Adjunct Faculty
We believe strong Christian leaders are the most qualified instructors to teach others to lead. Therefore, our faculty members have proven track records in leading successful churches and Christian organizations, as well as excellent academic credentials.
Jimmy Dorrell
Urban Mission- DMin, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, PA
- MA Environmental Studies, Baylor University
- MDiv, SW Baptist Theological Seminary
- BA in Religion, Baylor University
Professional Experience: Jimmy Dorrell is currently the Executive Director of Mission Waco, a Christian non-profit organization that works among the poor. He is also the Pastor of Church Under the Bridge in Waco, Texas. Dr. Dorrell is the Adjunct Professor at George W. Truett Seminary (Baylor University) and Adjunct Professor at BGU.
Ken Fong
Organizational Transformation- DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary
- MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary
- BS, University of California, Berkeley
Professional Experience: In addition to being an adjunct faculty member, Ken Fong is Senior Pastor of Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles, Senior Consultant of The Genysys Group, a change management/ organizational transformation consulting firm, former trustee of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and Westmont College, and currently the vice-chair of the Asian American Drug Abuse Program in Los Angeles.
Gary Hardaway
Urban Mission- PhD, University of Kansas
- MA, New College Berkeley
- BS, University of California, Berkeley
Professional Experience: Dr. Hardaway is executive director of Summit School of Ministry. He has taught at Trinity Western University, Lithuania Christian College, Simpson College-Sacramento, and Cascade Bible College. His articles have appeared in numerous Christian and secular media, often focusing on the application of the Christian world view to contemporary social and cultural issues.
James W. Hayford
Global Mission- DMin, Asian Theological Seminary/Bakke Graduate University (joint degree)
- Masters studies, Fuller Theological Seminary and University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
- BTh, Life Pacific College
Professional Experience: Jim Hayford has been in full-time ministry for 40 years and currently serves as the Senior Pastor of Eastside Foursquare Church in Bothell, Washington and the District Supervisor for the Seattle District of Foursquare Churches. His publications include Contending for the Authentic, The Church Planter’s Handbook, and The Action Album for Youth Leaders.
Wesley Johnson
Spiritual Formation- DMin, Bakke Graduate University
- ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary
- BA, Seattle Pacific University
Professional Experience: Wes has served as a pastor in the Baptist General Conference since 1984 and as pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Everett, Washington since 1993. He has taught the principles of spiritual formation to lay and pastoral leaders in Focusing Leaders Networks, the Columbia Center for Leadership Formation, the Cascade Lead Team, the Columbia Baptist Conference Contemplative Prayer Retreat and at the Summit School of Ministry in Bellingham, Washington.
Fai Luk
China Urban Mission- DMin, Westminster Theological Seminary
- MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary
- BTh, Bethel Bible Seminary, Hong Kong
Professional Experience: Dr. Luk served as a church planter, evangelist, and ordained pastor before moving into active participation as a professor and as part-time and eventually full time General Secretary for the Hong Kong Church Renewal Movement. He was also heavily involved in promoting Urban Ministry, the Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism, and networking with Chinese Churches in China through the Christian Leadership Exchange based in Los Angeles.
Matthew Messner
Global Mission- DMin, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- MTh, Fuller Theological Seminary
- BA, Life Pacific College
Professional Experience: Matt Messner has been serving at Eastside Foursquare Church in Bothell, WA since 1997. He has served on staff as the Small Groups Pastor, Pastoral Care Department Head and Missions Pastor. Currently he is the Executive Pastor, and he also oversees Missions and Outreach for EFC. Matt is well known throughout the Northwest for his abilities as a distance runner, having won the Portland Marathon in 1999, and having competed in the 1996 & 2000 Olympic Trials.
Nancy Murphy
Domestic Violence & Abuse- DMin, Bakke Graduate University, Seattle, WA
- MA, City University, Seattle
- BS, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
Professional Experience: Nancy Murphy is a licensed mental health counselor and the Director of Northwest Family Life, a ministry that serves victims of domestic violence in the Seattle area. Dr. Murphy is nationally known for her work with victims and perpetrators in the area of domestic violence. She is married to Tom and they have five children.
Dale Pollard
Spiritual Formation- DMin, Bakke Graduate University
- MTS, Regent College, Vancouver, BC
- BA, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Professional Experience: Dr. Dale Pollard is currently serving as executive director of the Eighth Day Community/Institute, a ministry dedicated to leadership development through spiritual formation, incarnational presence, and transformational encounters with God’s missional work in the world. He is ordained with the Northwest Ministry Network of the Assembly of God with over 30 years of pastoral experience.
Ron Ruthruff
Urban Youth Issues- DMin, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston
- MS, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
- BA, Western Washington University
- AA, Seattle Central Community College
Professional Experience: Ron Ruthruff serves as the Director of Ministry and Program Development for New Horizons Ministries. This ministry serves to educate the community on psychosocial and spiritual issues that impact the street youth population, create interagency partnerships, foster relationships with ministry donors.
Jill Shook
Social Justice- DMin, Bakke Graduate University
- MA, Denver Seminary
- BS, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
Professional Experience: Dr. Shook works as a catalyst with Missions Door, networking local churches around issues that affect the most vulnerable, i.e. Housing, violence, improving public education and promotion of the Parent Project. Jill serves on numerous boards of housing organizations. Several past careers include: a college campus minister with Campus Ambassadors, serving in California and Oregon; Food for the Hungry International, creating work-teams from Berkeley to Harvard to serve in developing nations; founder and director of Students and Tutors Achieving Real Success (STARS), a ministry of Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, California where over 125 volunteers weekly mentored and tutored at-risk youth.
Tim Svoboda
International Urban Issues- DMin, Bakke Graduate University
Professional Experience: Dr. Timothy Svoboda is currently the International Urban missions Director for Youth With A Mission and also serves as the City Coordinator for YWAM San Francisco. Tim, his wife and children have served in India from 1983 to 2007. Tim was the National Director for YWAM India, the South Asia Urban Ministry Coordinator and the Chennai City Coordinator. YWAM Chennai (www.ywamchennai.org) has developed into a decentralized movement of 17 focused teams that are living incarnationally and reaching out to leprosy patients, slum dwellers, university students, urban middle class people, Muslims, and into other sectors of society. Tim also was one of the founders for Chennai Transformation Network (www.ctn.org.in) which is a movement that unites the Christians of the city for transformational ministry. Tim and his family currently live in San Francisco giving leadership to the ministry of YWAM there and around the world in cities.
Kyle B. Usrey
Board of Regents- BBA, Hardin-Simmons University
- MBA, University of Colorado
- JD, University of Colorado, School of Law
Professional Experience: In August, 2009 Kyle Usrey assumed his new position as President of LCC International University in Klaipeda Lithuania. Before relocating to the Baltic, Kyle was the Dean of the College of Business, Arts & Sciences, and Education (CBASE) at Friends University, a historic Quaker institution in Wichita, Kansas. He has a rich history of international travel, consulting and teaching. Usrey has lectured and been a guest speaker on six continents on issues of globalization international business, business ethics, business as mission, Christian community urban economic development, and the future of international intellectual property paradigms. He provides international business and legal advice for many Christian non-profit and NGO entities, based on his legal and business experiences throughout the globe. He was appointed in 2006 by the Governor of Washington as the sole Citizen-at-Large representative on the Washington State Ethics Administrative Commission.