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Disciplines/Field of Instruction

  • Communication
  • Biblical Studies (at CUBM)

Degrees Received

  • Doctor of Ministry (Missions & Cross-Cultural Studies), 2004, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
  • Master of Divinity, 1995, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
  • Bachelor of Arts (Speech Communication), 1989, Geneva College

Courses Taught

  • ACE 116 - Oral Communications in the Professions
  • ACE 127 - Media and Culture
  • ACE 220 - Communication in Ministry
  • COM 101 - Principles of Communication
  • COM 111 - Introduction to Communication
  • COM 310 - Advanced Public Speaking
  • HRS 441 - Business and Interpersonal Communication
  • MIN 210 - Evangelism
  • MIN 219 - World Christian Movement
  • MIN 495 - Ministry Communication

CUBM Classes

  • BIB 303 - Old Testament Studies
  • BIB 310B - Survey of the Pauline Epistles
  • BIB 316B Romans
  • MIN 210 - Evangelism
  • MIN 213 - Global Missions in the Local Church
  • MIN 215 - Methods of Teaching the Bible
  • MIN 491 - Principles of Ethnic-Racial Reconciliation (co-creator and developer)

Presentation/Publications

   Presentations: 

  • “Coca-Cola Jesus”
  • “Moving Millennials to Missions”
  • “Living on Mission: Lifestyle or Program?”
  • “A Pastor′s Perspective of the Persecuted Church”
  • “Principles of Reconciliation”
  • "Communicating the 'Word' in the 21st Century Post-Literate West", Orality and Literacy in an Age of Social Media, Geneva College, April 2024.

   Publications:

  • “Virtual Reality”, Youthworker′s Encyclopedia (on WORDSearch CD-ROM, NavPress Software)
  • “Less Tourists, More Commitment: Helping the Church in Post-Communist Europe”, Expression magazine, March 1996
  • Recruiting a New Generation of Missionaries: Doing Missions with Older Millennials in the C&MA (2004)
  • AY Mission Training Manual (2005). "Getting Involved: Mali", Great Commission Connections, September 2006
  • “Making a Fresh Impact by Developing Russian Church Leaders”, Great Commission Connections, December 2012
  • On Mission (The Christian & Missionary Alliance, 2013)
  • On Mission Together. Book, published in September 2019.
  • Managing Editor for the Wells of Refuge Welcoming Devotional Bible, released in the summer of 2023 by the Refugee and Immigrant Network of the Alliance.

Current Projects

  • Leadership development with church leaders in Russia

Affiliations, e.g., membership in professional organizations, etc.

  • Alliance Missions Network
  • American Society of Missiology
  • National Network of Youth Ministries (NNYM)
  • NNYM Youth Missions Network
  • Pittsburgh Kids Network

Miscellaneous, e.g., hobbies, sports, personal info, etc.

  • One wife, four children
  • Pastor of Washington Union Alliance Church, New Castle, PA
  • Actively involved with missions mobilization and short-term missions ministry
  • Other teaching involvement:  Pennsylvania Bible Institute (Western PA of the C&MA); EvandeoskiTeoloskiFakultet (Osijek, Croatia)

Academic Distinctives

In 2019, Rev. Dr. Noble published a book titled, On Mission Together.

Rev. Dr. Noble is a member of the Alliance Missions Network, the American Society of Missiology, the National Network of Youth Ministries (NNYM), the NNYM Youth Missions Network, and the Pittsburgh Kids Network.

Rev. Dr. Noble teaches undergraduate courses with Geneva College and also teaches courses with the Center for Urban Biblical Ministry (CUBM).