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About Doug Bookman Personal Born: July 19, 1946 in Rockford, IL Married: June 19, 1970 to Diane Nord Children: Erika is married to David Cleland, who serves as youth pastor in Arlington, IL; they have two children, Lucy and Henry Kea is married to Michael Brooks, who is self-employed; they are very much involved in their church in Westfield, IN; they have three daughters, Isobel, Cordelia and Kathleen Jonah is completing his training as an elementary school teacher; he lives in Santa Clarita, CA and is active in his church there. Education Th. D. - 2001 Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX Major: Biblical Exposition. Dissertation Topic: “The Urim and Thummim and the Theocratic Government of the Old Testament” Th. M. - 1983 Central Baptist Theological Seminary Minneapolis, MN Major: Old Testament Thesis Topic: “The Glory Cloud of the Old Testament” M. Div. - 1972 Central Baptist Theological Seminary Minneapolis, MN Major: Old Testament (Magna Cum Laude) Thesis Topic: “Jewish Interpretation of the Glory Cloud” B. A. - 1968 Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, Owatonna, MN Major: Biblical Languages (Magna Cum Laude) Experience Adjunct Professor 1998 – Present Institute of Jewish Studies Langhorne, PA IJS is a one-year intensive college level program, administered jointly by The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry and Philadelphia Biblical University. My responsibility is to teach three modules each year, each module spanning three weeks of instruction. Pastor-Teacher 2003 - 2006 Trinity Baptist Church of Pasadena, CA Pasadena, CA Responsibilities: Teaching pastor and undershepherd National Ministries Representative 1998 - 2003 The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Bellmawr, NJ Responsibilities: conference preaching, teaching in the Institute of Jewish Studies at Philadelphia Biblical University, and writing for bimonthly magazine, Israel My Glory Adjunct Professor 1998 - 2005 Philadelphia Biblical University, Graduate School Langhorne, PA Associate Professor of Biblical Studies 1987 - 1998 The Master’s College Santa Clarita, CA Primary instructor in Bible Exposition track of Biblical Studies Division Elected as Teacher of the Year in 1994 Associate Dean of Academic Advancement 1995-1997 The Master’s College Santa Clarita, CA Appointed to initiate new academic programs, including the following: Designed and implemented the Biblical Counseling major at TMC My responsibilities: curriculum design; secure faculty; begun in 1994; largest major on TMC campus Established the TMC Center for Professional Studies, an adult degree completion program which involves an alternative delivery system of baccalaureate education My responsibilities: feasibility study; secure faculty support of the program; design curriculum; frame administrative team and teaching faculty; direct the program for first two years Conceived, designed and implemented the TMC *IBEX* program IBEX (Israel/Bible Extension) program is a semester-abroad program in Israel My responsibilities: design the program and curriculum; establish appropriate protocols with the state of Israel; secure a campus in Israel; hire faculty who would be resident in Israel; build a consortium of cooperating like-minded schools to participate in the program Cooperated with VP of Academic Affairs in interaction with regional Accreditation Agency Primary focus: consultation concerning the role of accreditation in private post-secondary educational institutions Co-Founder & Co-Pastor/Teacher 1993-1997 Sojourners Fellowship Group, Grace Community Church Sun Valley, CA A fellowship group/Sunday School class of about 500 people; focus of instruction was Old Testament Survey Pastor/Teacher 1989-1992 Calvary Baptist Church Burbank, CA I pastored this church for about 3 years while I was employed as associate professor at The Master’s College. My primary responsibility was the ministry of preaching and teaching; a seminary student attended