Dean School of Ministry

About Palm Beach Atlantic University

Founded in 1968, Palm Beach Atlantic University is a Christ-centered university experiencing a season of remarkable growth, momentum, and expanding influence. PBA now enrolls more than 4,200 students across more than 100 academic programs and draws students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries. As a comprehensive Christian university, PBA is an academically rigorous, classically evangelical, and non-denominational university.

Our theologically conservative stance is articulated through PBA’s Guiding Principles and values statements. Located in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida, PBA has recently undergone a remarkable period of expansion, with seven-fold increase in applications over the last six years, simultaneous with reiterating our long standing orthodox Christian stance. Rooted in a Christ-first mission and guided by biblical conviction, the University stands at a defining moment, expanding its campus footprint and elevating its role as a premier Christian university shaping the next generation of healthcare, marketplace, and ministry leaders.

The School of Ministry plays a vital role as the spiritual center of a vibrant university and community. Within the School of Ministry, PBA’s faith-based programming and spiritual and theological instruction prepare our students to serve as the next generation of pastors, scholars, chaplains, missionaries, and marketplace leaders grounded in Scripture and the historic Christian faith.

The academic strength and innovation of the School of Ministry is supported by a strong grouping of grants totaling over $17.5M. These grants extend the mission of the school in the following areas:

• Community-based chaplaincy education
• Multi-ethnic church leadership education
• Established a new network of churches in South FL for education resourcing and community.

The school is accredited by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) and holds accredited status in good standing. Its programs span the baccalaureate through the doctorate, offered in both residential and online formats, and are anchored by a curriculum that integrates the study of the Bible, theology, theological languages, and practical ministry. PBA’s apologetics program is among the finest in the country, and the School’s Accelerated Ministry Program allows students to earn a B.A. and M.Div.

in as few as five years.

The Dean reports to the Provost and serves on the University’s senior academic leadership team. The Dean is responsible for all aspects of the School’s academic life and culture and will cast a compelling vision that aligns with the University’s overall mission and continue to strengthen the School of Ministry as the heart of PBA’s spiritual and intellectual formation. This is a high-trust, high-expectation role that calls for an executive leader who can serve as builder, strategist, shepherd, and ambassador, modeling transparent leadership, collaborative decision-making, and unwavering commitment to the university and training the next generation of Christian leaders.

• Lead faculty recruitment, development, and evaluation, cultivating scholar-teacher-practitioners who unite rigorous scholarship with a pastoral heart by hiring well, mentoring wisely, and evaluating with consistency and care. The dean is tasked with hiring rising star faculty and ministry mentors.
• Steward strategic planning, accreditation, and academic quality, sustaining ATS accreditation and curricular quality across residential and online programs from the baccalaureate through the doctorate. Work with university leadership to build strong public and private partnerships to fund ministry scholarships in the wake of federal means testing for student loans.
• Direct curricular innovation, enrollment strategy, and financial stewardship, advancing student outcomes and program health (academic and fiscal) across the School’s undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral offerings. Continue to innovate with grant support and prepare pastors who can lead well.
• Champion faculty scholarship as a missional calling,…