Emeritus Faculty
H. George Anderson
President Emeritus -
B.A., Yale University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; B.D., The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. Additional Study at University of Olso and Tübingen University.
Mack C. Branham, Jr.
President Emeritus –
B.S., L.L.D., Clemson Univ.; M.S., George Washington Univ.; M.Div. S.T.M., Luth. Theological Southern Seminary; Ph.D., Arizona State Univ.; D.D., Newberry College. Graduate, Institute of Theological Education Management. Additional study, Southern Methodist University., Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, University of South Carolina, and University of Maryland.
H. Frederick Reisz, Jr.
President Emeritus –
B.A., Gettysburg College; B.D., Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School
Phillip Baker
Professor of Missiology and Evangelism, Emeritus -
A.B., Chico State University; M.Div., Wartburg Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Aquinas Institute of Theology.
Agneta Enermalm Tsiparis
Professor of New Testament, Emerita –
M.A., M.Div., and Dr. Theol., Uppsala University, Sweden. Additional study, Faculté de Théologie Protestante, Strasbourg, France.
Carl Frederick Wilhelm Ficken, Jr.
Professor of Theology and Culture Emeritus, & Director Emeritus of the Lutheran Theological Center in Atlanta
B.A., D.D., Lenoir-Rhyne College; B.D., Luth. Theological Seminary at Philadelphia; S.T.M., Luth. Theological Southern Seminary; Ph.D., University of South Carolina.
Paul Thomas Jersild
Professor of Theology and Ethics, Emeritus –
B.A., D.D., Dana College; M.A. Philosophy, University of Nebraska; B.D., Trinity Theological Seminary; Dr. theol., University of Muenster, Germany. Additional study, Union Theological Seminary, New York, University of Chicago Divinity School, Churches' Center for Theology and Public Policy, Washington, D.C.
Luther E. Lindberg
Professor of Educational Ministry, Emeritus –
B.A., Augustana College; B.D., Augustana Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Boston Univ. Additional study, St. Andrews, Scotland.
Nicholas K. Mays
Professor of Contextual Education, Emeritus -
B.A., Wittenburg University; M.Div., Hamma School of Theology; D.Min., Trinity Lutheran Seminary.
Harold Franklin Park
Professor of Christian Education, Emeritus –
B.A., D.D., Newberry College; M.Div., Luth. Theological Southern Seminary. Additional study, Harvard Univ., Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
and Princeton Theological Seminary.
Thomas E. Ridenhour
Professor of Homelitics, Emeritus –
B.A., Davidson College; B.D., Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary; Ph.D., Duke University.
Martin Frederick Saarinen
Professor of Church and Ministry, Emeritus –
B.A., University of Minnesota; M.Ed., Wisconsin State Univ.; B.D., Suomi Theological Seminary; D.Min., Hamma School of Theology.
Austin Focht Shell Professor of Pastoral Care, Emeritus –
B.A., Wittenberg Univ.; B.D., Hamma School of Theology; M.A., Ohio Univ.; Ph.D., Boston University. Additional study, Harvard University.
Charles Park Sigel
Professor of New Testament, Emeritus –
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; B.D., S.T.M., Luth. Theological Seminary at Philadelphia; D.D., Lenoir-Rhyne College.
