Joe Castleberry

Joseph L. Castleberry, Ed.D. (email) Academic Dean Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies B.A., Evangel University M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary Ed.D., Columbia University To visit Dr. Castleberry's personal web page, his Theological Converstions podcast, additional links and resources, click here.

Dr. Castleberry began his duties as academic dean in January 2003. As a missionary he served as academic dean of the Assemblies of God Biblical Seminary in Quito, Ecuador (1997-2001) while also pastoring Centro Cristiano del Norte, which planted four daughter churches under his leadership. He is founder of the Freedom Valley Project, a community development ministry among the African-American people of Ecuador’s Chota Valley Region. Before his ministry in Ecuador, he served as associate dean for Latin America at Global University, as a missionary in El Salvador and as the A/G chaplain at Princeton University. His most recent publications include articles in Rev. Magazine and The Encyclopedia of Protestantism, book reviews in Pneuma, two New Testament Greek self-study textbooks forthcoming from Global University Press, and a chapter in The Spiritual Gifts in a Postmodern Age. His current research interests include the intersections between globalization and Christian mission, and the relationship between Pentecostal and postmodern thought.

  Dr. Castleberry has a podcast, Theological Conversations, in which he makes available mp3 files of formal conversations he has with leading Pentecostal thinkers. 
The URL is http://www.agts.edu/%7Ejcastleberry/Theological%20Conversations.xml. (How to subscribe to a podcast .)

Read the news release about Dr. Castlberry's installation.

PowerPoint

• The Biblical Theology of Missions
  • Part One (PowerPoint file, 4.3 MB) If you don't have Microsoft PowerPoint you can download the PDF version (1.1 MB, ,Download Help, Download Time Calculator)
  • Part Two (PowerPoint file, 124 K) If you don't have Microsoft PowerPoint you can download the PDF version (212 K, ,Download Help, Download Time Calculator)
  • Part Three: Missio Dei, in the Historical Books (PowerPoint file, 328 K) If you don't have Microsoft PowerPoint you can download the PDF version (624 K, ,Download Help, Download Time Calculator)
  • Part Four: A Summary of the Old Testament Missiology (PowerPoint file, 34.1 MB) If you don't have Microsoft PowerPoint you can download the PDF version (616 K, ,Download Help, Download Time Calculator)
  • Part Five: Missio Dei, in the Pauline Epistles (PowerPoint file, 116 K) If you don't have Microsoft PowerPoint you can download the PDF version (144 K, ,Download Help, Download Time Calculator)
• Ministering in a Pluralistic Society (PowerPoint file, 9.1 MB) If you don't have Microsoft PowerPoint you can download the PDF version (3.3 MB, ,Download Help, Download Time Calculator)

Notes

• "RUI Lectureship Notes on the Holy Spitit" (PDF, 144 KDownload Help)

Sermons

• Audio Sermon: Missions Emphasis Week, January 28-31: "Jesus Saw the Crowds," "Eyes Fixed On the Joy." (Posted 1/31/03)
• Audio & Text Sermon: "The Shrewd Manager and AGTS," Installation Address.  See the order of service for this installation service. (Posted 1/23/03)

The Castleberry family on the day of Dr. Castleberry's installation service. Left to right: Jessica, Carolyn, James, Sophie, Joe, Jodie, Kathleen.

Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 3:39 PM