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Dr. Castleberry earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Evangel University in 1983, a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1988, and a Doctor of Education degree in International Educational Development from Columbia University in 1999. He is an ordained minister in the Assemblies of God, the university’s sponsoring denomination. He has lived and served extensively in Central and South America.

Dr. Castleberry served as academic dean at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary from January 2003 to July 2007. He has wide experience as an educator, missionary, and pastor. He also has written and spoken globally on a wide variety of subjects.

As a missionary, he served as academic dean of the Assemblies of God Biblical Seminary in Quito, Ecuador (1997-2001) while also serving as the pastor of Centro Cristiano del Norte, which planted four “daughter” churches under his leadership.

He is also founder of the Freedom Valley Project, a community development ministry among the African-American people of Ecuador’s Chota Valley Region. Before his ministry in Ecuador, he served as associate dean for Latin America at Global University, as a missionary in El Salvador and as the Assemblies of God chaplain at Princeton University.

His publications include articles in Rev. Magazine, Enrichment, Encounter,, The Encyclopedia of Protestantism, the Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity, and Pneuma. He has also written two New Testament Greek self-study textbooks (Global University Press) and a chapter in The Spiritual Gifts in a Postmodern Age. His current research interests include the intersections between globalization and Christian mission and the relationship between Pentecostal and postmodern thought.

Dr. Castleberry and his wife Kathleen have three daughters, Jessica, 19, Jodie, 17, and Sophie, 10.

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