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Meet the BKSM Faculty for the 2025-26 Academic Year

BKSM reflects the abundance of teaching gifts in the Church. We are blessed beyond measure to draw on the talent and dedication of almost 30 instructors, whose education and expertise rival those of any traditional seminary in the country.

You can find the 2025-26 course schedule/descriptions by clicking here.
Diocese of Iowa
  • The Rev. Dr. Susan Forshey (Anglican Spirituality)

Diocese of Kansas
  • The Rev. Dr. Yvonne Amanor-Boadu (Colloquium)
  • The Very Rev. Torey Lightcap (Preaching I & Preaching II)
  • Dr. Lynne Moss Bahr (Parables of  Jesus)
  • Mr. Mike Morrow (Polity and Canons)
  • The Very Rev. Casey Rohleder (Colloquium)

 Diocese of Missouri
  • The Rev. Dr. Marshall Crossnoe (Practice of the Eucharist)
  • Sr. Dr. Donna Hawk-Reinhard, AF (Sacramental Theology)
  • The Rev. Canon Whitney Rice, Canon to the Ordinary (Evangelism)
 
Diocese of Nebraska
  • The Rev. Betsy Bennett (Diakonia I, Diakonia II, Environmental Mission)
  • Dr. Nathan Tye (Episcopal History)

Diocese of West Missouri
  • The Very Rev. Dr. Don Compier (Anglican Ethics, Anglican History)
  • The Rev.  Dr. Bill Fasel (Homiletics for Lay Preachers)
  • The Rev. Dr. Sean Kim (Christian History I, Christian History II, & Christian History)
  • The Rev. Dr. Jim Lile (Colloquium)
  • Dr. Victor Matthews (Old Testament I)
  • Dr.   Jonathan   Platter    (Doctrines of the First    Person, Doctrines of the Third Person, & Christian Theology 2)
  • The   Rev.   John   Spicer   (Liturgical   Leadership)

Diocese of Western Kansas
  • The Rev. Dr. Ted Blakley (New Testament, Gospels)
  • The Rev. Shane Schneider (Social Ministry I & II)
  • Dr. Carl   Miller  (Christian Ethics)

 Other
  • Dr. Daniel Stramara  (Doctrines of the Second Person, Christian Theology 1)
  • The Rev. Dr. Bryan Spoon   (Pastoral Theology)
  • Dr. Dulcinea Boesenberg   (New Testament)
  • The Rev.   Dr.   Aaron   Stauffer   (Contemporary Ethics)
  • Dr.   Mark   Given   (Paul)
Address:
Bishop Kemper School for Ministry
701 SW 8th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66603

Address for Tuition Payments/Donations:
The Rev, Fran Wheeler
14519 S. Kaw Dr.

Olathe, KS 66062


The Bishop Kemper School for Ministry is a collaborative venture of the Episcopal Dioceses of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, West Missouri, Nebraska and Western Kansas.
BKSM also partners with the Central States Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
BKSM offers classes and programs to educate people for church leadership in both lay and ordained vocations.