Biography
Rev. Dr. Gerard Bolling currently serves as the Assistant Professor of Leadership and Theology at Concordia University Texas and as Lead Pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Louis. His professorship is fully online, and teaching remote students is a major passion of his. He is passionate about Urban Ministry and Online Education, and has taught in many different spaces within our Synod especially related to issues of Diversity. Dr. Bolling is a proud CUW EdD LICI 2020 program graduate. He has been married to his lovely wife, Lorenda, for 10 years and they have two young children. He currently resides in the city of St. Louis, MO.
Education
- Doctorate of Education (EdD) from Concordia University in Wisconsin in Leadership, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement (LICI) (2020)
- Dissertation: Human Resource Development in Urban Ministry Structures of the LCMS: How Urban Pastors are developed through Mentorship.
- M.Div. from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis (2016)
- BA in Theatre from Concordia University Chicago (2012)
Courses Taught
- TPRC 540 Entrepreneurial Mission Planting
- TPRC 541 Mission Planting Institute