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Charles A. Gieschen, M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman, Exegetical Theology
Dr. Gieschen joined the Concordia Theological Seminary faculty in 1996. Following his graduation from this seminary (1984), he studied New Testament and Early Judaism at Princeton Theological Seminary where he received his Th.M. (1985). From 1985-1996 he served as Associate and then Senior Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Traverse City, Michigan. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Near Eastern Studies of the University of Michigan (1995). During his doctoral studies he took a six month sabbatical from the parish and was a student at the University of Oxford. He has written a book and several articles dealing with early Christology and is the Dig Coordinator for the Concordia Theological Seminary Archaeological Expedition in Israel each year. He and his wife Kristi have been blessed with two children, Stephan and Lauren.