Faculty - Professor of Old Testament or New Testament (Open Rank)

About North Park Seminary

North Park Theological Seminary is the denominational seminary of the Evangelical Covenant Church and is part of North Park University. Located for over 125 years on the tribal land of the Miami and Potawatomi tribes in what is today’s Chicago’s northside, North Park is committed to excellence in both ministerial and academic formation. NPTS offers the following degrees: Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Theological Studies, Master of Arts in Christian Formation, Master of Arts in Christian Ministry, Master of Arts in Restorative Justice Ministries (through the School of Restorative Arts at Stateville and Logan Correctional Centers). NPTS also offers dual degrees with North Park University’s School of Business and Nonprofit Administration.

About North Park University

Founded in 1891, North Park University is a Christian university affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church of over 3,200 students from around the country and the world. Located for over 125 years on the land of the Miami and Potawatomi tribes in what is today Chicago’s northside, NPU has recently been designated a Hispanic Serving Institution and is committed to serving diverse populations. Elevating North Park University’s core distinctives of Christian, city-centered, and intercultural, NPU values diversity among its faculty and is committed to building a racially and culturally diverse intellectual community, and strongly encourages the nomination and candidacies of persons who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color regardless of gender.

North Park University is located in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago, one of the most ethnically diverse zip codes in the United States. It is nine miles from downtown Chicago. The North Park campus has often been referred to as an oasis in the heart of the city – a place where students from urban, rural, and suburban backgrounds alike can call home. And all of this within the major metropolitan backdrop of Chicago: one of the world’s largest and most diversified economies, renowned for its museums and music, and voted best large city in the U.S. for four years in a row by Condé Nast Traveler.

Mission

The mission of North Park University is to prepare students for lives of significance and service through education in the liberal arts, professional studies, and theology.

Vision

Building on our core institutional identity—Christian, city-centered, intercultural—our vision is to create a university of uncommon character and enduring excellence, where faith, learning, and service meet.

Position Summary

North Park Theological Seminary invites applications and nominations for a full-time, tenure track position in the biblical field, New Testament or Old Testament, starting Fall 2024. Rank and salary commensurate to qualifications and experience.

Responsibilities

• Teach core and elective courses, for the biblical field in the seminary’s Master of Divinity and Master of Arts programs (typically 15 hours or 5 courses per academic year). The successful candidate will teach the seminary’s beginning biblical Greek 1–2 sequence in addition to core and elective courses in area of expertise.
• Engage productively in research, publish, and speak professionally according to one’s scholarly interests.
• Advise and mentor graduate students in a seminary program that focuses on ministerial formation and vocation.
• Contribute to standard faculty responsibilities such as committees, assessment, regular office hours, meetings, convocations and commencement events, lectureships, symposia, and seminary community life. (Please note that this is not a remote position.)
• Collaborate with the wider university and the Evangelical Covenant Church.

Requirements

• PhD, ThD, or equivalent research doctoral degree
• Superior teaching ability in exegeting the biblical text in its ancient historical and cultural context and theologically applying the message of the text for the mission and ministry of the church
• Skills to teach courses in more than one sub-discipline of Old Testament or New Testament studies and related disciplines in theological education
• Proficiency with technology and ability to teach effectively within various modes of educational deployment, including the traditional in-person classroom, synchronous and asynchronous online instruction, and hyflex and hybrid courses
• Demonstrated ability and potential for research, publication, and speaking for the academy and church
• Commitment to the seminary’s core values of forming leaders for pastoral ministry and holistic service
• Compatibility with the theology and ethos of the Evangelical Covenant Church (see, for example, documents linked below)
• Commitment to North Park University’s core values of being Christian, city-centered, and intercultural
• Ordination preferred

Candidates must apply by December 31, 2023 to be considered for this position.

Women and ethnic minorities are encouraged to apply. Select candidates will be invited to submit letters of recommendation and written essays.

Learn more about the commitments of the Evangelical Covenant Church through these denominational documents: Covenant Affirmations, The Covenant Church and the Bible; The Evangelical Covenant Church and the Ministry of Compassion, Mercy, and Justice; Baptism in the Evangelical Covenant Church; Called and Gifted; Human Sexuality and the Ethic of Marriage and Singleness.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Prescription Plan
• Flexible Spending Account
• Commuter Benefit
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Tuition Remission
• Helwig Recreation Center