Bethel Seminary
George
K. Brushaber
President, Bethel University
Brushaber has been Bethel’s president since 1982. His leadership in Christian higher education is reflected in his previous positions as vice president and dean of Bethel College from 1975 to 1982; vice president and dean of Westmont College in California; professor of philosophy and theology at Gordon College in Massachusetts; and administrator at Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Massachusetts. Brushaber also serves the evangelical community as a writer and editor. He is senior advisor for Christianity Today and is the founding editor of Christian Scholar’s Review. He has also been an editor or contributing staff member for the Bulletin of Evangelical Theological Society, Gordon Review, Religious and Theological Abstracts, and Christian University Press. A nationally recognized speaker, educator, journalist, and scholar, Brushaber has been the honored recipient of Christianity Today’s Outstanding Leadership Award and the James DeForest Murch Award from the National Association of Evangelicals.
Education
B.A., Wheaton College;
M.A., Wheaton College Graduate School;
M.Div.,
Gordon Divinity School;
Ph.D., Boston University
Related Experience
Director of Admissions and Records at Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary from 1962 to 1972
Vice President and Academic Dean at Westmont College from 1972 to 1975
Vice President and Dean at Bethel College (St. Paul, Minnesota) from
1975 to 1982
Past Teaching Experience
Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary from 1962 to 1972
Pastoral Ministry
1963 to 1971
Current Position
President since 1982