Profiles

Rev. Dr. Dennis R. Edwards serves as dean and vice president of church relations at North Park Theological Seminary after having previously been associate professor of New Testament. He’s the author of several articles and books, including the recent "Humility Illuminated: The Biblical Path Back to Christian Character" (IVP). Dennis has been married to Susan Steele Edwards since 1982. They are the parents of four children and grandparents of five.  

Edwards has three decades of urban pastoral ministry experience. He most recently served as senior pastor of The Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Before that, he served in Washington, DC, and Brooklyn, New York.  

Edwards holds a bachelor of science in chemical engineering (Cornell University), a master of divinity degree in urban ministry (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), and master of arts and doctoral degrees in biblical studies (Catholic University of America). Dennis enjoys baking, playing his flute and saxophone, and weightlifting and cycling as much as his body will let him.