• Director, Doctor of Ministry, Bethel Seminary
• Professor of Ministry Leadership, Bethel Seminary

Previous Professional Experience

• Associate Academic Dean, Bethel Seminary
• Worship Leader, Immanuel Baptist Church
• Adjunct Bible Instructor, Northwestern College
• Pastor of Leadership Development & Outreach, Immanuel Baptist Church
• Acting Program Administrator, SemPM Modular Program, Bethel Seminary
• Administrative Research Assistant, Center for Transformational Leadership, Bethel Seminary
• Vice President & Chairman of the Board, Together Ministries, Inc.
• Program Counselor, ACR Homes, Inc.
• Assistant Youth Minister, Bethlehem Baptist Church
• Chaplain, Salvation Army Harbor Lights Center

• Immanuel Baptist Church - Associate Pastor; Worship Leader; Pastoral Intern; Elder; Chairman of the Missions Board; Short Term Missions Leader; Leader of college-aged and young adult ministries; Adult S.S. Teacher; Ministry Area Team Leader 
• Bethlehem Baptist Church - Urban Apprentice; Assistant Youth Minister 
• Salvation Army - Chaplain; Youth Day Camp Supervisor 
• Northwestern College - Spiritual Growth Coordinator; Honduras Missions Trip; Chapel Committee; Pulpit Supply Preaching; Ministry Teams 
• Student Venture - Volunteer Staff; Summer Missions
• Good Shepherd Community Church - Youth Group Student Leader, Vacation Bible Clubs, S.S. teacher

Professional Service Roles

• Editorial Board, Journal of Business and Educational Leadership
• Editorial Board, Journal of Biblical Perspectives in Leadership
• Chair, Faculty Doctor of Ministry Committee (Bethel Seminary)
• Previous Chair, Academic Programs Assessment and Accreditation Committee (Bethel Seminary)
• Previous Chair, Faculty Council on Integration and Contextualization (Bethel Seminary)
• Primary Researcher, AD2018 Report (Bethel Seminary)

• McNeff, Mike, and Irving, J. A. (in review). Job Satisfaction and The Priority of Valuing People: A Case Study of Servant Leadership Practice in a Network of Family Owned Companies. International Journal of Leadership Studies. 
• Nordbye, Valorie C., and Irving, Justin A. (in review). An Examination of Effective Leadership among Millennials: The Impact of Servant Leadership within a US National Campus Ministry. Journal of Virtues and Leadership
• Irving, Justin A. (2013). Assessing Leader Goal-Orientation, Follower-Focus, and Purpose-in-Leadership: Development and Initial Testing of the Purpose in Leadership Inventory. Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 20(1), 82-93. Published at: http://asbbs.org/files/ASBBS2013V1/PDF/I/IrvingJ(P82-93).pdf 
  
