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David Greiser
David Greiser
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Pastoral Ministries Program director
Bible Department

Box 3000
Hesston, KS 67062

Office: Kropf 145; ph. 620-327-8295
E-mail: davidbg@hesston.edu

"The privilege of teaching in the Pastoral Ministries program means investing in the future leadership of the church. I admire our "PMers" who have pulled up stakes from their homes and careers to answer the call of God to ministry. It is a joy to see the transformation that happens when God-called men and women give their minds, hearts, and souls to the challenge of being shaped into shepherds and leaders."

Faculty Profile

Personal Information

  • born in Sellersville, Pa.
  • husband to Anita (an ESL teacher in Wichita), father to Hope (an admissions counselor at Bethel College in North Newton, Kan.), and Aaron (a student at Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich.)
  • longsuffering lover of Philadelphia and its sports teams
  • hobbies and interests: reading, running, golf, watching and reviewing good movies!

Courses Taught

  • Introduction to Preaching
  • Pastoral Care and Leadership
  • Faith and Discipleship
  • Introduction to Theology
  • Pastoral Formation III, IV

Education

  • B.A., Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Va.
  • M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, Calif.
  • D.Min. (urban mission), Westminster Theological Seminary, Glenside, Pa.
  • Ph.D. (homiletics), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.

Research interests

  • Preaching and rhetoric
  • Church planting and church growth
  • American church history
  • Anabaptist and Mennonite history
  • American popular culture: movies, music

Church experience

  • Pastor, North Park Mennonite Church, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1980-83
  • Church planter-pastor, West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship, Philadelphia Pa., 1984-1993
  • Interim pastor, Stewart's Creek Baptist Church, Lebanon, Ky., 1994
  • Co-pastor, Souderton Mennonite Church, Souderton, Pa., 1996-2006

Teaching experience

  • Adjunct professor in missions, Messiah College-Temple University, 1985
  • Adjunct professor in preaching, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, 1998
  • Adjunct professor in preaching, Palmer Theological Seminary, 1998-2005
  • Adjunct professor in Bible, Eastern Mennonite University-Lancaster, 2004
  • Director of Hesston College's Pastoral Ministries Program, 2006-

Publications

  • Anabaptist Preaching (ed. with Michael King), Cascadia Publishing, 2003.
  • A Cloud of Anabaptist Witnesses, MMN Resources, 1991.
  • "Reel Reflections," a film review column, DreamSeeker Magazine, since 2000.
  • Articles in various professional and church periodicals.

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