BA, University of Western Ontario, 1979;
MA, Mennonite Biblical Seminary, 1983;
MDiv, McCormick Theological Seminary, 1988;
ThM,Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, 1998;
DMin, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2001.

Areas of specialization: leadership, focal living, pastoral ministry, pastoral care and counseling, spiritual disciplines, conflict, pilgrimage.

Dr. Boers has taught for Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Conrad Grebel University College, Andover Newton Theological School, and the Canterbury College D. Min. program. Prior to teaching, he was a pastor in rural, urban church-planting and inner-city settings in the US and Canada. He is the author of six books: The Way is Made by Walking: A Pilgrimage Along the Camino de Santiago (translated into Korean in 2008), The Rhythm of God’s Grace: Uncovering Morning and Evening Hours of Prayer; Never Call Them Jerks: Healthy Responses to Difficult Behavior; Lord, Teach Us to Pray: A New Look at the Lord’s Prayer; Justice that Heals: A Biblical Vision for Victims and Offenders; On Earth as in Heaven: Justice Rooted in Spirituality. He was the coordinating editor of Take Our Moments and Our Days: An Anabaptist Prayer Book. He has published hundreds of articles and reviews in dozens of periodicals and speaks and teaches regularly at churches, conferences, denominational events, and retreats in Canada and the U.S. His writing earned awards from HarperSanFrancisco’s Best Sermons Competition, Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten Books for Parish Ministry, Associated Church Press, and Evangelical Press Association. He also received a Christian Faith and Life Grant and a Study Grant for Pastoral Leaders, both from the Louisville Institute. He is an ordained Mennonite Church minister and a Benedictine Oblate.

BA, McMaster University, 1974
BSW, McMaster University, 1974
MSW, Wilfrid Laurier University, 1977
PhD, University of Toronto, 2003

Areas of Specialization: Counselling, Spiritual Care, Multicultural Competence, Professional Education.

Dr. Clark brings to the position of Academic Dean a breadth of experience as a professor, administrator, professional counsellor and overseas missionary. Before joining the faculty in 2005 she served as Vice-Dean at McMaster Divinity College, where she taught counselling, pastoral care and field education. She has lectured widely in a number of countries and contexts and is a frequent conference and retreat speaker. Her ministry background includes eight years of mission work in Indonesia. Her teaching, publications and continuing research interests are in the areas of multicultural competence, spiritual care and counselling and professional education. She is passionate about wholistic theological education that interweaves the spiritual, intellectual, vocational and missional dimensions of Christian leadership.

BRS, Concordia College, 1975
BA, University of Alberta, 1976
MCS, Regent College, 1980
MDiv, Carey Theological College/Regent College, 1981
MA, University of St. Michael’s College (Toronto), 1984
PhD (cand.), University of St. Michael’s College (Toronto)

Areas of Specialization: Canadian Church History, Baptist History, Spirituality and Missional Leadership

Rev. Goertz, an ordained pastor in the Baptist Church of Ontario and Quebec, brings to his position at Tyndale a passion for the Church and for preparing people to integrate their faith with their personal and professional lives. He is a regular speaker in a variety of church settings and is a popular seminar and retreat facilitator on such diverse topics as prayer, grief, leadership, church renewal and spiritual formation. He is a member of several societies, including the Canadian Society of Church History and the Canadian Baptist Historical Society. He has authored numerous papers and articles and has contributed to a variety of publications in the areas of church history and spiritual formation. Rev. Goertz particularly enjoys interaction with Toronto’s multicultural communities and sits on a number of missions-related boards.

BTh, Tyndale College, 1978
BA, University of Waterloo, 1980
MA, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1982
Conjoint Doctorate, Docteur de l'Université, Sorbonne-Paris IV and Docteur en Théologie, Institut Catholique de Paris, 1995

Areas of Specialization: The Book of Haggai, Israelite History and Literature of the Early Second Temple Period, Old Testament Theology, Hebrew.

Dr. Kessler has served as Professor of Old Testament at Tyndale Seminary since 1992. He is Chair of the Biblical Studies Department and the Academic Planning Committee of the Seminary. His publications include his recent monograph entitled, The Book of Haggai: Prophecy and Society in Early Persian Yehud (Brill, 2002) and a Festschrift for Donald Leggett, Teach Me Your Paths (Clements, 2000), coedited with Jeffrey Greenman. He has published articles in various journals, including the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Transeuphratène, Vetus Testamentum, Catholic Biblical Quarterly and the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament]/i]. Dr. Kessler has presented papers at the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, as well as at international scholarly conferences in the United States, France and Germany.