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Todd Johnson To Assume Associate Professor Position
CHICAGO, IL (March 26, 2003) - North Park Theological Seminary (NPTS) has
announced the appointment of Todd E. Johnson, Ph.D., as associate professor
of worship and theology and dean of the Seminary Chapel beginning August 1.
Johnson has been on the faculty of Loyola University of Chicago's Institute
for Pastoral Studies for the past six years. He has also taught in an
adjunct capacity for NPTS, Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Chicago's
Lutheran School of Theology and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in
Lombard, Illinois.
A 1982 graduate of North Park University (then College), Johnson earned a
Master of Divinity with emphasis in Theology from NPTS in 1986. He became
an ordained Covenant minister in 1988. He and his wife, Susan, are the
parents of five children and are members of North Park Covenant Church in
Chicago. When he is not teaching, writing or parenting, Johnson is an avid
runner who has competed in numerous marathons and triathlons.
Johnson served as an associate pastor at Broadway Covenant Church in
Rockford, Illinois, and at the Evangelical Covenant Church of South Bend,
Indiana, before heading to Loyola. While in South Bend, Johnson earned a
Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame in 1996.
Last year, Johnson edited a book of essays, The Conviction of Things Not
Seen: Worship and Ministry in the 21st Century (Brazos Press), to which
he contributed an essay using Willow Creek Community Church of Barrington,
Illinois, as a case study entitled, "Disconnected Rituals: The Origins of
the Seeker Service."
Johnson received a Wabash Fellowship in 2000-2001 for the promotion and
development of technology in teaching theology, including a summer research
grant. He is currently involved in a Wabash project to research pedagogical
approaches to technology and teaching. He is assisting with a project
developing a multimedia resource for teaching worship through an Eli Lilly
Grant acquired by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship
- the pilot project is occurring at Ravenswood Evangelical Covenant Church
in Chicago.
For more information about the Calvin Institute of Worship/Loyola project,
visit www.covchurch.org and the Ravenswood link in the church directory
section. Johnson's book can be ordered by credit card through the online
Covenant Bookstore at www.covchurch.org.
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