Dr. Karen Griffin

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Christian Education and
Homiletics, Area IV
-B.A., Kent State University
-M.S.W., Howard University
-M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center
-D.Min, Interdenominational Theological Center

Dr. Karen Griffin has a special research interest in manhood and womanhood, spiritual and character development, preaching and its impact on family violence, as well as developing Bible-based-life-centered Christian education materials. Of her many publications, the most significant are African American Manhood Development: Contemporary Life Lessons for Leaders, James P. Griffin Jr., co-author; and “So We Rebuilt the Wall” and Those Preaching Women.

Office: Classroom Bldg. 211
Phone: (404) 527-7748
E-mail: kgriffin@itc.edu
 

Ms. Monica Hargrave, an adjunct professor of music, has a special interest in the research and teachings of music ministry, music theory, and hymnody.

Office Location: Chapel Bldg/Music Office
Phone: N/A
E-mail: moniharp2@aol.com
 

Dr. Percy Johnson

Adjunct Professor

Dr. Betty R. Jones

- Adjunct Professor Ministry and Context, Area IV
- D.Min., Interdenominational Theological Seminary
- M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Seminary

Office: Costen Bldg
Phone (770)-489-2851
Email: bjones5323@aol.com
 

Dr. Cleopatrick Lacy

Adjunct Professor, Homiletics, Area IV
-D. Min., United Theological Seminary
-M Div., Morehouse Theological Seminary
-B.A., Shaw University

Phone: (404) 527-7743
Email: drcleo30223@yahoo.com
 

Adjunct Professor, Christian Education, Area IV
-D. Min., Interdenominational Theological Seminary
-M. Div., Gammon Theological Seminary at ITC
-B.S., Drexel University

 Dr. McQueen’s recent publications is “The Teens Are Watching,”

Phone:  (404) 527-7763
Email:  mmcqueen@itc.edu
 

Adjunct Professor, Foundations for Ministry, Area IV
-D. Min., Interdenominational Theological Seminary
-M. Div., Interdenominational Theological Seminary
-B.A., Morris Brown College

Phone: (404) 696-0141
Email: ghmosley@gmail.com
crawford@bellsouth.net
 

Dr. Lonnie Oliver

Adjunct Professor, Area III
-B.A., Johnson C. Smith University
-M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center
-M.S.W. Clark Atlanta University
-D.Min. McCormick Theological Seminary

Dr. Lonnie Oliver has an interest in missiology, congregational evangelism, and Biblical basis for missions and Presbyterian polity. His most significant publication is Dynamics of Church Growth; “Check Out the Ministry”; and “A Vision of the Presbyterian Church.”

Office: Classroom Bldg. 223
Phone: (770) 996-7159
E-mail: lolivernlpc@bellsouth.net
 

Dr. David Rensberger

Professor of New Testament, Area I
-B.A., University of Wisconsin
-M.A., University of Wisconsin
-M.Phil., Yale University
-Ph.D., Yale University Margins are abnormal here.

Dr. David Rensberger has an interest in gospel and letters to John, Christian spirituality, historical Jesus and ancient Judaism. His most significant publications include Spirituality and Christology in Johannine Sectarianism in Word Theology and Community in John, The Epistles of John, and Johannine Faith and Liberating Community.

Office: Classroom Bldg 303
Phone: (404) 527-7749
E-mail: drensberger@itc.edu
 

Dr. Cynthia Rivers

-Adjunct Instructor of Music and Worship, Area IV
-B.M., Michigan State University
-M.S., Tennessee State University
-M.C.M., Interdenominational Theological Seminary
-M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

With twenty-five years of experience in the field of mental health, fifteen years in all levels of education, Rev. Cynthia Rivers is endeavoring to develop a ministry-teaching-pastoral care model that sets forth a holistic-integrative pedagogy of ministry, teaching, health and pastoral care. One of his significant publications include C.O.L.L.E.C.T. Ministries: Rites of Passage Manual: An Enrichment Program Model for Youth and Children and The Impact of Enhanced Music Education Instruction on the Practice of Institutional Music Therapy: A Study of Off-Task Behavior of Chronic Schizophrenic Adults.

-Office: Classroom Bldg 305
-Phone: (404) 614-6344
-E-mail: cynrivers@aol.com
 

Dr. Rueben Warren

Adjunct Professor, Public Health, Medicine, and Ethics,
Area IV
-M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center
-MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
-DDS, Meharry Medical College

Dr. Rueben research interests are Faith, Spirituality and Health

His publications include: “The Changing Landscape for Elimination of Racial/Ethnic Health Status Disparities,” in  Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 15 (2004); “The Impact of Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of Faith on Health and Health Care,” in The Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center; “Exploring the Meaning and Possibilities of Black Fatherhood Today, ”in Multidimensional Ministry For Today’s Black Family; Mississippi Head Start Mothers: An Environmental Justice Case Study, in Race, Gender & Class Journal.

Office: Costen Educational Bldg. 213
Phone: (404) 614-6378
 

Dr. Zvi Shapiro

Adjunct Professor, Jewish Studies, Area I 

Rabbi Shapiro teaches courses on Judaic Studies. He lectures on prayer, race relations, interfaith dialogue, Jewish prayer, Judaism in America, and the challenge of Judaism.

Email:  zshapiro@itc.edu
 

Dr. Beverly Thompson

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Area IV
-A.S., Dekalb College School of Nursing
-B.A., Georgia State University
-D.Min. Columbia Theological Seminary

Dr. Beverly Thompson has an interest in the research and teaching of ministerial leadership, clergy coaching, individual and small group spiritual direction, liturgy, gerontology and pastoral care. Her most significant publications include Alligators in the Swamp and A Spiritual Companion to How to Get Along With Your Church.

Office: Classroom Bldg 301
Phone: (404) 614-6327
E-mail: bthompson@itc.edu
 

Dr. Lewis T. Tait has a special interest in homiletics and Afrocentrism as an approach to church development, and Christian education. His most significant publication is Three-Fifths Theology: Challenging Racism in American Christianity, A. Christian van Gorder, co-author.

Office: N/A
Phone: (770) 931-3233
E-mail: maat59@gmail.com
 

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