Gordon grew up in Abbotsford, B.C. He studied
at Briercrest Bible Institute; the University
of British Columbia; Regent College in Vancouver;
and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN,
where he earned his M.A. and Ph.D.
Gordon and his wife Lorraine have two children. The family attends River East Mennonite Brethren Church, where Gordon serves on the Faith and Fellowship Commission. He is also a member of the Editorial Council of the Believers Church Bible Commentary.
Before coming to CMU, Gordon worked at Mennonite
Brethren Bible College and its successor, Concord
College. At CMU Gordon directs the Seeing is
Believing film series, and is director of Film
and Faith.
Gordon also leads study tours to the Holy Land. In the spring of 2012 he will be leading his seventh tour. Have a look at the tour website www.cmu.ca/studytour/ and check out his ever-expanding study tour blog http://cmustudytour.blogspot.com
In his spare time Gordon likes windsurfing and traveling.
Why take Biblical and Theological Studies at CMU?
Drawing things together into a coherent framework of faith is the unique gift that CMU can offer students. We give them a toolbox for learning to think as Christians in a way that shapes and forms character, a way that brings the various disciplines into conversation, and a way that calls them into a community that seeks a vision of health, wholeness, justice and peace for all creation. As a professor, I am committed to giving my students a holistic spirituality of education that includes, at its centre, the discipleship of the mind. I also want to nourish a spirituality of the heart, so that students learn not only to love God, but also to love what they learn and learn what they love.
Teaching Motto
Nurturing the Mind; Minding the Heart; Mending the World.
Favourite Quote:
“To teach is to create a space in which obedience to truth is practiced.” (From Parker Palmer, To Know as We are Known: A Spirituality of Education, San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1983).