to most of the daily pastoral duties, and we worked closely on the leadership and direction of the church. Lecturer Occasionally, 1986 - Present Word of Life Bible Institute Schroon Lake, NY Pastor/Teacher of Adult Sunday School Class 1985-1986 First Baptist Church of Dallas, TX Dallas, TX Taught week by week, responsible for spiritual welfare of members of the class, as well as for leadership training and outreach/evangelism Professor of Bible 1984-1986 Arlington Baptist College Arlington, TX Professor of Bible 1973-1984 Pillsbury Baptist Bible College Owatonna, MN Chairman: Department of Pastorology (1973-81) Chairman: Bible Department (1980-84) Head Coach: Soccer (1973-80) Adjunct Professor of Bible and Theology 1975-1984 Central Baptist Theological Seminary Minneapolis, MN Pastor/Teacher 1971-1973 Rock Falls Baptist Church Rock Falls, WI Additional Ministries Bible Conference Speaker I have conducted Bible Conferences regularly during the last twenty-five years, and for the past four years this has been the primary focus of my ministry. These conferences have taken me to several different states, from Connecticut to California, and to foreign countries (Ireland, the United Kingdom, Columbia, Israel, Chile, Peru). Topics have included: Themes from the Old Testament; Life of Samuel; Life of David; Life of Christ; The Passion Week of Christ; Life of Paul; the Book of Revelation; the Charismatic Movement, as well as other occasional topics. Leader: Study Trips to Israel I have organized, led and sometimes guided several college level study trips to Israel, for church groups, student groups, and–on four occasions–the full chorale of The Master’s College. Lay Bible Institute I have regularly taught in local church Bible Institutes. The focus of the programs has been the lay people of the churches, but the material was delivered at a college freshman level. In two churches I have introduced, organized and administered the Bible Institute, as well as teaching in the program. Interim Pastorates 1997 Berean Baptist Church - Northridge, CA 1995-96 First Baptist Church - Lancaster, CA 1994 Regular pulpit supply Calvary Church - Santa Ana, CA 1987-88 First Baptist Church - Oakdale, CA 1981-82 Calvary Baptist Church - St. Peter, MN 1977-78 Grace Baptist Church - Waseca, MN Publications Regular articles in Israel, My Glory, bimonthly magazine of The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry. Articles include: “The Judgment Seat of Christ,” “The Genealogies of Jesus,” “Faith and Works in James,” “Justification,” “The Church in the New Millennium,” “King Saul,” and “The Relationship of the Son to the Father,” “The Life of King Saul,” “Israel’s Right to the Land,” and “Zechariah 13.” “The Scriptures and Biblical Counseling” and “The Godward Focus of Biblical Counseling”, chapters in Biblical Counseling, authored by John MacArthur and the faculty of The Master’s College (Word, 1994). God’s Sovereign Pleasure”, Masterpiece (July/August 1990). “Biblical Leadership: The Paradigm of Samuel,” Fundamentalist Journal, 32 (November 1986). A series of “Position Papers” written for and printed by Pillsbury Baptist Bible College: “Personal Fashion,” “The Book of Daniel,” “The Local Church,” “Dispensationalism,” and “Practical Living.” “An Apologetic for the Historical Character of the Book of Jonah,” Central Bible Quarterly, 22 (Summer 1979) “John Wyclif, Fourteenth Century Congregational Dissenter,” Central Bible Quarterly, 14 (Winter 1971).
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Born: July 19, 1946 in Rockford, IL
Married: June 19, 1970 to Diane Nord
Children:
Erika is married to David Cleland, who serves as youth pastor in Arlington, IL; they have two children, Lucy and Henry
Kea is married to Michael Brooks, who is self-employed; they are very much involved in their church in Westfield, IN; they have three daughters, Isobel, Cordelia and Kathleen
Jonah is completing his training as an elementary school teacher; he lives in Santa Clarita, CA and is active in his church there.

