◎ Education
BA, Goshen College
MA, University of Oregon
PhD, University of Aberdeen

◎ Biographical Information
Wilbert Shenk joined the School of Intercultural Studies faculty in 1995.  He has previous experience as director of the Mission Training Center and associate professor of mission at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (1990-95); director of the Overseas Ministries Division of the Mennonite Board of Missions (1965-90); and a teacher in Indonesia (1955-59).

Among Shenk’s recent publications are: North American Foreign Missions, 1810-1914:  Theology, Theory, and Policy (2004), Enlarging the Story: Perspectives on Writing World Christian History (2002), By Faith They Went Out: Mennonite Missions, 1850-1999 (2000), and Changing Frontiers of Mission (1999).  He was a consulting editor of the Dictionary of Mission Theology: Evangelical Foundations (2007). 

Shenk is a founding member of the American Society of Missiology and served as secretary-treasurer (1988-89) and president (1995).  He is also a member of the International Association for Mission Studies.  Shenk coordinated the Missiology of Western Culture Project (1992-98) and was North American coordinator, North Atlantic Missiology Project/Currents in World Christianity (1994-2000).  Additionally, Shenk convened the consultation sponsored by Fuller Theological Seminary in 1998 on the topic “Toward a Global Christian History,” with 45 participants from six continents.

 
◎ Courses Taught
MH500- Global Evangelical Movement
MH505- Issues in Mission History
MH510- The Making of Global Christianity
MH701/801- Methods of Historical Research
MI510- Thinking Missiologically
MP520- Transforming Contemporary Cultures—Macro
MP521- Transforming Contemporary Cultures—Micro
MP522- Transforming Contemporary Cultures—Mezzo
MP891- Theories of Modernity and Postmodernity
MT527- Lesslie Newbigin: Theologian of Mission and Ministry
MT528- Jesus the Missionary
MT529- David Bosch: Missionary Theologian
MT530- Contemporary Theologies of Mission
MT563/663- Mission Theology and Anabaptist Perspectives
Areas of Expertise, Research, Writing, and Teaching:
Mission history, missiology, mission to contemporary culture

◎ Research Works
2004 Forum for World Evangelization
Christianity in China, from the 18th century to the present
Recasting Theology of Mission, Impulses from the Non-Western World
Review of Exploring Church Growth Review of Successful Parishes(How They Meet the Challenge of Change) 

◎ Areas of Expertise, Research, Writing, and Teaching

Mission history, missiology, mission to contemporary culture