Michael W. Goheen
Professor of Missional Theology, Director of Theological Education, Missional Training Center – Phoenix
Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy, Utrecht University (2000)
Master of Arts in Systematic Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary (1984)
Bachelor of Arts in Intellectual History, Florida Atlantic University (1980)
About
Dr. Mike Goheen began his professional life as a church planter and pastor in the Toronto area. Then, for over two decades, he taught worldview studies, biblical theology, and missiology at Dordt College, Redeemer University College, Trinity Western University, Regent College, Calvin Theological Seminary, and Covenant Seminary. For most of that time, he has held part-time pastoral and preaching positions in local congregations.
Presently, he splits his time between Vancouver, Canada, and Phoenix, Arizona, where he teaches and directs the theological education program at the Missional Training Center (MTC), an extension site of Calvin Seminary. He also spends time each year in Brazil and Chile training pastoral leaders.
Mike has authored, co-authored, or edited thirteen books, including The Church and Its Vocation: Lesslie Newbigin’s Missional Ecclesiology (Baker, 2018), Introducing Christian Mission Today: Scripture, History, and Issues (IVP, 2014), and A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story (Baker, 2011).
Mike has been married to Marnie since 1979. They have four adult children and eleven grandchildren.
Featured Publications
Becoming a Missionary Church: Lesslie Newbigin and Contemporary Church Movements, Baker Academic, 2022
The True Story of the Whole World: Finding Your Place in the Biblical Drama, Baker, 2020
The Symphony of Mission: Playing Your Part in God’s Work in the World, Baker, 2019
The Church and Its Vocation: Lesslie Newbigin’s Missionary Ecclesiology, Baker, 2018
Reading the Bible Missionally, Eerdmans, 2016
The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story, Baker Academic, 2014
Introducing Christian Mission Today, InterVarsity Press, 2014
Christian Philosophy: A Systematic and Narrative Introduction, Baker, 2013
A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story, Baker, 2011
The Gospel and Globalization: Exploring the Religious Roots of a Globalized World, Regent College Publishing, 2009
Living at the Crossroads: An Introduction to Christian Worldview, Baker, 2008
That the World May Believe: Essays on Mission and Unity in Honour of George Vandervelde, Rowman and Littlefield, 2005
As the Father has sent me, I am sending you: Lesslie Newbigin’s Missionary Ecclesiology, Utrecht University, 2000