David Phillips:  

I currently serve as the Dean of Extended Learning at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA. for Online Education and Planning Analyst, and Professor of Leadership Studies at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, TN. Prior to moving to Point Loma in 2013, I served as Dean of the College of Lifelong Learning, Online, and Planning Analyst from 2011-2013, and before that I served as Vice President and Dean for Online Academic Services at Nazarene Bible College in Colorado Springs. I went to NBC in 1998 after serving as a pastor in the Church of the Nazarene for 25 years. For any who would like a little more background... I was born in Southern California and raised in the town of Brea, not far from Disneyland. After graduation from Brea-Olinda High School, (other schools played up the B.O. part), I attended Pasadena College (now Point Loma Nazarene University). It is a good thing it was not Pasadena University or I would have gone to B.O. for High School and P.U. for College. :-) My first contact with the church was as a Sunday School bus kid. My involvement was not much more than attending Sunday School until my junior high years when I had almost no involvement in church. During high school, I once again became involved in church through the youth group. I became a Christian during my sophomore year of high school and sensed God's call to be a minister during the summer before my senior year. At Pasadena College, I was a religion/philosophy major (ministry preparation) where I earned the Bachelor of Arts degree. Following graduation, I pastored my first church in Hawthorne, Nevada. From there, I spent a couple of years as a youth pastor in my home church in Brea (now Yorba Linda Community), five years as pastor of the Sunnymead Church (now Moreno Valley Church) and 14 years as pastor of the Apple Valley Church, home of the late Roy Rogers and Dale Evans - all in Southern California. We then made the big move to Colorado and spent three years as pastor of the Denver Lakewood Church. In April of 1998, President Hiram Sanders (1994-2006) asked me to join the administrative staff at NBC. Sensing that God was leading us in this direction, we moved to Colorado Springs and joined the NBC community. In March 2011, I accepted the offer to move to TNU and serve as Dean over the graduate, adult, and online programs. It was after 10 years of pastoral ministry experience that I realized the need for additional education. While pastoring full-time, I began to study at the Azusa Pacific University Graduate School of Theology. In six years, I completed a Certificate in Ministry Management, a Master of Arts degree in Biblical Studies, and a Master of Divinity degree. Following my work at Azusa, I went to Fuller Theological Seminary where I earned the Doctor of Ministry degree (1998). Having moved into the field of education, I completed a Master of Arts in Education (MAED) in 2004, with a concentration in Adult Education and Distance Learning at the University of Phoenix, and a Master of Science in Education (MSED) in 2010, with a concentration in Instructional Design for Online Learning at Capella University. I am also currently working on an MBA degree as a student at Trevecca Nazarene University. Professionally, I have served on the Commission of Accreditation for the Association of Biblical Higher Education for five years and as chair of the Criteria Committee (two years), as Vice-chair of the Commission (one year) and as Chair of the Commission (one year)...Expand for more