• • Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions
• • Director of Field Education

Biography

Dr. Geoffrey Boyle was called to the faculty as Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions at Concordia Theological Seminary and as Director of Field Education in 2022.

He earned a B.A. in History and Ancient Civilizations and Biblical Studies at the University of Michigan (2005), M.Div. at CTSFW (2009), and Ph.D. through Wycliffe and St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto (2019). His thesis is entitled, “The Real Presence of Christ in Scripture: A Sacramental Approach to the Old Testament.”

He was ordained and installed as senior pastor of Grace Lutheran Church and Trinity Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas in 2010, where he served until joining CTSFW in 2022.

He has authored articles for Concordia Theological Quarterly, the Journal of Scriptural Reasoning, and Lutheran Theological Review. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Society of St. Polycarp, and the Eighth Day Institute. With a facility for the Spanish language, he also teaches occasionally for Seminario Concordia El Reformador – República Dominicana.

He and his wife, Nicole, are the proud parents of five children, Ana, Claire, Gabriela, Micah, and Brigit.

In the summer of 2023 Dr. Boyle gave a presentation titled “My Kingdom Is Not of This World,” for the Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education. You can find a copy of that presentation here.