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D R . G R E G O R Y R . P E R R Y C U R R I C U LU M V I TA E

Dr. Gregory R. PerryAssociate Professor of New TestamentDirector of City Ministry Initiative

CONTACT

To reach me, please call or e-mail Gerry Reimer, our Faculty Secretary, at 314.434.4044, ext. 4201, or gerry.reimer@covenantseminary.edu

FACULT Y MEMBER SINCE

2003

SELECT COURSES TAUGHT

Pastoral and General EpistlesCovenant TheologyGod’s Gracious KingdomIntercultural City Ministry

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA: Bachelor of Science (BS) in Finance, 1984

Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ: Greek Studies, 1983

Reformed Theological Seminary: Master of Divinity (MDiv), 1988

Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA: Master of Theology (ThM), 1995

Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, VA: Doctor of Theology (PhD), 2008 Thesis: “Luke’s Narrative Shaping of Early Christian Identity in Acts”

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE

Lifeline Ministries, Inc. (an organization supporting children at risk), Atlanta, GA: Co-founder, 1992–93

Intown Community Church, Atlanta, GA: Assistant Pastor, 1990–95

Joint Task Force for Church Planting, Presbyterian Church (Australia): Chair, 1997–98

Birthmother Ministries, Inc., Arlington, VA: Washington Area Director, 2000–02

McLean Presbyterian Church, McLean, VA: Interim Pastor of Adult Discipleship, 2002–03

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando, FL: Visiting Lecturer, Greek and New Testament, 1989

Reformed Theological Seminary Charlotte, NC: Visiting Lecturer, Greek, 1992

Presbyterian Theological Centre, Sydney, Australia Visiting Lecturer, New Testament Language and Literature, 1995–98

Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO: Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies and Access Distance Education Faculty Liaison, 2003–05 Director, Access Distance Educatio and Covenant Worldwide, 2005–08 Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, 2005–08 Associate Professor of New Testament, 2008–

PRESBY TERY AND DENOMINATIONAL SERVICE

Teaching Elder, Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), ordained 1991

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND MEMBERSHIPS

Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Third Millennium Ministries, Board member (1998–present) Fellow, Institute for Biblical Research (IBR)

BOOKS

“No Other Name”: Luke’s Recentralization of the Cult of Israel. ThM Thesis. Decatur, GA: Columbia Theological Seminary, 1995. Available online at www.thirdmill.org.

Friends Training Manual. Arlington, VA: Birthmother Ministries, Inc., 2000.

“Luke’s Narrative Shaping of Early Christian Identity” (unpublished PhD Dissertation, Union-PSCE, 2008).

ARTICLES

“Reforming Worship.” Reformed Theological Review (April 2002): 34–50.

“To Know and Be Known: How Christ’s Love Moves Us Into Intimacy, Humility, and Risk. A Sermon on John 13:1–17,” in All for Jesus: A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Covenant Theological Seminary, ed. Robert A. Peterson and Sean Michael Lucas. Fearn, Tain, Great Britain: Christian Focus Publications, 2006. Originally published in Covenant 20, no. 4 (Winter 2005-06): 6–10.

“Paul in Acts and the Law in the Prophets,” Horizons in Biblical Theology 31 (2009): 160–77.

“Phoebe of Cenchrae and ‘Women’ of Ephesus: ‘Deacons’ in the Earliest Churches,” Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review 36, no. 1 (Spring 2010): 9–36.

REVIEWS

Thirty Years That Changed the World, by Michael Green, in Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review 31, no. 1 (Spring 2005): 54-56.

The Travel Narrative in the Gospel of Luke: Interpretation of Luke 9: 51–19, 28, by Filip Noel, in Catholic Biblical Quarterly (April 2006).

Review of Darrell Bock, Acts, Baker Exegetical Commentary on the NT (Baker, 2007) in Interpretation (July, 2009).

Review of F. Scott Spencer, The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles, IBT Series (Abingdon, 2008), Interpretation 64, no. 3 (July 2010): 318

Review of Graham H. Twelftree, People of the Spirit: Exploring Luke’s View of the Church, in Review of Biblical Literature (2011).

Review of Mark Gornik, Word Made Global: Stories of African Christianity in New York City (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011), in International Bulletin of Missionary Research (April 2012).