Steve joined BILD in November 2002. Formerly he served as Vice-President and Dean of External Studies for Moody Bible Institute, overseeing its massive correspondence school, extensive off-campus sites, global online courses, and Radio School of the Bible. Previously, he served for nine years as Associate Dean of Nontraditional and Distance Education for Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has served in various capacities for ACCESS, the Christian distance education professional association, and given seminars on topics such as "Learning Communities in Distance Education" and "Untapped Markets for Christian Higher Education." Steve also served on the Criteria Review Committee of the Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges (AABC). Steve has served both as a pastor and church elder in Illinois. Now, he helps BILD and BILD's Partner Churches obtain academic credit from formal institutions for their non-formal church-based theological education. He is finishing a Ph.D. program at Loyola University and working on a dissertation on "In-Context Learning in Theological Education." Steve and his wife Judy have two children, Michael and Sarah.
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