Russell Duke, Ph.D., serves as President of Grace Communion Seminary, developing the Pastoral Studies program and teaching courses online.In the 70’s and 80’s Russell pastored Worldwide Church of God congregations in Kansas and Missouri.He then taught music, communications, and theology at Ambassador University in Big Sandy, Texas, for thirteen years and chaired the theology department before serving as President for two years.For nine years he worked as director of the Ambassador Center and Professor of Theology at Azusa Pacific University.Russell and his wife, Phyllis, have two children, Chris and Tracy, and three grandchildren.

Degrees:

• Ph.D. in Practical Theology – The Union Institute and University, 1993
• M.A.I.S. in Communication – U.T. Tyler, 1990
• M.A. in Theology – Ambassador College, 1974