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Theologians in Residence
Robert C. Dykstra is professor of pastoral theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. A native of Minnesota, he is a lifelong member of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and an ordained Presbyterian minister. He served for a number of years as a minister, youth minister, hospital chaplain, and pastoral counselor. Dykstra is author of Counseling Troubled Youth; Losers, Loners, and Rebels: The Spiritual Struggles of Boys (with Allan Hugh Cole Jr. and Donald Capps); and, also with Allan Cole and Donald Capps, the forthcoming Believers, Dreamers, and Lovers: The Spiritual Strengths of Boys.
Douglas John Hall is professor emeritus of Christian theology at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. An ordained minister of the United Church of Canada, he lectures throughout the United States and Canada and is the author of numerous books and articles, including Thinking the Faith: Christian Theology in a North American Context and The End of Christendom and the Future of Christianity.
Becky Hart serves as co-pastor, with her husband John, of Liberty Presbyterian Church in Columbus, Ohio. She spent several years as a Young Life leader in New Jersey while attending Princeton University. She has a passion for youth ministry and has worked with youth in a variety of settings and different-sized congregations. Hart has served on the Princeton Institute for Youth Ministry Advisory Council, and currently serves on the Council for the Princeton University Center for Religion.
Kang Na is an associate professor in the Department of Religion, History, Philosophy, and Classics at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania and teaches courses on the Bible, biblical interpretation, and Reformed theology. His area of specialty is the New Testament (Paul’s letters in particular) and hermeneutics. The son of first-generation Christian parents, he was baptized 13 June 1965 in South Korea. Na moved to Tennessee just before turning ten and since then has lived, studied, taught, and served churches in various places in New Jersey, Korea, Atlanta, Germany, and New York City.
Luke Powery is the Perry and Georgia Engle Assistant Professor of Homiletics at Princeton Theological Seminary. Nurtured in the Holiness-Pentecostal tradition, he is an ordained Baptist minister who has served in an ecumenical capacity in churches throughout Switzerland, Canada, and the United States. He is author of the forthcoming book, Spirit Speech: Lament and Celebration in Preaching and serves on the lectionary team for The African American Lectionary, a Lilly-funded project.
Faculty
Reggie Blount is assistant professor of formation, youth and culture at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He also serves as senior pastor of Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church in Waukegan, IL. His current research and writing is on the Seven Spiritual Yearnings of Youth and Shaping the Spiritual Life of African American Youth.
David L. Briscoe is professor of sociology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock where he teaches courses in marriage and family, social problems, and the sociology of domestic violence. He is author of Statements of Courage, Hope, and Triumph, and an active member of Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas.
Mark DeVries is the founder of Youth Ministry Architects, a hands-on coaching service for churches. For the past twenty years, he has served as the associate pastor for youth and their families at the First Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee, where he continues to oversee the youth ministry on a part-time basis. DeVries is the author of Family Based Youth Ministry and the forthcoming Sustainable Youth Ministry: Why Most Youth Ministry Doesn’t Last and What Your Church Can Do about It.
Kendy L. M. Easley is senior associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, Washington. Kendy shepherds and coaches leaders toward the church’s missional purpose of “turning outward through acts of service.” Kendy co-authored, Can We Talk? a confirmation curriculum based on the Apostle’s Creed.
Gregory Ellison is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, where he is teaching, researching, and writing. He completed his PhD in pastoral theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and his dissertation is entitled “The Unacknowledged Self: A Pastoral Theological Response to Muteness and Invisibility in African American Young Men (Ages 15-24).” Ellison was ordained into the gospel ministry at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Boonton, NJ. He has served in ministry as the interim pastor of Memorial West Presbyterian Church in Newark, NJ, and the pastor of youth ministries at St. James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, MO.
Kate Ott is associate director of The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing. She is at work on a book project titled, Saying No is Not Enough: Re-thinking Adolescent Sexual Ethics based on her dissertation, and has co-edited a forthcoming book on Letty Russell’s work, Just Hospitality: God’s Welcome in a World of Difference. Ott teaches ethics and sexuality related courses in university and seminary settings, and offers workshops for sexual and reproductive health organizations as well as for congregations on sexuality education in faith-based contexts
Gabriel A. Salguero is the director of the Hispanic/Latino Leadership Program at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Christian social ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He and his wife, Jeanette, pastor the multicultural Lamb’s Church (made up of Asian, African-American, Anglo, and Latino members). Salguero serves on the board of Sojourners and is a member of the Latino Leadership Circle.
Tom Stephen serves as the pastor of Monte Vista Presbyterian Church in Newbury Park, California. Having served as a youth pastor for over 15 years, Tom seeks to help those in youth ministry to develop healthy spiritual practices to enjoy ministry for the long haul. He and his wife Ginny, authored Fearless: Forty Reflections on Fear, which combined extreme surf photography and a systematic study of scripture to encourage to the reader to place their fears in God's hand.
Ross Wagner is associate professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. A specialist in Pauline literature, he regularly team-teaches courses on the missional interpretation of Scripture with his colleague Darrell Guder.
Andrew Zirschky has a decade of experience as a youth and college minister at churches in Idaho, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. He has also served in a professional capacity as a web designer, graphic designer, and in information technology. Zirschky is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Practical Theology (Christian Education) at Princeton Theological Seminary and has been named a Timothy Scholar by the United Methodist Foundation for Evangelism.
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