Philip Bence

Adjunct Professor of Christian Ministry 

Ministerial and Professional Background 

Phil teaches for The Wesleyan Church’s FLAME program several weeks a year, and online all year for several undergrad and graduate programs. He served six years as professor at Kingsley College in Melbourne, Australia, and has taught as an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Seattle, Wash.; Indiana Wesleyan University; Seattle Pacific University; Bakke Graduate University; and Houghton College. Dr. Bence has also pastored United Methodist and Wesleyan churches in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Personal Information 

Phil Bence is a husband, father, and grandfather living near Boise, Idaho.

Ordination 

The Wesleyan Church, 1983, Northwest

Education 

B.A., Humanities, Houghton College
M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Practical Theology on Theology and Homiletics, St. Mary’s College, University of St. Andrews, Scotland