in the FGBC as a healthy and influential church body. He assumed the role of Dean of Grace Theological Seminary in July, 2002. In 2008, he was named Dean of the School of Ministry Studies, which includes both the Seminary and the undergraduate Biblical Studies Department at Grace. He was the National Moderator of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches in 2002. He and his wife, Kathy, have two grown daughters.
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Matthew Harmon, B.S., M.Div., Ph.D.
Professor of New Testament Studies
Education History
B.S. in Communication, Ohio University; M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Ph.D. in Biblical Theology (New Testament), Wheaton College
About
Dr. Matt Harmon brings a passion to equip people to encounter Christ through the Scriptures and lead others to do so as well. His research interests include the use of the Old Testament in the New Testament, Biblical Theology, Pauline studies, and the life/ministry/theology of Jonathan Edwards. He served as full-time staff with Campus Crusade for Christ for eight years, doing evangelism and discipleship with college students. He taught courses at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Wheaton College, as well in the local church. On a regular basis, Dr. Harmon also teaches for Campus Crusade for Christ, helping to train staff in interpreting and teaching Scripture. In his spare time, Dr. Harmon also teaches training workshops for Bibleworks. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Society for Biblical Literature. Dr. Harmon is married to Kate and has two sons.
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Christy Hill, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation and Women's Ministries
Education History
B.A. in Christian Education, Wheaton College; M.A. in Christian Education, Talbot School of Theology; Ph.D. in Educational Studies (Character Development and Spiritual Formation), Talbot School of Theology
About
Dr. Hill brings her passion and training in spiritual formation to facilitate the holistic development of students while at Grace. Her research interests include personal and interpersonal development with empirical work conducted in the area of adult attachment styles and relationship with God variables. She taught at Biola University and Talbot School of Theology before coming to Grace in 2006. While she focuses primarily in women's ministries, she has served in a variety of leadership roles cross-culturally, in the local church and in the parachurch context. Dr. Hill has developed a number of Bible study materials, published in the Christian Education Journal and presented research findings at the North American Professors of Christian Education Conference, a society of which she is a member.
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Rock M. LaGioia, B.A., M.Div., Th.M., D.Min.
Associate Professor of Theology and Director Doctor of Ministry Program
Education History
B.A. in Pastoral Studies, Moody Bible Institute; M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Th.M. in Practical Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; D.Min. in Preaching, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
About
Dr. Rock LaGioia has been heavily involved in pastoral work since 1987. A member of the Evangelical Homiletics Society and the Evangelical Theological Society, he has authored numerous magazine articles and written book reviews. Dr. LaGioia has taught a wide variety of college courses such as spiritual formation, preaching, and theology at Moody Bible Institute and Taylor University. He has also taught graduate level homiletics and theology courses at Trinity International University and Huntington University Graduate School. Dr. LaGioia and his wife, Kathy, have been blessed with two sons.
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Ronald Manahan, B.A., M.Div., Th.M., Th.D.
President of College and Seminary Diploma, Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music
Education History
B.A. in Religion, Shelton College; M.Div., Th.M. in Old Testament and Hebrew, Th. D. in Old Testament and Hebrew, Grace Theological Seminary
About
Dr. Ronald Manahan has taught at Grace since 1977. In addition to his teaching, he has served as a division chair, academic dean, and provost at Grace College before being appointed fifth president of Grace Schools in 1994. He has had extensive experience as a pastor and a Bible conference speaker. He also teaches Biblical Perspectives on the Environment at Au Sable Institute. President Manahan has been a contributing author to two books, as well numerous journal articles.
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Roger Peugh, B.A., M.Div., D.Min.
Professor of World Mission
Education History
Diploma in Advanced German, Goethe Institute; B.A. in History, Grace College; M.Div., Grace Theological Seminary; D.Min. in Intercultural Studies, Grace Theological Seminary
About
Dr. Roger Peugh came to Grace in the fall of 1989 with three years of pastoral experience followed by 20 years of missionary experience as a church planter in Germany. While at Grace, he was involved as an elder in a church plant for 13 years. He is an active Bible conference speaker as well as guest-lecturer in several German Bible schools. In addition to his role as Professor in the School of Ministry Studies, Dr. Peugh serves Grace College as Campus Prayer Coordinator and is serving as the Interim Dean of Chapel. Dr. Peugh, who has authored on the topic of prayer, is married to Nancy and they have four children and eight grandchildren.
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Tiberius Rata, B.S., M.Div., Ph.D.
Professor of Old Testament Studies; Chair, Dept. of Biblical Studies
Education History
B.S. in Urban and Regional Planning, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.Div. in Biblical Languages, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D. in Theological Studies (Old Testament), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
About
Dr. Rata came to Grace Theological Seminary from Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama, where he served as Assistant Professor of Divinity. Before that he taught at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois, and Emmanuel Baptist University in Oradea, Romania. He has also pastored churches in California and Alabama, and served as an interim pastor in Michigan and Indiana. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Institute for Biblical Research and has presented papers at the national conventions of the Evangelical Theological Society. Dr. Rata is chair of the undergraduate Department of Biblical Studies. He and his wife, Carmen, have two sons.
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Mark Soto, B.A., Th.B., M.Div., Th.M., D.Min.
Professor of Theological Studies
Education History
B.A. in Bible, Appalachian Bible College; Th.B. in Bible and Theology, Appalachian Bible College; M.A. in Religion, Liberty University; M.Div., Th.M. in Theology, D.Min. in Pastoral Theology, Grace Theological Seminary; Ph.D. in Preparation, Capella University
About
Dr. Mark Soto teaches in the School of Ministry Studies and is the program director for the M.A. in Ministry Program. His background in curriculum design enables him to provide faculty development and training in this area. He works extensively with the institution's hybrid-online programs while also completing a Ph.D. in Instructional Design for Online Learning at Capella University. Prior to coming to Grace College, he had 12 years of experience in the pastoral ministry and was a counselor for a Christian residential childcare facility. He continues to serve as an interim pastor for two churches. He served as a part of the Grace College Student Life staff as the Associate Dean of Men before assuming a full-time faculty position. Dr. Soto and his wife, Carol, have two grown daughters.
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Tom Stallter, B.A., Th.M., D.Miss.
Professor of Intercultural Studies
Education History
B.A. in Communications, Grace College; Th.M. in Bible Exposition, Dallas Theological Seminary; D.Miss., Western Baptist Seminary
About
Dr. Tom Stallter has 18 years of missionary experience in the Central African Republic and Chad in the areas of church planting and development, leadership training, mission administration, and famine and economic relief. In addition to his teaching in the School of Ministry Studies, Dr. Stallter is the Executive Director of the institution's GTS Center for Korean Studies. Areas of research for Dr. Stallter include, cultural intelligence, business as mission, multicultural worship, ethics in missions, cultural values, cultural identity assessment, culture discovery, and matching missionary candidates to contexts. He is a member of the Evangelical Missiological Society and the National Ministerium of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Dr. Stallter and his wife, Sharon, have three grown children and one granddaughter.
