Dr Duane Elmer

Speaker and Author

Duane Elmer is the G. W. Aldeen Professor of International Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. In addition to traveling and teaching in over seventy-five countries, he has provided cross-cultural training to people from Fortune 500 companies, relief and development agencies, mission organizations, churches, and educational institutions. He has also conducted peace and reconciliation efforts in several countries.

He earned the Ph.D. from the College of Education at Michigan State University, and he has done post-doctoral work at Harvard University. He has taught at Durban Bible College (Durban, South Africa), Michigan State University and Wheaton College and Graduate School. In addition, he has served as a pastor and as director of a missionary internship program.

His articles have been published in journals such as Moody, Missions Quarterly, Christian Education Journal, Discernment, Evangelical Missions Quarterly and Christianity Today. His books include An Analysis of Hebrews: A Programmed Instruction, Building Relationships, With and Eye on the Future: Church and Development in the Twenty-First Century, Cross-Cultural Conflict and Cross-Cultural Connections.