Richard L. Dresselhaus

Visiting Professor of Preaching

B.A., Luther College
M.A., Wheaton Graduate School
D.Min., Fuller Theological Seminary

Dr. Dresselhaus serves the Assemblies of God as a nonresident executive presbyter. After pastoring for 33 years at San Diego First A/G, he began a church consulting ministry, Journey of Hope, which offers wisdom to churches and pastors in difficult situations. He is a frequent contributor to Today’s Pentecostal Evangel and Enrichment.

Raymond L. Gannon

Visiting Professor of Missions and Jewish Studies

B.S., Bethany Bible College
M.A., M.Div., Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Dr. Gannon has served as an Assemblies of God home and foreign missionary for 30 years. He has pioneered churches in California, New York, and Israel.

Warren B. Newberry (Visit Dr. Newberry's personal website!)

Visiting Professor of Missions

B.A. Vanguard University of Southern California
M.A. Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
D.Th. University of South Africa

Bringing more than 34 years of successful missionary experience, much of it in overseas theological education, Dr. Newberry is uniquely qualified as missionary and educator to prepare a new generation of Christian leaders for the twenty-first century. His ministry as a missionary educator has led him to Malawi, Jamaica, Bosnia and Belize, as well as ministering in a number of other countries. Dr. Newberry is an adjunct professor of religion at Global University and teaches at the Caribbean School of Theology. He has served as a professor and department chairperson at Southwestern A/G University, and is a member of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, the American Society of Missiology, the Association of Professors of Mission and the Evangelical Missiological Society. His recent research includes articles for The Encyclopedia of Protestantism (Routledge) and a forthcoming dictionary entitled Witnesses of Faith in the Reformed Churches (Oxford University Press).

Lori S. O’Dea

Visiting Professor of Practical Theology

B.S., Southwestern Assemblies of God University
M.Div., D.Min., Assemblies of God Theological Seminary

Dr. O’Dea brings to AGTS a wide range of experiences in ministry, having served at multiple staff churches as both an associate pastor and as a teaching pastor. She has an extensive speaking and teaching ministry at retreats, seminars, district events and churches. Dr. O’Dea specializes in small group ministry and team leadership development. She currently serves on the Commission on Discipleship for The General Council of the A/G.

DeLonn L. Rance (Visit Dr. Rance's personal website!)

Chair of the Global Missions Department
Visiting Professor of Intercultural Studies

B.A., Bethany College (now Bethany University)
M.A., Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
M.A., Vanguard University
Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary
Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Cristiana de las Asambleas De Dios (El Salvador)

Twenty years of missionary experience among the people of El Salvador and a transforming vision for the training and sending of missionaries from the two-thirds world fire the passion of Dr. Rance’s teaching. Having been raised in Guatemala as a child of missionaries, he experienced a call to raise up Latin Americans for missions before his teenage years began. He arrived in El Salvador as a missionary (and AGTS alumnus) at age 23 and immediately set out to fulfill that calling by becoming the founding dean and professor of missiology for the School of Theology and Missions at the Universidad Cristiana de las Asambleas de Dios. He led in the formation of the A/G Department of Missions in the Salvadoran national church and served as its president for its first eight years, preaching missions across the nation of El Salvador and throughout Latin America. He is the founder of CAMAD, a missionary training center in El Salvador, and is the secretary of Misiones en Conjunto, a network of A/G missions agencies in Latin American and the Caribbean. Together with other leaders, he has helped to build what has become a strong missionary movement in the national churches of the region. In addition to his missionary statesmanship, Dr. Rance served as a member of the Executive committee and General Presbytery of the A/G in El Salvador for 20 years, and taught at Bethel Bible Institute. His international teaching includes work with Latin American Advanced School of Theology, Latin American Theological Seminary and Bethany College (now Bethany University).

Cheryl A. Taylor

DIrector of the Doctor of MInistry Program
Visiting Professor of Practical Theology

B.A., Northwest College
M.A., D.Min., Assemblies of God Theological Seminary

Cheryl came to AGTS following a decade of ministry in the local church, on the district level and on the foreign mission field. In addition to serving as the doctor of ministry program adviser, Cheryl enjoys teaching at AGTS and Evangel University. She also serves as the vice president for academics at Asia Theological Centre for Evangelism and Missions, an Assemblies of God Bible college in Singapore. A popular speaker at retreats and conferences, Cheryl is being used by God to help ministers gain an increased appreciation for the importance of maintaining and promoting sexual integrity in the church. Cheryl’s passion is to help believers discover and fulfill their God-given potential.

David Thomas

Visiting Professor of Mission Theology

B.F.A., University of Notre Dame
M.Div., Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Dr. Thomas has served AGTS in an adjunct capacity since 2003. His first missionary trip took place in 1988, and he received his first appointment with Assemblies of God World Missions in 1992. Since that time he has served in various academic and pastoral capacities throughout Latin America and predominantly in Ecuador. These have included founding a Bible college in Cuenca, Ecuador, and serving as director/assessor of the AG seminary in Guayaquil. Currently his assignment is with the Latin America Theological Seminary (Facultad de Teología), AGWM’s roving Master’s degree program in the region. He has also recently become active training leaders in Europe. He has published a variety of inspirational and instructional guides for lay leaders. Dr. Thomas’ scholarly interests lie in the areas of Christian origins and doctrinal purity, particularly regarding soteriology and eschatology, as they relate to Christian mission and current ecclesiastical trends. His work at AGTS goes beyond the classroom, as he takes special interest in discipling students and teaching them spiritual disciplines like prayer and fasting and the exercise of charismatic gifts.

Visiting Professor of Missions and Education

B.A., Southeastern College of the Assemblies of God
M.A.T., Rollins College
Ed.D., NOVA Southeastern University

Dr. Dene Wood is a missionary/educator with the Assemblies of God World Missions (1975 to the present) who has taught in numerous colleges and seminaries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Southern Asia. Among her academic honors is "The 1998 Nova Southeastern University Distinguished Research Award." She holds membership in a variety of professional, educational, and missionary associations.