MDiv, STM, MPhil, PhD

Biography

Dr. Quill joined the Concordia Theological Seminary (CTSFW), Fort Wayne, faculty in 1998 and teaches liturgy, homiletics and missions.Since 2002, he has served as dean of International Studies.

Quill also serves as director of Theological Education for The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) Office of International Mission.

He received a B.S. in Education from Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebraska in 1971, and his M.Div. and S.T.M. from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis in 1980 and 1993 respectively. In 1996, he received a Masters of Philosophy from Drew University followed by a Ph.D. upon completion of his dissertation in 2002. The title of his dissertation is “An Examination of the Contributions of Theodosius Harnack to the Renewal of the Liturgy in the Ninteenth Century.”

He served as director of the Russian Project at CTSFW. In this position, he traveled extensively to Russia and the former nations of the Soviet Union, oversaw the recruitment of approximately 40 students from Russia to study on the Fort Wayne campus; assisted in the establishment of Lutheran Theological Seminary in Novosibirsk, Siberia; and organized theological seminaries in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Lithuania.

He served as a parish pastor for 15 years in the LCMS.

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