BGU Part-Time 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.
The following part-time faculty members have been given an academic assignment for BGU and teach a minimum of one course or course equivalent of four hours. They have been appointed by the Academic Affairs Committee as faculty.
Robert Calvert
European Urban Studies- DMin, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- BD, University of Edinburgh
- BS, University of Dundee
Professional Experience: In 2003, Robert Calvert began work on a PhD on the role of migrant churches in Rotterdam with the University of Utrecht. From 1991-95, he was convener of the Urban Priority Areas Committee of the Church of Scotland. In 1999, he founded Mamre (a foundation offering hospitality to asylum-seekers in Rotterdam) and became coordinator of the "Cities" track for Hope for Europe. Since 2001, Dr. Calvert has been a Board member of two migrant church organizations in the Netherlands: Gift from Africa to Europe (GATE) and Same Kerken In Nederland (SKIN). In 2002, he founded and became coordinator of Partners Learning and Acting in Cities of Europe (PLACE). Robert serves as Minister to Scots International Church in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Winn Griffin
Online Courses- DMin, George Fox Evangelical Seminary
- DMin, California Graduate School of Theology,
- Glendale, CA
- MA, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
- BA, Southern California College (now Vanguard
- University), Costa Mesa, CA
Professional Experience: Winn has taught in the church and college system for 40 years. He is the President of Seeing the Bible Live Ministries, Woodinville, WA. He was the founding editor of First Fruits, the original monthly magazine for Vineyard Ministries International. He has created, organized, and given oversight to several lay and professional schools training laity and church planters. He has ghostwritten six books plus his own curriculum writing. He has two Doctor of Ministry degrees and has been working with computers since his first doctorate in 1984. He has taught several courses online using Moodle, an online course management system.
John Lewis
Theology- DMin, Bakke Graduate University, Seattle, WA
- MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
- BA, Pacific Lutheran University
Professional Experience: John is currently serving with Northwest Leadership in Tacoma, WA, Overseeing the City as Parish Initiative. Previous to this, John and his family spent two years in Beijing serving both emerging young leaders and an organization working with migrant children. John has also served two years at University Place Pres. Church as discipleship pastor, twelve years as director of Tacoma College Ministry at the University of Puget Sound. He is married 19 years to Carissa and has three children, 9, 11 and 13.
Kris Rocke
Youth Ministry- DMin, Bakke Graduate University, Seattle, WA
- MDiv, Eastern Baptist Seminary
- BA, Pacific Lutheran University
Professional Experience: Kris Rocke is currently the Director of the Center for Transforming Mission and facilitates training for World Vision Urban Youth Leaders. Mr. Rocke also serves with Northwest Leadership Foundation as an associate.
Glenn Smith
Urban Studies for the French World/BGU Global Associate- DMin, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL
- MA, University of Ottawa, Canada
- BA, University of Michigan
Professional Experience: Glenn Smith has been the Executive Director of Christian Direction in Montreal since 1983, a multi-faceted ministry committed to the spiritual transformation by Jesus Christ of all life in the cities of the Francophone world. He is professor of urban theology and missiology at the University of Montreal and lecturer at McGill University in Haiti. He has written several articles and government publications in addition to being the co-author of “Espoir pour la Ville” (Hope for the City, God in the City) with Dr. Ray Bakke and Andre Pownall and wrote the book Following Jesus: God Invites us to Transformative Discipleship, our City/Regions. His forthcoming book is entitled City Air Makes You Free: To Transform the City Through a Fresh, Biblical Hermeneutic.
Paul Stevens
Professor of Theology of Work- DD McMaster University
- DMin Fuller Theological Seminary
- BD McMaster Divinity College
- BA McMaster University
Professional Experience: Paul is adjunct professor at BGU, and Professor Emeritus, Marketplace Theology at Regent College, Vancouver, BC. He has worked in church leadership, business, student counselling and for over twenty years, the academic world, in North America and world-wide. He has authored many books, including Marketplace Ministry Handbook, The Other Six Days: Vocation, Work, and Ministry in Biblical Perspective, and Doing God’s Business: Meaning and Motivation for the Marketplace.
Neil Tibbott
Church & Ministry Multiplication- DMin, Bakke Graduate University, Seattle, WA
- MDiv, International School of Theology, Fontana, CA
- BA, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Professional Experience: Dr. Tibbott currently serves as a consultant with Church Resource Ministries in the Northwest region with church planter networks.
Fletcher Tink
Professor of Global Urban Studies/Board of Regent/BGU Global Associate, Latin America- MDiv, Nazarene Theological Seminary
- M.Th., Luther (Northwestern) Seminary
- M.L.A., Harvard University
- M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary
- Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary
Professional Experience: Dr. Tink was the Director of the Bresee Institute for Metro Ministries, adjunct professor of Urban Ministries at Nazarene Theologial Seminary in Kansas City, taught at Fuller Theological Seminary, and in Cuba, the Philippines, and Papua new Guinea. He is Dean of AGRM's RESCUE College and has recently agreed to work with BGU as the Regional Director for Latin America.
Peter van Breda
International Studies/BGU Global Associate- DMin, Bakke Graduate University, Seattle, WA
Professional Experience: For 40 years, Peter worked as an accountant in South Africa and was the owner and CEO of a large engineering company. In 1984 he and his wife, Gabriella, pioneered their first church in Johannesburg. In 1996, he and Gabriella established a non-profit humanitarian aid organization, “World Impact Network,” which currently works locally and in developing nations. Peter currently serves as the Senior Pastor of Bellevue Foursquare Church where he has served for the last ten years.