Michael Collender (D.Phil., M.A., B.A.)
Dr. Michael Collender is passionate about mentoring Christian leaders in biblical wisdom and leadership. He taught philosophy and leadership studies, at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels, at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, for over a decade. He has also researched and lectured at US Joint Forces Command’s Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA, on strategy and leadership and has been a Visiting Fellow of the Philosophy Institute of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. He earned his D.Phil. in Philosophy from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, working on the problem of interpreting and modeling complex natural and social systems. Currently, he is completing a second doctorate in Theology at the University of South Africa focusing on the Old Testament’s wisdom tradition. He studied theology at The Master’s Seminary, and earned a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy of Religion from Liberty University. He has taught public speaking, rhetoric and persuasion for two decades and is the author of the forthcoming rhetoric textbook A Rhetoric of Love; Volume Two, published by Veritas Press.