Elective #1: The Sermon on the Mount in the Secular Age – The Sermon is Jesus’ cross-cultural manifesto, relating the gospel of grace to all ethnicities, races, genders, locations, denominations, and social-economic classes. The Sermon on the Mount is a gift that does justice to both the believer’s internal character development and external behavior, to the mission of the church and the need for missions, to the individual person and to the body-and-soul-in-community, and to the present as well as the future.  Taught by Doug Webster and Mike Pasquarello.  Meets in Fellowship Hall 4.  Doug Webster will teach weeks 1-2, and Mike Pasquarello will teach weeks 3-4.

Elective #2: Foundations of Faith: Basic Christianity in The Apostles’ Creed – This elective will focus on The Apostles’ Creed, an essential document in the Christian tradition. Through looking at this summation of the Christian faith, the goal is to come to know God, our Christian beliefs, and our calling more clearly.  Taught by Clayton Hornback and Joel Busby.  Meets in Fellowship Hall 1.

Joel Busby:  Joel is the lead pastor of Grace Fellowship, a church planted on the western side of Homewood in 2017.  Joel grew up in the Birmingham area, and attended Samford University. He is married to Mandy who works as a photographer and floral designer. After some time in ministry in Missouri and Texas, the Busbys returned to Birmingham in 2008 for Joel to study at Beeson Divinity School, where he finished an M.Div in 2011 and the Doctor of Ministry degree in 2018.  Joel served at MBCC for many years as our college pastor and then our pastor of cultural engagement. 

Clayton Hornback:  MBCC College Pastor

Mike Pasquarello:  Mike began his professional career in the United States Marine Corps before moving to the call to pastoral ministry. After graduation from Duke Divinity School, he was ordained in the United Methodist Church, serving in pastoral ministry for 18 years in North Carolina. He completed his Ph.D. with a focus on the history of preaching in relation to biblical interpretation, doctrine, worship, pastoral ministry, spirituality and the moral life. Prior to joining the faculty of Beeson Divinity School, Pasquarello was Professor of Preaching at Asbury Theological Seminary (2001 – 2015) and Professor of Preaching at Fuller Theological Seminary (2015 – 2018).  Mike and his wife, Patti, a nurse educator, have four grown children.

Steve Singletary:  Steve has been a member of the The Center for Executive Leadership team since 2009 and is an ordained pastor with over 26 years of experience in entrepreneurial ministries. Steve focuses his work on teaching, discipleship training, leadership equipping and marriage counseling. He earned his Master’s of Divinity in 1999 and completed his doctorate in 2017.  Steve and his wife, Beth, have two grown children and one granddaughter.

Ben Telfair:  Pastor of Cultural Engagement at MBCC

Doug Webster:  Doug joined the Beeson faculty in 2007 as professor of Pastoral Theology and Christian Preaching. Before coming to Beeson Divinity School, he was the senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of San Diego (1993-2007). He has taught at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, Canada and served churches in Toronto, Bloomington, Indiana, and Denver, Colorado. He has authored several books.  He and his wife, Virginia, have three adult children and three grandchildren.