• Howard, Christopher S., and Irving, Justin A. (2013). The Impact of Obstacles and Developmental Experiences on Resilience in Leadership Formation. Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 20(1), 679-687. Published at: http://asbbs.org/files/ASBBS2013V1/PDF/H/Howard_Irving%28679-687%29.pdf
• Howard, Christopher S., and Irving, Justin A. (2012). The Role of Obstacles in Leadership Formation. Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 19(1), 433-442. Published at: http://asbbs.org/files/ASBBS2012V1/PDF/H/HowardC.pdf
• Irving, Justin A. (2011). A Model for Effective Servant Leadership Practice: A Biblically-Consistent and Research-Based Approach to Leadership. Journal of Biblical Perspectives in Leadership, 3(2), 118-128. Published at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/jbpl/vol3no2/JBPL_Vol3No2_Irving_pp118-128.pdf
• Irving, Justin A. (2010). Cross-cultural perspectives on servant leadership. In Servant leadership: Developments in theory and research (Ch. 10). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Irving, Justin A. (2010). Educating Global Leaders: Exploring Intercultural Competence in Leadership Education. Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies, 3(1). Published at: http://www.aabri.com/manuscripts/09392.pdf
• McIntosh, Timothy A., and Irving, Justin A. (2010). Evaluating the Instrumento do Contribucion al Liderazgo de Siervo (ICLS) for Reliability in Latin America. The Journal of Virtues and Leadership, 1(1), 30-49. Published at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/jvl/vol1_iss1/McIntosh_Irving_Final.pdf
• Lanctot, James D., and Irving, Justin A. (2010). Character and Leadership: Situating Servant Leadership in a Proposed Virtues Framework. International Journal of Leadership Studies, 6(1). Published at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/ijls/new/vol6iss1/2_Final%20Edited%20Lanctot%20and%20Irving_pp%2028-50.pdf
• Irving, Justin A. (2010). Intercultural Competence in Leadership Education: Keys to Educating Global Leaders. Journal of Business and Educational Leadership, 1(1), 3-13. Published at: http://asbbs.org/files/2010/JBEL%201.1_Fall_2009_March_2010.pdf
• Irving, Justin A., & McIntosh, T. A. (2009). Investigating the Value of and Hindrances to Servant Leadership in the Latin American Context: Initial Findings from Peruvian Leaders.Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies, 2(1). Published at: http://aabri.com/manuscripts/09179.pdf
• Irving, Justin A. (2009). Intercultural Competence in Leadership Education: Keys to Educating Global Leaders. Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 16(1). Published at: http://asbbs.org/files/2009/PDF/I/IrvingJ.pdf
• Irving, Justin A., & McIntosh, T. A. (2009). Investigating the Value of and Hindrances to Servant Leadership in the Latin American Context: Initial Findings from Peruvian Leaders. Journal of International Business and Cultural Studies, 2(1). Published at: http://aabri.com/manuscripts/09179.pdf
• Irving, Justin A. (2009). Intercultural Competence in Leadership Education: Keys to Educating Global Leaders. Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 16(1). Published at: http://asbbs.org/files/2009/PDF/I/IrvingJ.pdf
• Irving, Justin A. (2008). Utilizing the Organizational Leadership Assessment as a strategic tool for increasing the effectiveness of teams within organizations. Journal of Management and Marketing Research, 1(1), 111-124. Pulished at: http://www.aabri.com/manuscripts/08064.pdf
• McIntosh, T. A., & Irving, J. A. (2008). Evaluating the Instrumento de Contribucion al Liderazgo de Siervo (ICLS) for reliability in Latin America. Proceedings of the 2008 Servant Leadership Research Roundtable. Published at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/sl_proceedings/2008/mcintosh-irving.pdf
• Lanctot, J. D. & Irving, J. A. (2007). Character and leadership: Situating servant leadership in a proposed virtues framework. Proceedings of the 2007 Servant Leadership Research Roundtable. Published at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/sl_proceedings/2007/lanctot-irving.pdf
• Irving, J. A., & Longbotham, G. J. (2007). Servant leadership predictors of team effectiveness: Findings and implications. Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 15(2), 82-94.
• Irving, J. A., & Longbotham, G. J. (2007). Team effectiveness and six essential servant leadership themes: A regression model based on items in the Organizational Leadership Assessment. International Journal of Leadership Studies, 2(2), 98-113. Published at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/ijls/new/vol2iss2/IrvingLongbotham/IrvingLongbothamV2Is2.pdfs.htm
• Irving, J. A., & McIntosh, T. (2007). Evaluating the Reliability of the Evaluación Organizacional de Liderazgo Among Spanish Speaking Latin Americans. Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 17(1), 786-805.
• Irving, J. A., & Longbotham, G. J. (2007). Leading Effective Teams Through Servant Leadership: An Expanded Regression Model of Essential Servant Leadership Themes. Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 14(1), 806-817.
