Joseph L. Bresnahan

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• Joseph L. Bresnahan

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology

Contact Information

Office:  214.818.1363
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Employment History

Full-time teaching:

• 2011-present Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology, Criswell College

Adjunct teaching:

• Criswell College, Dallas, TX
• Crichton College, Memphis, TN

Other Academic Employment:

• Bible and Theology Instructor, Berhane Wongel Bible College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopoa
• Member of Academic Committee, Berhane Wongel Bible College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• English and Bible Instructor, Blagovestia (Good News) Church, Burgas, Bulgaria
• Philosophy, Ethics and Bible instructor, King’s Academy, Shoreline, Washington
• Presenter, Ph.D. seminars

Ministry (Non-Academic):

• Speaker, Church Growth Seminars
• Speaker, Pastoral Ministries classes
• Speaker, Pastors’ Conferences
• Pastor-teacher for twenty years
•  Missionary, Baptist General Conference, Arlington Heights, Illinois,
• Seconded missionary, SEND International, Farmington, Michigan,
• Senior Pastor, Hillside Baptist Church, Hillside, Illinois,
• Director of Administration, Midwest Baptist District of Baptist General Conference, Park Ridge, Illinois,
• Assistant to Director, Columbia Baptist District of Baptist General Conference, Seattle, WA,
• Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Babylon, New York,
• Senior Pastor, Bethel Baptist Church, Fort Fairfield, Maine,
• Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, E. Corinth, Maine,
• Senior Pastor, Pleasant Valley Bible Church, W. Bethel, Maine.

Education

• 2010 Ph.D. (Philosophy), Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Cordova, TN Dissertation: “Calvin’s Concept of Imperfect Faith in Relation to his Doctrine of Justification”
• 1993 M.Div., Biblical Theological Seminary, Hartfield, PA
• 1993 M.A. (Old Testament), Biblical Theological Seminary, Hartfield, PA
• 1990 B.A. (Religious Education), New England Bible College, S. Portland, ME

Scholarship

• Review of Excellence: The Character of God and the Pursuit of Scholarly Virtue, by Andreas Kostenberger, Criswell Theological Review, vol. 9, no. 2, Spring 2012
• "Calvin's Concept of Imperfect Faith: Faith in Relation to its Object," Criswell Theological Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Fall 2011
• Journal of Evangelism and Missions, Spring 2009

Professional Membership

• Evangelical Theological Society