Graduate Faculty
ILT has a remarkably qualified and capable faculty. They are spiritually mature Christians, accomplished scholars, and skilled teachers who are committed to the Scriptures and the church’s confessions of faith and to the task of equipping their students to proclaim the gospel.
Graduate Faculty
Benne, Robert Ph.D.
Ethics, Philosophy and Religion
Professor of Christian Ethics
B.A. Midland University (1959)
M.A. University of Chicago Divinity School (1963)
Ph.D. University of Chicago Divinity School (1970)
Bielfeldt, Dennis Ph.D.
Ethics, Philosophy and Religion
Professor of Philosophical Theology
B.S. South Dakota State University (1977)
M.A. University of Iowa (1984)
Ph.D. University of Iowa (1987)
Hillmer, Mark Ph.D.
Professor of Biblical Theology
B.A. Northwestern College (1957)
M.Div. Concordia Theological Seminary (1962)
M.A. University of Wisconsin (1963)
Ph.D. Hebrew Union College (1966)
Kilcrease, Jack Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology
B.A. Luther College (2001);
M.A. Luther Seminary (2003);
Ph.D. Marquette University (2009)
Kwok, Eddie Ph. D.
Director of Contextual Education
B.Sc., University of Singapore (1980)
Ph.D., London School of Theology (2004)
M.Div., Regent College, Vancouver (1986)
Lioy, Dan Ph. D.
Professor of Biblical Theology
B.S. University of Southern California (1981)
M.Th. Dallas Theological Seminary (1988)
Ph.D. North-West University - Potchefstroom (2002)
Patterson, David
Director of Information Services
B.A. Lutheran Bible Institute of Seattle (1999); C.P.S. Trinity Lutheran College (2000); MLIS University of Washington (2002); M.R. Institute of Lutheran Theology (2015)
Sorum, Jonathan Th. D.
Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology
B.A. University of North Dakota (1976)
M.Div. Luther Seminary (1980)
M.Th. Luther Seminary (1985)
Th.D. Luther Seminary (1994)
Graduate Faculty - Adjunct
Corcoran, Henry
Pastoral Theology
B.A. Concordia University, IL (1976)
M.Div. Concordia Theological Seminary (1981)
M.Ed. Marquette University (1989)
Ph.D. University of Denver (2007)
Hein, Steven
Pastoral Theology
M.Th. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1973)
M.Div. Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne (1971)
B.S. San Jose State University (1967) Ph.D. St. Louis University (1988)
Knefelkamp, David
Biblical Theology – New Testament Greek
B.S. Central Michigan University (2003)
M.Div. Concordia Seminary (2007)
Miles, Leon
Biblical Theology-New Testament Greek
B.A. Concordia University, NE (2001)
M.A.R. Institute of Lutheran Theology (2014)
Nelson, David
Historical and Systematic Theology
B.A. University of Alabama at Birmingham (1998)
M.Div. Beeson Divinity School (2004)
Ph. D. University of Aberdeen, Scotland (2011)
Rasmussen, John
Pastoral Theology
B.A. Luther College (1973)
M.Div. Luther Seminary (1978)
M.Th. Luther Seminary (2007)
Rynearson, Timothy
Pastoral Theology
B.A. Concordia College -Ann Arbor (1981)
M.Div. Concordia Seminary (1985)
S.T.M. Concordia Seminary (1995)
Scott, Karen
Doctor of Ministry
M.A. Fuller Theological Seminary
Ph.D. Fuller Theological Seminary
Swenson, Timothy
Pastoral Theology
M.Div. Luther Seminary (1990)
Theiss, Steven
Pastoral Theology
A.A. Concordia Lutheran Junior College (1975)
B.A. Concordia Senior College (1977)
M.Div. Concordia Seminary (1981)
M.P.Ed. Concordia University, Seward (1993)