Alumni Spotlight

Daniel Moore (DMin, 2016) serves as the solo pastor at a midsized church in rural Pennsylvania. God has allowed Daniel to preach at that same church for twenty-one years. With God’s blessing, Daniel hopes to spend another twenty-one years preaching and building deep, lasting relationships with the people God has placed under his care. Daniel, […]

Erin Duerr (MACM, 2020) works with City Ministries, a faith-based farming ministry that meets the needs of more than 350 children in Nigeria. Through her role as an agricultural consultant, Erin blends her love for children’s ministry with her passion for the land. She works with the ministry’s various centers and the children who live

            Jill Lamar (MABC, 2016) lives in Philadelphia where she practices counseling at Thriveworks. While she lives in The City of Brotherly Love, Jill’s heart belongs to a different metropolis: New York City. What attracts her so to The City that Never Sleeps? Jill enjoys movement. She loves stepping onto the platform at Penn Station,

In May of 1998, Bill Arvan (ThM, 1976) traveled to Ukraine with a one-hundred-dollar bill tucked away in his pocket. Little did Bill know that the Lord would turn his souvenir money into venture capital to finance famine relief, specifically theological famine relief. How did this Midwest pastor turn up in Ukraine, you ask? During

Things change, and in big cities like Chicago or New York, things change even faster. The faster the pace, the more we become unsettled. Like a yellow highlighter, transience underscores our need for permanence. We cry out for something steady, something that remains through the change. Sometimes, after frequent exposure to change, we crave calm,

Growing up in a South Asian Christian family, Dr. Nancy Thomas had an abundance of reasons to shun counseling. Her Indian culture prioritized family honor and privacy. Seeking outside assistance not only brought shame to the family but also breached the norms of familial discretion. She grew up in churches that struggled with legalism and

By Kristin Raybon During his first year as a DTS student, Reg Grant (ThM, 1981; ThD, 1988) taught what would later become an independent class. The chair of the department in Pastoral Ministries, Dr. John Reed, “wanted to expand the arts at the seminary and invite people who would work in drama in the local

In 2021, Dallas Theological Seminary launched a new program in Jewish Studies. For years, there had been a discussion about launching a program to fit the niche of Jewish apologetics, history, and theology—both true to the legacy of Dallas Theological Seminary and capable of serving students in the modern era. In 2015, Vladimir Pikman (ThM,