New Faculty Members Will Transform Eden - And Be Transformed

Faculty searches that began last fall are yielding an exciting new generation of professors who will help to shape Eden for many years to come.

Two new faculty members have accepted positions on the Eden faculty and will begin teaching this fall in areas of preaching and worship, and Christian education.

Eden’s visiting professor Christopher Grundy will join the permanent faculty as Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship.

Also joining the faculty as Assistant Professor of Christian Education is Leah Gunning Francis, a Ph.D. candidate in Congregational Studies at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.

“We are bringing to Eden scholars with a new approach and focus to areas of practical ministry for the church,” said David Greenhaw, president of Eden. “In generations past, areas such as preaching, worship and Christian education were taught by exemplary practitioners of those areas. But they were people who came to teaching secondarily. This new generation of scholars starts with the idea of understanding what the church should do in these areas, and how we should teach and prepare people. Christopher and Leah come to Eden having served as pastors and teachers, but also as scholars with very intentional foci on these areas of vital concern to the church.”

The search process is still underway for additional positions in Christian education and pastoral counseling and care. In addition, this spring searches will begin for faculty members to fill positions in mission, peace and ecumenical studies and Christian ethics.