Chair, Pastoral Ministry
Professor
Phone: 916.577.2262
Email: dbeavers [at] jessup [dot] edu
“Preaching is my vocation, vacation, and avocation.”
Expertise
Homiletics, Pastoral Ministry, Bible and Theology
Education
D.Phil., Church in Society, Oxford Graduate School, 1986
M.Div., Ministry, Lincoln Christian Seminary, 1972
M.A., Preaching, Lincoln Christian Seminary, 1993
B.C.E., Christian Education, St. Louis Christian College, 1968
Courses Taught
PMIN322 Homiletics I, II
PMIN480 Church Administration
MINS101 Essentials of Ministry
PMIN475 Pastoral Internship
Church Planting
PMIN410 Evangelism and Church Growth
PMIN423 Pastoral Care and Counseling
PMIN308 Fundamentals of Worship
THEO254 New Testament Theology
NT242 Gospel of Mark
NT309 Prison Epistles
THEO315 Christ in the Old Testament
NT308 Romans
BIBL249 Biblical Interpretation
Publications
Bill Jessup: Preacher of Unity and Worship” St. Michael’s Press, 1993.
David has written for the Christian Standard, Lookout, Academy of Homiletics, Evangelical Homiletics Society, The Minister’s Manual, Biblical Preaching Journal, Stone-Campbell Journal, and Thornapple.
A book is in process, “Pastoral Surprises.”
Associations, Board & Committees
Member
Society of Biblical Literature Academy of Homiletics Evangelical Homiletics Society Oxford Society of Scholars: Diplomate rank.
