When I set up an appointment to interview Dr. Steven Mason (ThM, 2002), the president of LeTourneau University, I hesitantly expected to meet a glossy, rigidly driven bureaucrat. After all, such a highly influential position must have demanded a fair amount of elbow-throwing and jostling. Instead of a stiff administrator, I met a very different …
As a Chief Financial Officer and CPA by trade, Joy Dahl provided CFO services to startup and high growth companies. However, in 2014, she transitioned out of her consulting practice to become a full-time student at DTS. God had called her to be better equipped to handle His Word with care, but the new season …
Faith and Work for Women | Joy Dahl (MABS, 2017; MACE, 2017; DMin, 2020) Read More »
I currently serve as Assistant Dean of Students (Advisor to Men) and Director of International Students at DTS. I also serve as Vice Chair for the Ethnic America Network in working with the multiethnic populations of Americans and Canadians in North America. Whether as a husband, father, pastor, director, dean, or simply a disciple of …
Paul Mills works as the head men’s basketball coach at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK. While his employment is to coach and mentor fifteen young men, he is also a husband to Wendy and dad to Audrey and Abbey. Read his DTS story below: Teaching truth and loving well go hand-in-hand. The apostle John …
Greg Harris started ministry a little later than most. Before attending Talbot School of Theology for his MDiv and ThM, he had no theological training. When he left, his experience was teaching and coaching track in public schools, not teaching soteriology and biblical exposition. He never thought that this path would lead him anywhere other …
Late Start; Great Finish | Greg Harris (ThD, 1997) Read More »
Welcome to our continuing profile series of the alumni of DTS-Houston. This month we are highlighting the life and ministry of our sister, Paula Tong. Paula graduated from DTS in 2002 with a Master of Arts in Theology. Since that time, she has lived, worked, and ministered in Houston. “My life verse is Isaiah 61:1-3. …
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In March of 1991, a single question radically shifted Matt Glock’s life. During the World Evangelization Conference at DTS, Matt shared with Korky Davey, an evangelist with Open Air Campaigners UK, that he was finishing up his degree and open to where the Lord might lead him. Korky’s response was quite simple. “Why don’t you …
Pictured above from left to right: Larry Burns, John Attwood (MACM, 1991), Jody Dillow (ThM, 1969; ThD, 1978), Phil Leach (ThM, 1989), David Semmelbeck (MACE, 1991; MABS, 1991), Natalie McLaughlin, John McLaughlin (MABS, 2010), Shan Lewis. Not pictured: Arch Rutherford (ThM, 1971), Elaine Vitali (CBS, 1989), Larry Nees (ThM, 1976; DMin, 1998), Mary Waters, Norm …
Seven thousand and seven hundred miles is a long way. Yet, between the state of Virginia and the Himalayan mountain range, there is more than distance. The two are separated by language, religion, and customs. For seventeen years, Jack D. worked for Verizon in the state of Virginia. The job paid the bills, supported his …
Jan grew up in a Christian home in Houston, Texas, and she went with her family to church several times a week. As a result, she was consistently exposed to the word of God through Bible stories and prayer. She came to appreciate how those early childhood teachings translated into the spiritual disciplines that she …