2019-2020 Adjunct Faculty (Ministry Specialists)
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. Matthew Davis
M.S., Information and Library Science, SUNY at Buffalo, 2019; M.A., Theological Studies, Northeastern Seminary, 2016. Matthew serves at Community of the Savior in Rochester, NY as the Campus Ministry Liaison and serves full time at B. Thomas Golisano Library as the Systems Librarian and Library Liaison to Northeastern Seminary. His research interests are theological librarianship, practical theology, missiology and the missio Dei, and scholarly communication.
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.
Julie Durbin
Ph.D. Biola University (Intercultural Studies), 2016; M.A. Duquesne University (Rhetoric/Communication), 2000; B.A. Roberts Wesleyan College, (Communication), 1998. Dr. Durbin teaches humanities and English at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA, and the Community College of Beaver County in Monaca, PA. She serves as worship leader at the New Brighton Free Methodist Church in New Brighton, PA, and on a provisional directing board for the newly-formed Free Methodist Liturgical Network. From 2000-2010, she lived in Ukraine and worked with a FMWM church planting team.
Mary Ann Fackelman
M.A. Case Western Reserve (French), 1973; B.A. Nazareth College (French), 1966. Ms.
Fackelman is a spiritual director at the Borromeo Prayer Center in Rochester, N.Y. She is also the
president and founder of Lister First, a company dedicated to group development and counseling,
facilitation, and training for organizations.
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. 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. Roger Haskins
Ph.D. Union Institute and University (Organizational Development), 2009; M.A. Eastern Nazarene College (Religion), 1986; B.A. Roberts Wesleyan College (Religion / Philosophy), 1981. Dr. Haskins is Lead Pastor at Pearce Memorial Church on the campus of Roberts Wesleyan College.
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.
Dr. Brittany Kim
Ph.D., Biblical Theology—Old Testament, Wheaton College, 2014; M.A., Biblical Exegesis, Wheaton College, 2008; B.A., Religious Studies and Philosophy, Westmont College, 2003. Dr. Kim has taught classes in biblical studies at Roberts Wesleyan College and online through Bethel Seminary and Ecclesia College. Her research interests include prophetic literature, biblical metaphor, rhetorical and literary methods, and biblical theology.
James Krisher
Jim Krisher received his B.A. in religion from Syracuse University, and his M.A. in theology, specializing in scripture, from Boston College. He also did further graduate study in Christian spirituality and spiritual direction at Creighton University in Omaha. He is the founder and director of the Spiritual Renewal Center in Syracuse, NY, where he oversees a wide variety of services and ministries, gives classes, retreats and workshops, spiritual direction and training to spiritual directors. A large part of his work is individual spiritual direction with pastors and clergy. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member in the religious studies department of Le Moyne College, where he teaches courses in New Testament and Christian spirituality.
Dr. Kristina LaCelle-Peterson
Ph.D., Theological and Religious Studies, Drew University, 2001; M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1987; B.A., Biblical Studies, Houghton College 1982. Dr. LaCelle-Peterson is currently a Professor of Religion at Houghton College though she has taught courses in Bible, church history and social justice at a number of institutions including Roberts Wesleyan College, Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School, Northwest Nazarene and John Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan. She has authored the book Liberating Tradition: Women’s Vocation and Identity in Christian Perspective (2008) as well as articles and book chapters on various ministry-related topics. She is an ordained Elder in the Free Methodist Church.
Dr. Charles Meeks
Ph.D., Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, 2019; M.A., Asbury Theological Seminary, 2009; B.A. Houghton College, 2005. Dr. Meeks recently completed his Ph.D. dissertation at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, and was supervised by Drs. Ephraim Radner and Joseph Mangina. His research is in the areas of patristic theology, sacramental theology, and systematic theology. His dissertation will be published by Fortress Press in 2020. 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. Dr. Meeks has also pastored in Melbourne, Sydney, and Coffs Harbour, Australia.
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.