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2018-2019 Student Catalog | Personnel Directory

Adjunct Faculty (Ministry Specialists)

Rev. Dr. Leith Anderson

D.Min., Fuller Theological Seminary; M.Div., Denver Seminary; B.A., Moody Bible Institute. Dr. Anderson is pastor emeritus of Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, where he was senior pastor for 35 years from 1977-2011. He is the president of the National Association of Evangelicals, holding the office from 2001-2002 and again from 2006 to present. Dr. Anderson speaks frequently at conferences, has traveled to all seven continents, and has often been interviewed and quoted by publications and broadcasts with global reputation for excellence. He served for two years under President Barack Obama on the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He is the author of many articles and has authored or co-authored over twenty books.

Rev. Dr. Aaron M. Bouwens

D.Min., Drew University, 2013; M.Div., Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, 2003, B.S. Houghton College, 1997. 2009 Lewis Leadership Fellow with the Center for Church Leadership at Wesley Seminary. Credentialed executive and leadership coach with the International Coaching Federation. Dr. Bouwens currently serves as the director of vital congregations for the Upper New York Conference of The United Methodist Church. In this role, Dr. Bouwens comes alongside congregations and leaders to increase the vitality of the congregation. Previously he has served as lead pastor in Wolcott, NY and Cortland, NY, and as co-pastor in Liverpool, NY.

Mr. Charles H. Canon III

M.L.S., SUNY Geneseo, 1994; B.S., Roberts Wesleyan College, 1970. Mr. Canon is a member of the Committee on History and Archives of the Free Methodist Church, USA. He has been a member of the Board of Administration at the local, conference, and denominational level within the Free Methodist Church. He has also been a delegate to each Free Methodist General Conference since 1985. He is currently a member of the Ministerial Education and Guidance Board and the Ministerial Appointments Committee of the Genesis Conference of the Free Methodist Church and the Board of Administration of the Northgate/Batavia (NY) Free Methodist Church.

Rev. Vince DiPaola

Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1993; B.S., Electrical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1985. Rev. DiPaola is the founding and senior pastor at Lakeshore Community Church in Rochester, N.Y., a church he began with his family in 1995. He has hosted the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit in Rochester which has been held at Lakeshore since 2004.

Rev. Dr. Walter S. Fleming

D.Min., Northeastern Seminary, 2018; M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary, 1980; B.A., Houghton College, 1976. Pastor Wally, as he is known around campus, served as the lead pastor at Pearce Memorial Church for 10 years, a congregation adjacent to the Northeastern Seminary campus. Pearce was Pastor Wally’s fourth appointment, having served three other congregations since he began full-time pastoral ministry in the summer of 1980. He currently serves as the director of chapel and adjunct faculty at Roberts Wesleyan College, teaching in the area of leadership.

Rev. Dr. Val Fowler

D.Min., Congregational Revitalization, McCormick Theological Seminary, 1982; M.Div., Christian Education and Biblical Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1975; B.A. New Testament Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1971. Rev. Fowler served as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church (USA), in Honeoye Falls, NY, and stated clerk of the Presbytery of Genesee Valley.

Rev. Dr. Dana L. Goodnough

D.Min., Ministry Leadership, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2002; M.A., Counseling, Liberty University, 1992; Th.M., Bible Exposition, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1985; B.A., Pastoral Studies and Biblical Languages, Calvary Bible College, 1981; Diploma, Pastoral Studies, Moody Bible Institute, 1980. Dr. Goodnough is the pastor at Pittsford Community Church where he has served since 1985. He serves on the board of the Rochester Institute of Christian Education and has served as a visiting instructor at the Baptist Theological Seminary of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Dr. Goodnough is the author of Three-Minute Theology: 66 Simple Lessons on Basic Bible Doctrines (Westbow Press).

