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• D.Min., Carey Theological Seminary
• M.Div., Cordon Conwell Theological Seminary
• B.A., Seattle Pacific University
  

Courses Taught:

• TH 170: Leadership Development for Ministry
• TH 334: Youth Ministry
• TH 339: Evangelism and Discipleship
• TH 3991: Para-Church Ministry
  

Experience:

• Lecturer of practical theology and youth ministry, Whitworth University (2000-present)
• Regional trainer for Young Life Inland Northwest (2000-present)
• Young Life Africa area director in Kenya (1994-2000)
• Adjunct faculty at Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya (ongoing0
• Pastor of student ministries at Mountain Park Church, Lake Oswego, Ore. (1986-2000)
• Youth director at Highland Covenant Church, Bellevue, Wash. (1981-1983)
  

Research & Publications:

• Nairobi Youth Challenges: Toward the New Millennium (2000)
• The New Culture of Kenya's Emerging Youth (Kenyan youth consultation paper, 2004)
• The Loss of Adolescent Identity in the Nairobi Urban Family (paper presented at International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry, Oxford, 2002)
  

Additonal Leadership:

• Mission leader, Young Life trip to Czech Republic (2005)
• Lecturer: Daystar University, Kenya (relevant youth ministry)
• Regional trainer for Young Life