Dr. Phil Mayo

Courses Taught

New Testament History and Literature, Synoptic Gospels, Luke-Acts, Acts, Lucan Pneumatology, Gospel of John, Romans and Galatians, Pauline Epistles, Hebrews, Revelation, Apostolic Fathers, Pentecostal Hermeneutics, New Testament Greek

Areas of Main Research and Competency

New Testament Greek, Revelation, Early Jewish-Christian Relations

Qualifications

B.A., MDiv, PhD

Education

B.A. in English/Bible, Minor: Business, Oral Roberts University, 1982.  

Master of Divinity, Emphasis in Pastoral Counseling, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1985. 

Cours de civilisation française de la Sorbonne Certificate Semestriel de langue française  ▪ Superior Level B, 1996.

PhD in Theology, Major: New Testament Studies, Minor: Early Church History, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2004. 

Academic Experience

North Central University, Professor of New Testament Studies and Greek, 2004 - 2019. 

North Central University, Director of the School of Biblical and Theological Studies, 2016 - 19.

Fuller Theological Seminary, Adjunct Faculty – Greek instructor, 2001- 2004.

Azusa-Pacific University, Adjunct Faculty, 2002 - 2004.

Vanguard University, Adjunct Faculty, 2001 - 2002.

Professional Experience

Ville Lumiere – Paris Ministries, Inc., Ministry President and International Instructor, 2019 - present.

World Missions Ministries, IPHC,  Global Worker in Paris, France,  1992 - 1997.

Home Missions Conference, IPHC, New England Field Director, 1988 - 1989.

Evangelism USA, IPHC Urban Director, Target 2000 Boston Project,  1985 - 1989.

Visiting Lecturer

PanAfrica Theological Seminary (PAThS), Lomé, Togo, French Ph.D. program. 

Addis Graduate School (AGS), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Master's program.

Nepal Theological College (NTC), Kathmandu, Nepal.

Everest Theological Institute (ETI), Kathmandu, Nepal.

Continental Theological Seminary (CTS), Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium, Master's program.

Publications

Articles and chapters

Mayo, Phil. “A New Look at an Old Problem: A Narrative Approach to John 7.37-39.” Essays on Johannine Literature in Honor of Professor Benny C. Aker. Edited by Craig S. Keener, Jeremy S. Crenshaw, and Jordan Daniel May. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2014.

Mayo, Phil. “The Role of the Birkath Haminim in Early Jewish-Christian Relations: A Reexamination of the Evidence.” Bulletin for Biblical Research. 16.2, 2006.  

Reviews

Mayo, Phil. A Reader’s Lexicon of the Apostolic Fathers. Edited by Daniel B. Wallace, Brittany C. Burnette, Terri Darby Moore. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2013. Reviewed in Religious Studies Review. 41:3, 2015. 

Mayo, Phil. Pilgrimage into Pentecost: The Pneumatological Legacy of Howard M. Ervin, Daniel D. Isrigg, Tulsa, Oklahoma: Word and Spirit Press, 2008. Reviewed in Pneuma. 31:2, 2009. 

Books

Mayo, Phil. Joining Jesus on the Way: Discipleship in the 21st Century. Nashville: Elmhill/HarperCollins Christian, 2019. 

Mayo, Phil. “Those Who Call Themselves Jews:” The Church and Judaism in the Apocalypse of John. Princeton Theological Monograph Series, 60. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2006.

PRESENTATIONS

Mayo, Phil. “Toward a Pentecostal Ecclesiology: Apostles and Prophets in the Contemporary Church.” Paper presented at the 39th annual meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies. Minneapolis, MN, March 6, 2010.