• Matteson, J. A., & Irving, J. A. (2006). Exploring servant and self-sacrificial leadership: A research proposal for assessing the commonalities and distinctions of two follower oriented leadership theories. American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences E- Journal, 2(1).
• Irving, J. A., & Longbotham, G. J. (2006). Examining the Impact of Servant Leadership on Team Effectiveness: Findings and Implications for those at the Crossroads of Leadership Scholarship and Practice. Proceedings from the 2006 Annual Conference of the International Leadership Association, Refereed Paper Track.
• Matteson, J. A., & Irving, J. A. (2006). Servant versus self-sacrificial leadership: A behavioral comparison of two follower-oriented leadership theories. International Journal of Leadership Studies, 2, 1, 36-51. Published at http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/ijls/new/vol2iss1/matteson/mair.pdf
• Irving, J. A., & Longbotham, G. J. (2006). Team effectiveness and six essential servant leadership themes: A regression model based on items in the Organizational Leadership Assessment. Proceedings of the 2006 Servant Leadership Research Roundtable. Published at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/sl_proceedings/2006/irving_longbotham.pdf
• Irving, J. A., & McIntosh, T. (2006). Investigating the value of and hindrances to servant leadership in the Latin American context: Initial findings from Peruvian leaders. Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 13(1), 874-887.
• Irving, J. A., & Longbotham, G. J. (2006). Servant leadership predictors of team effectiveness: Findings and implications. Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 13(1), 862-873.
• Matteson, J. A., & Irving, J. A. (2006). Exploring servant and self-sacrificial leadership: A research proposal for assessing the commonalities and distinctions of two follower oriented leadership theories. Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 13(1), 1305-1319.
• Irving, J. A. (2005). Exploring the relationship between servant leadership and team effectiveness: Findings from the nonprofit sector. Proceedings of the 2005 Servant Leadership Research Roundtable. Published at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/sl_proceedings/2005/irving_exploring.pdf
• Matteson, J. A., & Irving, J. A. (2005). Servant versus self-sacrificial leadership: Commonalities and distinctions of two follower-oriented leadership theories. Proceedings of the 2005 Servant Leadership Research Roundtable. Published at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/sl_proceedings/2005/matteson_servant.pdf
• Irving, J. A. (2005). Servant Leadership and Team Effectiveness. Dissertation Abstracts International, 66(04A), 1421. (UMI No. 3173207)
• Irving, J. A. (2005). Lessons for leaders from Christ's example of humble self-sacrifice: A sacred texture analysis of Philippians 2:5-11. In Strategies for effective Leadership: US and Russian Perspective (pp. 115-127). Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.
• Irving, J. A. (2005). Utilizing The Organizational Leadership Assessment as a strategic tool for increasing the effectiveness of teams within organizations. Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 12(1), 837-848.
• Irving, J. A. (2005). The benefits, challenges, and practice of team leadership in the global context. In Strategies for effective Leadership: US and Russian Perspective (pp. 227-246). Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.
• Irving, J. A. (2004). "Perspective for Leaders on Wealth." Devotional published at http://www.bealeaderforgodssake.org/devotional/devotional_005.html
• Irving, J. A., & Klenke, K. (2004). Telos, Chronos, and Hermeneia: The role of metanarrative in leadership effectiveness through the production of meaning. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 3(3). Article 3. Published at: http://www.ualberta.ca/~iiqm/backissues/3_3/pdf/irvingklenke.pdf
• Irving, J. A. (2004). Evaluating the reliability and validity of the Dark Side of Leadership Profile. Proceedings of the 2004 International Leadership Studies Conference.
• Irving, J. A. (2004). Servant leadership and the effectiveness of teams: Findings and implications. Proceedings of the 2004 Servant Leadership Research Roundtable. Published at http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/sl_proceedings/2004/irving_servant_leadership.pdf
• Irving, J. A., Howard, C., & Matteson, J. (2004). Framing metanarrative: The role of metanarrative in leadership effectiveness through the production of meaning. Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 11(1), 738-750.
• Irving, J. A. (2003). Decentralization and the shared leadership of the New Testament. Bethel Seminary. Paper utilized in a course on Team Leadership.
• Irving, J. A. (2003). Telos, Chronos, and Hermeneia: The causal role of metanarrative in leadership effectiveness through the production of meaning. Proceedings for the 2003 International Leadership Studies Conference.
• Irving, J. A. (2000). The Nonprofit Organization. An unpublished manuscript presenting a theology and practice of leadership within the nonprofit sector.

