Northwest House of Theological Studies

Faculty

Resident Faculty

Dr. Steven Lewis Dr. Steven Lewis, Associate Professor of Historical Theology, Director of Spiritual Formation and Church Relations

  • B.A., Oakland City University, 1984
  • M.Div., Midwestern Theological Seminary, 1987
  • M.A. in Religion, Central Theological Seminary, 1988
  • Ph.D., Saint Louis University [Historical Theology], 1998

Steve is the author of Landscape as Sacred Place: Metaphors for the Spiritual Journey. His research interests and publications are focused on theology and spirituality in American culture including Body Art as Spiritual Expression, and Postmodern Spirituality.

He is an ordained elder in the Missouri Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and serves as Theologian in Residence at Vancouver (Washington) First United Methodist Church. He received his Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Saint Louis University. Steve represents a growing teaching tradition at NHTS: competent scholars who are equally at home in pastoral roles and thereby closely tuned to ministerial service in real-life congregations

Frederick C. TiffanyFrederick C. Tiffany, Professor of Biblical Studies

  • B.A. University of Kansas, 1963
  • M.Div., Garrett Theological Seminary, 1971
  • Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1978
  • Certificates of Studies from the Ecole d’Administration, Brussels, Belgium and Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

Fred has taught Biblical studies at Earlham College and School of Religion and at Methodist Theological School in Ohio, also serving as Academic Dean at both seminaries. His research interests have focused on wilderness imagery in the Old Testament and on the literary patterns and theological interests that gave rise to the priestly trajectory in the Pentateuch. A special interest is creation theology and the conversation between science and religion.

Fred has also been actively involved in cross-cultural programs, especially in Mexico and Central America. He is the co-author with Sharon Ringe of Biblical Interpretation: A Roadmap.

Affiliated Faculty

John Beck (Pastoral Care)

  • B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1972
  • M.A., University of Minnesota, 1981
  • M.Div., Wartburg Theological Seminary, 1984
  • Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1997

Mark Brocker (Christian Ethics)

  • B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1979
  • M.Div., Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1985
  • Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School, 1996

Kempton Hewitt (New Testament; CPE Liaison, NHTS)

  • B.A., Cascade College, 1959
  • B.D., Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1964
  • S.T.M., Yale Divinity School, 1965
  • Ph.D., University of Durham, 1969
  • Spanish Language Certificate, Centro de Idioma y Cultura Latino Americana, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1978
  • Certificates of study from Universidad Autonoma Benito Juarez de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

Ortwin Knorr (Greek)

  • University of Göttingen, 1989
  • University of Heidelberg, 1998
  • University of Göttingen, 1993
  • University of California, 1994
  • Ph.D., University of Göttingen, 1999

Caroline Litzenberger (Church History)

  • B.S., University of Washington, 1964
  • M.A., Portland State University, 1989
  • Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1993
  • Fellow, Royal Historical Society of Great Britain, 2000

Lane McGaughy (New Testament)

  • B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1962
  • B.D., Drew Theological Seminary, 1965
  • University of Tübingen, Germany, 19656-1966
  • M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1969
  • Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1970

James Nestingen (Church History and Lutheran Studies)

  • B.A., Concordia College, 1967
  • M.Div., Luther Theological Seminary, 1971
  • M.Th., Luther Theological Seminary, 1976
  • Th.D., St. Michael’s College, 1984

Richard Rohrbaugh (New Testament)

  • B.A., Sterling College, 1958
  • M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 1961
  • S.T.D., San Francisco Theological Seminary, 1977

Charles Wallace (United Methodist Studies)

  • B.A., Bowdoin College, 1965
  • B.D., Yale Divinity School, 1968
  • Ph.D., Duke University, 1975

Visiting Faculty

Delwin Brown (Theology)

  • B.A., Anderson College, 1957
  • B.D., Union Theological Seminary, 1960
  • Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1965

Loren Crow (Old Testament)

  • B.A., Northwest Christian College, 1985
  • M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1989
  • Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1994

Karen McClintock (Pastoral Care)

  • B.A.,The College of Wooster, 1975
  • M.Div., Pacific School of Religion, 1978
  • Ph.D., Union Institute and University, 2001

Patricia (Patty) Meyers (Christian Education)

  • B. M. in Music, Coe College, 1974
  • M.C.E., Garret-Evangelical Theological Seminary, 1981
  • D. Min., Graduate Theological Foundation, 1996
  • Ed.D., Seattle University, 1999

Robert Potter (Medical Ethics)

  • B.A., Kansas University, 1960
  • M.D., Kansas University School of Medicine, 1964
  • Residency Internal Medicine, 1965 - 1968 General Hospital, Kansas City, MO
  • Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School, 1991

Sylvia Sweeney (Worship)

  • B.S., Florida State University, 1975
  • M.S., Florida State University, 1980
  • M.Div., Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, 1985
  • Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, 2007

Mark Wilson (Leadership)

  • B.A., Howard University, 1982
  • M.Div., Harvard Divinity School, 1985
  • Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2000