LCU welcomes 2 New Testament professors

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[June 25, 2013]  Lincoln Christian University welcomes Frank Dicken as assistant professor of New Testament and Nick Zola as assistant professor of New Testament and early Christianity. Both are slated to start on July 1.

Dicken is an LCU alumnus with a bachelor's degree in preaching and a Master of Divinity, plus a Certificate in Biblical Studies from St. Mary's Seminary. He is currently completing a Ph.D. in New Testament at the University of Edinburgh, writing a dissertation on Luke's presentation of the Herods in Luke and Acts.

Originally from Maryland, Dicken comes to LCU with experience as preaching minister at Creswell Christian Church, Bel Air, Md. He also worked with the Central India Christian Mission in Madhya Pradesh, India, and taught adjunct courses for Hope International University, Mid-Atlantic Christian University and LCU. His writing credits include an essay entitled "The Author and Date of Luke-Acts" in Issues in Luke-Acts, edited by Sean Adams & Michael Pahl (Gorgias Press, 2012), and several articles in Lexham Bible Dictionary.

Zola is completing a Ph.D. in New Testament from Baylor University, working on a new translation of Tatian's Diatessaron, a second-century harmony of the four Gospels. He earned a master's degree in New Testament from Abilene Christian University and a bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering from Olin College of Engineering, where he served as an intern at the NASA Kennedy Space Center. He taught at LCU during the fall 2012 semester and received high marks from students in the undergraduate course on the Gospel of Mark.

Zola was actively engaged with the Robinson Church of Christ in Robinson, Texas, where he served as adult Sunday school teacher, substitute preacher, children's ministry volunteer and small group coordinator. He lived in Germany for a time, working with two German-speaking churches, teaching lessons and helping them merge into a single church family, the Gemeinde-Christi in Hamburg. He wrote "Why Are There Verses Missing from My Bible? The Emergence of Verse Numbers in the New Testament" (Restoration Quarterly [54 (2012: 233-45]) and translated multiple Greek passages from several early church fathers in D.H. William's "Matthew: Interpreted by Early Christian Commentators" (Eerdmans, forthcoming).

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When introducing the new hires, LCU Provost Clay Ham said: "The faculty search committee, under the leadership of Dr. Bob Kurka and Dr. Fred Johnson, are to be commended for their diligent work toward the hire of two faculty members in New Testament."

Founded in Lincoln in 1944 as a place to train preachers, Christian teachers and other Christian workers, LCU has grown to three schools: the School of Undergraduate Studies, Lincoln Christian Seminary and the Hargrove School of Adult & Graduate Studies. LCU also offers classes at extension sites in Peoria, Normal and in Las Vegas, Nev. Many degree programs can be completed completely or partially online. Degree opportunities range from associate to master's degrees and a doctorate.

Lincoln Christian University trains Christians to live their mission in areas like vocational church ministry, business, psychology, counseling, intercultural studies and others. LCU has seen more than 16,000 students pass through its doors, and its alumni have gone on to serve God's kingdom in all 50 U.S. states and more than 165 countries.

[Text from file received from Lincoln Christian University]

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