Design & Development Experience (Programs & Courses)

• Servant Leadership: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Transformational Servant Leadership
• The Servant Leader & Followers: The Art of Leadership Development
• The Servant Leader & the Innter Life: The Art of Self-Leadership
• The Servant Leader & Team Effectiveness: The Art of Leading Teams
• The Servant Leader & Organizational Effectiveness: The Art of Cultural Architecture and Leadership Communication

M.A. in Transformational Leadership


• Transformational Leadership
• Introduction to Evangelism and Missions
• Ministry Foundations
• Self Leadership
• Measurement-Based Leadership
• Communication & Organizational Leadership
• Team Leadership
• Characteristics of the Transformational Leader
• Mentored Leadership Development

• Global Evangelization & Contextual Ministry
• Doing Theology Across Cultures
• Team Ministry/Team Building for the Mission Field
• Ethno-Hermeneutics
• Language Learning
• Culture Learning-Ethnography
• Evangelism & Church Planting

• Ministry Practice and Polity
• Small Groups
• Change and Conflict

• Biblical Principles & Ethics for Leadership
• Personal & Spiritual Growth for Effective Leadership

• Assessing Leader Goal-Orientation, Follower-Focus, and Purpose-in-Leadership: Development and Initial Testing of the Purpose in Leadership Inventory. The 20th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2013).
• The Impact of Obstacles and Developmental Experiences on Resilience in Leadership Formation. The 20th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2013).
• Servant Leadership Practice in a Network of Family Owned Companies. 2012 Servant Leadership Research Roundtable (2012)
• The Impact of Servant Leadership within a US National Campus Ministry: An Examination of Effective Leadership among Millennials. 2012 Servant Leadership Research Roundtable (2012)
• The Role of Obstacles in Leadership Formation. The 19th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2012)

• Partnership in the Gospel: Engaging the Message of the Book of Philippians. Chisholm Baptist Church Fall Conference (2011)

• Envisioning the Future of Crossroads Church. Leadership Team Retreat, Crossroads Church of St. Cloud (2011) 

• Partnership in the Gospel: Engaging the Message of the Book of Philippians. Hiawatha All-Church Retreat (2011)

• Godly Conflict Resolution. The 2010 Love INC National Conference (2010)

