• Associate Academic Dean, Bethel Seminary
• Associate Professor of Ministry Leadership, Bethel Seminary
• Adjunct Bible Instructor, Northwestern College

Previous Professional Experience

• 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

Education

• Ph.D. Organizational Leadership, Regent University, 2005
• C.A.G.S., Organizational Leadership, Regent University, 2004
• M.Div., New Testament concentration with Biblical Languages, Bethel Seminary, 2000, Magna Cum Laude
• B.A., Psychology & Bible, with a minor in Spanish, Northwestern College, 1995

Areas of Special Interest

• Leadership: Team Leadership, Servant Leadership, Self-Sacrificial Leadership, Metanarrative & Leadership Effectiveness, Transformational Leadership, Leading through Conflict & Change, Nature of Organizational Culture, Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector
• Faith: Ministry Practice & Leadership, Missional Leadership, Evangelism & Missions, Holistic Christian Discipleship, Spiritual Disciplines for Christian Living

Teaching Experience

• Bethel Seminary, Assistant Professor: Transformational Leadership, Communinication & Organizational Leadership, Evangelism and Missions, Team Leadership, Servant Leadership, Research Methodology and Design
• Northwestern College, Adjunct Instructor: OT History and Literature, NT History and Literature, Hermeneutics/Principles of Biblical Interpretation, Christian Discipleship, Prison Letters, Selected Psalms, Biblical Principles and Ethics for Leadership, and Personal and Spiritual Growth for Effective Leadership
• Immanuel Baptist Church, regular and extensive teaching in the following areas: Old Testament, New Testament, Evangelism, Missions, Small Groups, Congregational Leadership
• Escuela Evangelica "La Patria", (San Pedro Sula, Honduras) Guest Instructor, English as a Second Language

• Kilgali and Butare, Rwanda (November, 2006)
• Lima, Peru (March-April, 2005)
• San Pedro Sula, Honduras (March, 2001; October, 2000; Summer, 1993)
• Dessaline, Haiti (Summer, 1999)
• Monterrey, Mexico (Summer, 1998; Summer 1997)
• China (Summer, 1991)
• Manila, Philippines (Summer, 1990)

• Immanuel Baptist Church - Associate Pastor; 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; Worship Leader (1995-2009)
• Bethlehem Baptist Church - Urban Apprentice; Assistant Youth Minister (1992-1994)
• Northwestern College - Spiritual Growth Coordinator; Honduras Missions Trip; Chapel Committee; Pulpit Supply Preaching; Ministry Teams (1993-1995)
• Salvation Army - Chaplain; Youth Day Camp Supervisor (1992-1993; 1999)
• Student Venture - Volunteer Staff; Summer Missions (1990 & 1992)
• Good Shepherd Community Church - Youth Group Student Leader, Vacation Bible Clubs, S.S. teacher (1988-1991)

• 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). Paper 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). Paper 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. Paper 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. Paper 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. Paper 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. Article publised at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/ijls/new/previous_issues.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. Article published at http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/ijls/new/previous_issues.htm
• 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. Paper published at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/sl_proceedings/home.shtml
• 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. Paper published at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/sl_proceedings/home.shtml
• 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. Paper published at: http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/sl_proceedings/home.shtml
• 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. Paper may be retrieved from 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. Paper published at http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/sl_proceedings/home.shtml
• 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

• 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 (present)
• 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