Assistant Professor of Old Testament

Ph.D. candidate (Old Testament and Ancient Near East): Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
M.Div.: Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
B.A.: Jos (Nigeria) Theological Seminary

Dr. Emmanuel Itapson has extensive ministry experience as a pastor, as a teacher, and in the area of economic and community development. He has served as associate pastor at First Baptist Church, Cold Springs, KY, and is the co-founder of the Cincinnati-based organization Self Sustaining Enterprises, Inc., which operates in Jos, Nigeria, providing ministry to orphans through boarding schools, health facilities, and vocational education.

He has served in pastoral ministry at the Evangelical Church of West Africa English Church TudunWada, Jos, Nigeria (senior pastor) and at the Evangelical Church of West Africa, Miango, Nigeria (associate pastor) in addition to completing pastoral internships in the Philadelphia area with Oxford Presbyterian Church, First African Presbyterian Church, and the Mennonite District of Philadelphia.

Emmanuel is the co-author of two books: An Introductory Survey of the Prophetic Books and "Health and Wealth" and Biblical Exegesis.