Meet our Faculty

Emeriti Faculty

The Rev. Robert G. Hughes*, Ph.D., 1972-2002 St. John Professor Emeritus, Homiletics

Dr. Norma Schweitzer Wood, M.A.R., D.Min., 1972-2003 Dean Emerita; Professor Emerita of Pastoral Counseling and Interpersonal Ministries

The Rev. J. Paul Balas, M.Ed., Ph.D., 1989-2003 Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Theology

The Rev. Gordon W. Lathrop, Th.D., 1984-2004 Charles A. Schieren Professor Emeritus, Liturgy

The Rev. Gerald Christianson, Ph.D., 1967-2008 Central Pennsylvania Synod Professor of Church History, Emeritus

The Rev. Margaret A. Krych, Ph.D., 1977-2008 Charles F. Norton Professor Emerita, Christian Education and Theology

The Rev. William Avery, D.Min., 1983-2009 Professor Emeritus of Field Education and The Arthur L. Larson Professor Emeritus of Stewardship and Parish Ministry

The Rev. Richard Stewart*, D.Min, 1989-2012 Associate Professor Emeritus, Communications and Parish Administration

The Rev. Robin Mattison, Ph. D., 1989-2013 Associate Professor Emerita, New Testament and Greek

The Rev. Nelson Strobert, Ph.D., 1987-2013 Professor Emeritus of Christian Education in the Paulssen-Hale Chair of Church and Society

The Rev. Timothy J. Wengert, Ph.D., 1989-2013 Ministerium of Pennsylvania Emeritus Professor, Church History

The Rev. Philip D.W. Krey, Ph.D., 1990-2015 Ministerium of New York Professor Emeritus, Early Church History

The Rev. Karl Krueger, Ph.D., 1999-2016 Director Emeritus of the Krauth Memorial Library and Professor Emeritus, History of Christianity

The Rev. Dr. Michael L. Cooper-White, D.D., 2000-2017 President Emeritus of the Seminary

The Rev. Stephen P. Folkemer, D.Min., 1979-2017 Professor Emeritus of Church Music and Seminary Cantor

Dr. Erik Heen, 1996-2017 John H. P. Reumann Professor Emeritus in Biblical Studies

The Rev. Leonard M. Hummel, Ph.D., 2005-2017 Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Theology

The Rev. Robert Robinson, Ph. D., 1989-2017 Anna Burkhalter Professor Emeritus in Old Testament and Hebrew

The Rev. Marty E. Stevens, Ph.D., 2006-2017 Professor Emerita of Old Testament and Stewardship

The Rev. Mark W. Oldenburg, Ph.D., 1986-2018 Steck-Miller Professor Emeritus of the Art of Worship

The Rev. Katie Day, Ph.D., 1985-2019 Charles A. Scheiren Professor Emerita of Church in Society

Rev. J. Paul Rajashekar, Ph.D., 1991-2020 Luther D. Reed Chair and Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology

Rev. John Hoffmeyer, Ph.D., 1998-2022 Associate Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology

* deceased

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