Th. D. - 2001 Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX
Major: Biblical Exposition.
Dissertation Topic: “The Urim and Thummim and the Theocratic Government of the Old Testament”

Th. M. - 1983 Central Baptist Theological Seminary Minneapolis, MN
Major: Old Testament
Thesis Topic: “The Glory Cloud of the Old Testament”

M. Div. - 1972 Central Baptist Theological Seminary            Minneapolis, MN
Major: Old Testament (Magna Cum Laude)
Thesis Topic: “Jewish Interpretation of the Glory Cloud”

B. A. - 1968 Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, Owatonna, MN
Major: Biblical Languages   (Magna Cum Laude)

Adjunct Professor 1998 – Present
Institute of Jewish Studies Langhorne, PA
IJS is a one-year intensive college level program, administered jointly by The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry and Philadelphia Biblical University. My responsibility is to teach three modules each year, each module spanning three weeks of instruction.

Pastor-Teacher 2003 - 2006
Trinity Baptist Church of Pasadena, CA Pasadena, CA
Responsibilities: Teaching pastor and undershepherd

National Ministries Representative 1998 - 2003
The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry Bellmawr, NJ
Responsibilities: conference preaching, teaching in the Institute of Jewish Studies at Philadelphia Biblical University, and writing for bimonthly magazine, Israel My Glory

Adjunct Professor 1998 - 2005
Philadelphia Biblical University, Graduate School Langhorne, PA

Associate Professor of Biblical Studies 1987 - 1998
The Master’s College Santa Clarita, CA
Primary instructor in Bible Exposition track of Biblical Studies Division
Elected as Teacher of the Year in 1994

Associate Dean of Academic Advancement 1995-1997
The Master’s College Santa Clarita, CA
Appointed to initiate new academic programs, including the following:

Co-Founder & Co-Pastor/Teacher 1993-1997
Sojourners Fellowship Group, Grace Community Church Sun Valley, CA
A fellowship group/Sunday School class of about 500 people; focus of instruction was Old Testament Survey

Pastor/Teacher 1989-1992
Calvary Baptist Church Burbank, CA
I pastored this church for about 3 years while I was employed as associate professor at The Master’s College. My primary responsibility was the ministry of preaching and teaching; a seminary student attended to most of the daily pastoral duties, and we worked closely on the leadership and direction of the church.

Lecturer Occasionally, 1986 - Present
Word of Life Bible Institute Schroon Lake, NY

Pastor/Teacher of Adult Sunday School Class 1985-1986
First Baptist Church of Dallas, TX Dallas, TX
Taught week by week, responsible for spiritual welfare of members of the class, as well as for leadership training and outreach/evangelism

Professor of Bible                                                                                                                1973-1984
Pillsbury Baptist Bible College                                                                                          Owatonna, MN
Chairman: Department of Pastorology (1973-81)
Chairman: Bible Department (1980-84)
Head Coach: Soccer (1973-80)

Adjunct Professor of Bible and Theology                                                                      1975-1984
Central Baptist Theological Seminary                                                                          Minneapolis, MN

Bible Conference Speaker
I have conducted Bible Conferences regularly during the last twenty-five years, and for the past four years this has been the primary focus of my ministry. These conferences have taken me to several different states, from Connecticut to California, and to foreign countries (Ireland, the United Kingdom, Columbia, Israel, Chile, Peru). Topics have included: Themes from the Old Testament; Life of Samuel; Life of David; Life of Christ; The Passion Week of Christ; Life of Paul; the Book of Revelation; the Charismatic Movement, as well as other occasional topics.

Leader: Study Trips to Israel
I have organized, led and sometimes guided several college level study trips to Israel, for church groups, student groups, and–on four occasions–the full chorale of The Master’s College.

Lay Bible Institute
I have regularly taught in local church Bible Institutes. The focus of the programs has been the lay people of the churches, but the material was delivered at a college freshman level. In two churches I have introduced, organized and administered the Bible Institute, as well as teaching in the program.

Interim Pastorates
1997               Berean Baptist Church - Northridge, CA
1995-96         First Baptist Church - Lancaster, CA
1994               Regular pulpit supply Calvary Church - Santa Ana, CA
1987-88         First Baptist Church - Oakdale, CA
1981-82         Calvary Baptist Church - St. Peter, MN
1977-78         Grace Baptist Church - Waseca, MN

Regular articles in Israel, My Glory, bimonthly magazine of The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry. Articles include: “The Judgment Seat of Christ,” “The Genealogies of Jesus,” “Faith and Works in James,” “Justification,” “The Church in the New Millennium,” “King Saul,” and “The Relationship of the Son to the Father,” “The Life of King Saul,” “Israel’s Right to the Land,” and “Zechariah 13.”
“The Scriptures and Biblical Counseling” and “The Godward Focus of Biblical Counseling”, chapters in Biblical Counseling, authored by John MacArthur and the faculty of The Master’s College (Word, 1994).
God’s Sovereign Pleasure”, Masterpiece (July/August 1990).
“Biblical Leadership: The Paradigm of Samuel,” Fundamentalist Journal, 32 (November 1986).
A series of “Position Papers” written for and printed by Pillsbury Baptist Bible College: “Personal Fashion,” “The Book of Daniel,” “The Local Church,” “Dispensationalism,” and “Practical Living.”
“An Apologetic for the Historical Character of the Book of Jonah,” Central Bible Quarterly, 22 (Summer 1979)
“John Wyclif, Fourteenth Century Congregational Dissenter,” Central Bible Quarterly, 14 (Winter 1971).