Rev. Suzi Harriff

M.Div., Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity  School; B.A., English Literature and Psychology, SUNY Fredonia. Rev. Harriff’s bi-vocational work includes serving as a marketing and communications professional and as an ordained pastor, teacher,  and minister of music with various churches in the United Methodist, American Baptist, and Presbyterian denominations. She and her husband, Rev. Jim Harriff travel regularly to Rwanda in east Africa, working with African  Evangelistic Enterprises, Le Rucher/Mercy Ministries, and Solid Marriage Ministry in the ongoing post-genocide work of reconciliation and restoration.

Dr. Harry J. Heintz

D. Min., Fuller Seminary, 1996; M. Div., Gordon-Conwell Seminary, 1974; B. A. Southern California College, 1968. Dr. Heintz served as lead pastor/head of staff at Brunswick Presbyterian Church, Troy, N.Y., from 1974-2012, and was board member of Presbyterians for Renewal, 2002-2008. Dr. Heintz is active in supply preaching in the greater Rochester area, to which he moved in October 2013.

Rev. Dr. Fredrick Johnson

D.Min., Northeastern Seminary, 2007; M.A., Northeastern Seminary, 2001; M.B.A., Rochester Institute of Technology, 1994; B.S., Delaware State University, 1988. Rev. Johnson is an ordained clergyman in the Baptist Church. Rev. Johnson is the executive director for the Southwest Area Development Corporation (SWADCO), which is a not-for-profit economic development organization of the Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church. Professionally, Rev. Johnson is employed in corporate finance and has been recognized by the Rochester Business Journal as a “40 under 40” honoree. His areas of special interest: church administration and finances, economic and community development.

Mr. Charles Meeks

Ph.D. (ABD), Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, 2018; M.A., Asbury Theological Seminary, 2009; B.A. Houghton College, 2005. Mr. Meeks is currently finishing his Ph.D. dissertation at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, and is supervised by Drs. Ephraim Radner and Joseph Mangina. His research is in the areas of patristic theology, sacramental theology, and systematic theology. His work at Asbury Theological Seminary focused primarily on New Testament and Biblical Archaeology. He is an active member of the North American Patristics Society, has published in the area of patristic exegesis, and has contributed extensively to the Lexham Bible Dictionary. Mr. Meeks has also pastored in Melbourne, Sydney, and Coffs Harbour, Australia.

Rev. Dr. Robert Tice 

D.Min., Northeastern Seminary, 2012; Th.M., Fuller Theological Seminary, 1986; M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary, 1984; B.A., Houghton College, 1980. Dr. Tice is the founding and senior pastor of RiverRock, a multicultural church in the west side of Buffalo, N.Y. As an assembly of the nations in the city, RiverRock ministers among and with many international refugees and is in a close partnership with Jericho Road Family Practice, a holistic and faith-based medical practice that serves the under-served and thousands of international refugees. Tice is also an adjunct instructor at Houghton College, having launched its urban ministry minor and co-founded its Pastoral and Church Ministry Program as a satellite program in core-city Buffalo for training in ministry (1989-2008).

Dr. Gregory VanDussen

D.Min., Church History, Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School, 1986; M.A., American History, SUNY College at Brockport, 1983; M.Div., Church History, Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School, 1972; B.A., Philosophy, SUNY College at Brockport, 1969. Dr. VanDussen retired in 2011 after 39 years of full-time ministry in the United Methodist Church. He pastored several churches in Western New York, and for six years served as Batavia district superintendent.

Dr. Joyce Wagner

M.S., Higher Education Administration, University of Rochester, 2014; Ph.D., Counselor Education and Supervision, Regent University, 2007; M.S.W., Roberts Wesleyan College, 2002; B.A., Roberts Wesleyan College, 1992.  Dr. Wagner is currently in private practice (Restoration Counseling of Rochester) where she counsels, does supervision, teaches, consults and speaks publicly about a variety of mental health topics.  Before this role Dr. Wagner was the director of the Counseling Center for Roberts Wesleyan College.

Dr. Norman Wettereau

M.D., Duke University Medical School, 1967; B.S., Wheaton College, 1963. Dr. Wetterau is a
physician at Tricounty Family Medicine in Dansville, NY, and clinical assistant professor of
family medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. One area of his many
professional interests includes applying the theology of social justice to real-life community issues.