About Me
Timothy R. Sensing
ACU Box 29416
Abilene Christian University
Abilene, TX 79699
Educational Background:
- Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, 1998. Minor: rhetoric. Dissertation: Pedagogies of Preaching.
- Th.M., Homiletics, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1994. Minor: New Testament. Thesis: Preaching Paraenesis.
- D.Min., Homiletics, Harding Graduate School of Religion, Memphis, TN, 1992. Thesis: Testing the Validity of Buttrick’s Homiletic: Preaching from Matthew 13.
- M.Th. [M.Div.], Harding Graduate School of Religion, Memphis, TN, 1984.
- B.S., Environmental Occupational Safety and Health, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1980.
- Twenty-three semester hours, Bible, Harding University, Searcy, AR, 1979-1980.
- Six semester hours of Hebrew, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA, 1986.
Experience:
- Professor of Practical Theology, Graduate School of Theology, Abilene Christian University (2010– present).
- Chief Academic Officer (CAO), Graduate School of Theology, Abilene Christian University (2013–2022).
- Doctor of Ministry Director for the Graduae School of Theology (2025–present).
- Associate Professor of Ministry and Homiletics, Graduate School of Theology, Abilene Christian University (2005 – 2009).
- Assistant Professor of Ministry and Homiletics, Graduate School of Theology, Abilene Christian University (August 1998-2004).
- Director of Academic Services for the Graduate School of Theology, Abilene Christian University (2009-2013).
- Director of Supervised Practice of Ministry for the Graduate School of Theology (1998-2009).
- Full-time preaching minister at various locations in Tennessee, New Jersey, Indiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina (January 1982 – July 1998).