William David Spencer

WILLIAM DAVID SPENCER, Th.D.,
Ranked Adjunct Associate Professor of Theology and the Arts, 2000.
B.A. (Rutgers University), Conwell School of Theology (Philadelphia) M.Div., Th.M. (Princeton Theological Seminary), Th.D. (Boston University School of Theology).

The author or editor of nine books, including two which reviewers have termed the definitive works in their fields, Mysterium and Mystery, and Chanting Down Babylon, as well as more than 100 published articles, stories, reviews and poems, Dr. William Spencer is recipient of several prizes for writing, including the Earl Bargainner Award of the Popular Culture Association of America and is listed in Contemporary Authors as well as in several Who's Who compilations. He was also awarded the Nancy Higginson Dore Prize for education. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), since 1966, he has done urban ministry, college chaplaincy, music and coffee house, literacy and volunteer prison ministries. Since 1974, he has also been teaching graduate level classes as and adjunct at several seminaries. He is a founder of Pilgrim Church, a storefront ministry in Beverly, MA. In addition, he serves as its pastor of encouragement.