• Intercultural Competence in Leadership Education: Keys to Educating Global Leaders. Keynote Address: The 16th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2009).
• Evaluating the Instrumento de Contribucion al Liderazgo de Siervo (ICLS) for Reliability in Latin America. The 2008 Servant Leadership Research Roundtable (2008)
• How to Encourage Servant Leadership in Your Ministry . Liderando Como Jesus--El Lider Que El Peru Necesita III conference in Lima, Peru (2007)
• How to Lead Teams. Liderando Como Jesus--El Lider Que El Peru Necesita III conference in Lima, Peru (2007).
• The Process of Empowerment in Church Planting. Seminario Evangelico de Lima (2007).
• The Function of Emotional Intelligence in the Life of the Church Planter. Seminario Evangelico de Lima (2007)
• The Leader as Servant: Leadership Reflections on Matthew 20:20-28, Instituto Biblico International, Lima, Peru (2007)
• Evaluating the Reliability of the Servant Leadership Assessment Instrument (Istrument d'Evaluation du Serviteur Dirigeant) Among French Speaking Rwandans: An Exploratory Study. The 9th Annual Global Conference of the International Leadership Association, Vancouver, Canada (2007).
• Exploring the Emergent Church. Association of Christians in Student Development (2007).
• What's Needed to Lead through Change. Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Association of Rural Telecommunications (2007). 
• Leading Effective Teams Through Servant Leadership: An Expanded Regression Model of Essential Servant Leadership Themes. The 14th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2007).
The 14th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2007).
• Evaluating the Reliability of the Evaluación Organizacional de Liderazgo Among Spanish Speaking Latin Americans. The 14th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2007).
• Servant Leadership for Good Governance. Great Lakes Regional Conference on Good Governance in Kigali, Rwanda (2006)
• Servant Leadership Predictors of Team Effectiveness: Findings and Implications. The 13th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2006).
• Investigating the Value of and Hinderances to Servant Leadership in the Latin American Context: Initial Findings from Peruvian Leaders. The 13th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2006).
• Exploring Servant Versus Self-Sacrificial Leadership: A Research Proposal for Assessing the Commonalities and Distinctions of Two Follower-Oriented Leadership Theories. The 13th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2006).
• Transformational Leadership. The 2006 Love INC National Conference (2006).
• Laying Down Your Rights for the Unreached. Meadow Creek Church's 2006 Missions Conference (2006).
• Exploring the Relationship between Servant Leadership and Team Effectiveness: Findings from the Nonprofit Sector. The 2005 Servant Leadership Research Roundtable (2005).
• Servant versus Self-Sacrificial Leadership: Commonalities and Distinctions of Two Follower-Oriented Leadership Theories. The 2005 Servant Leadership Research Roundtable (2005).
• Transformational Leadership. The 2005 Love INC National Conference (2005).
• Models of Leadership Communication. The 2005 Love INC National Conference (2005).
• Servant Leadership in the Latin American Context. El Lider Que El Peru Necesita II conference in Lima, Peru (2005).
• The Most Excellent Way: Engaging the Teachings, Example, and Very Attitude and Nature of Jesus' Love Saturated Approach To Leadership. La Vina del Senor church, Lima, Peru (2005).
• Team Leadership in the Latin American Context: Reflections from the New Testament and Contemporary Leadership Theory. El Lider Que El Peru Necesita II conference in Lima, Peru (2005).
• Utilizing The Organizational Leadership Assessment as a strategic tool for increasing the effectiveness of teams within organizations. The 12th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2005).
• Evaluating the Validity and Reliability of the Dark Side of Leadership Profile. The 2004 International Leadership Studies Conference (2004)
• Servant Leadership and the Effectiveness of Teams: Findings and Implications. The 2004 Servant Leadership Research Roundtable (2004).
• The Benefits, Challenges, and Practice of Team Leadership in the Global Context. The 2004 Taylor University/Nizhni Novgorod State University Business Leadership Conference (2004)
• Telos, Chronos, and Hermenia: Exploring the Role of Metanarrative in Ministry Leadership Effectiveness in the Face of Postmodern Criticism. The 49th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Regional Evangelical Theological Society (2004)
• Self-Sacrificial Leadership: A Biographic Analysis of Ken Lay and the Apostle Paul. The 2004 Taylor University/Nizhni Novgorod State University Business Leadership Conference (2004)
• Framing metanarrative: A quantitative examination of the role of metanarrative in leadership effectiveness through the production of meaning. The 11th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2004)
• Telos, Chronos, and Hermeneia: A qualitative look at the role of Metanarrative in Leadership Effectiveness through the Production of Meaning. The 5th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Advances in Qualitative Methods (2004)
• Telos, Chronos, and Hermeneia: The causal role of metanarrative in leadership effectiveness through the production of meaning. The 2003 International Leadership Studies Conference (2003)
• Discovering Emotional Intelligence - Grace Fellowship's Small Groups Conference (2002 & 2003)
• Ten Lessons from Paul for Short-Term Missions - Northwestern College Missions Chapel (2003)
• Are You a Missional Christian? - Northwestern College Chapel (2002)
• Exploring Transformational Leadership - Northwestern College Leadership Advance Conference (2001)

Scholarships, Honors, Awards

• Licensed and Ordained Minister of the Gospel
• Outstanding Scholar Award, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2009)
• Seminary Faculty Excellence Award (2008)
• Best Paper Award for Leadership Track, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2006)
• Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges: Regent University (2004-05)
• Colleague of the Month, Bethel University (March, 2003)
• Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges: Bethel Seminary (1999-2000)
• Ralph and Marie Brushaber Scholarship (1999-2000)
• Runbeck Scholarship Fund (1999-2000)
• ETA BETA RHO, National Honor Society of Students of Hebrew Language and Culture, (Inducted, May 1999)
• Sandy Ford Leadership Award in Evangelism (1998-1999)
• Carl Gustaf Langergren Memorial Scholarship (1998-1999)
• International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons, Scholarship Recipient (1996-1997; 1997-1998; 1998-1999)
• Edwin and Marie Omark Scholarship (1997-1998)
• Minnesota School of Missions, Scholarship Recipient (1996-1997)
• Northwestern College Student Commencement Speaker (May, 1995)
• Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges: Northwestern College (1994-1995)
• Notable Names in Evangelism for Nacie 1994