College of Ministry Graduate Team

Education:                  B.A. Houghton College, 2002 M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary, 2005 Ph.D. Princeton Theological Seminary, 2011 Contact: Email: joshua.ziefle@northwestu.edu Phone: 425.889.5211

Joshua R. Ziefle is Dean of the College of Ministry at Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington. Originally from New Jersey, he completed a BA in History from Houghton College before matriculating in the MDiv program at Princeton Theological Seminary. His academic interests in religious history culminated in a PhD in American Church History from Princeton Seminary.  During his doctoral studies he served for six years as the youth pastor of Nassau Christian Center (A/G).

Dr. Ziefle has taught numerous courses in the College of Ministry and the Department of History. During his time at Northwest, he has been blessed to help educate numerous young ministers and church leaders. Dr. Ziefle is also Director of the Center for Calling and Theological Formation (www.northwestu.edu/cctf), overseeing both a yearly Youth Forum and a theology program for high school students called the Summer Journey. He is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God and serves as an appointed presbyter for the Northwest Ministry Network. Together with Don Ross, Dr. Ziefle is the author of the recently published A Tale of Two Churches: Why Being Both Missional & Pentecostal Matters (2018).

Chair of Graduate Studies – Dr. Jon Bentall

Education:                  BA in Religion and Philosophy at NU MA in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary PhD in Old Testament at the University of Durham (U.K) Contact: Email: jon.bentall@northwestu.edu

Jon Bentall is Assistant Professor of Bible at Northwest University. He completed a BA in Religion
and Philosophy here at NU, having studied previously at Trinity Western University and Columbia
Bible College (both in Canada). He holds an MA in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and
completed a PhD in Old Testament at the University of Durham (U.K.). Alongside teaching at NU, Dr.
Bentall is a licensed minister with the Assemblies of God and serves as Theologian in Residence at
Mill Creek Foursquare Church. He and his wife, Kelsie, have three children and live in Mukilteo.