Across the globe
We will create partnerships to expand the impact of Moody’s ministries around the world.
Across cultures
We will develop initiatives designed to penetrate a multicultural, urban society.
Across generations
We will deliver biblical content in a way that is generationally relevant.
Using new technology
We will leverage emerging technology to accelerate the spread of God’s Word.
In an agile community
We will develop greater organizational agility so we can respond well to new opportunities.
In an innovative community
We will cultivate a culture of innovation to discover new ways to accomplish our mission.
Moody Bible Institute (MBI) is a Christian institution of higher education that was founded by evangelist and businessman Dwight Lyman Moody in 1886.
Since its founding, MBI’s main campus has been located in the Near North Side of Chicago. Moody Theological Seminary (MTS) began in 1985. Moody also operates an undergraduate campus in Spokane, Washington, and a graduate campus in Plymouth, Michigan, where the Counseling Psychology program
(MACP) began in 1997.
Moody encompasses several ministries in addition to the educational programs. Among them are Moody Radio and Moody Publishers. In 1894, Moody
Publishers was founded under the name Bible Institute Colportage Association, publishing books targeted at Christians and non-Christians. In 1926, Moody
Bible Institute expanded its reach beyond education and publishing by sponsoring the first non-commercial Christian radio station in America, WMBI.
Over time, MBI’s radio outreach grew to the Moody Radio Network, which now owns and operates 36 commercial-free stations and provides programming via satellite to more than 700 outlets. Moody Bible Institute has approximately
600 employees and a $100 million annual budget.
Since the founding by D.L. Moody in 1886, Moody Bible Institute has been committed to helping people across the globe, cultures, and generations to take the next step toward spiritual maturity. For over 125 years, Christ-followers have come to Moody to be richly equipped in God’s Word in order to impact the world for Christ.
D.L. Moody’s passion for honoring God’s call on his life and his heart for serving others are the foundation of Moody education and the organization as a whole.
From its beginnings as an evangelical society to the development of online learning, Moody has been a practical, compassionate pioneer in training messengers of Christ’s love to the unserved and underserved.

Within Moody, there is a strong element of gratitude, anticipation, and excitement based on what the staff has witnessed of God’s work in their midst.
The team recognizes that MBI and MTS are invigorating, inspiring, and unique workplaces that provide an environment of professionalism, passion, and potential. This is a dedicated and committed group of people who are highly motivated and passionate about the mission and purpose of Moody and carry out their ministry with excellence.
Moody embodies a collaborative, not a political, environment. Great care is taken to assure that team members treat each other with dignity and respect and foster a healthy relational climate. As a result, the group consistently works on being transparent and open, creating a climate of trust.
Dr. Paul Nyquist
In 2009, Dr. Paul Nyquist became the ninth president of Moody Bible Institute.
With his theological training, pastoral heart, and global focus, Dr. Nyquist has led Moody to go across the globe, cultures, and generations to equip people with the truth of God’s Word using new technology in an agile and innovative community.
Prior to coming to Moody, Dr. Nyquist had 26 years of successful ministry experience, which included serving as president and CEO of Avant Ministries from 2001 to 2009, senior pastor at First Federated Church in Des Moines, Iowa, from 1996 to 2001, and senior pastor at Evangelical Bible Church in Omaha,
Nebraska from 1983 to 1996. Additionally, he has served on the boards of directors for Avant, Philadelphia Biblical University, and CrossGlobal Link, and taught as an adjunct professor at Grace University in Omaha, Nebraska, and
Phoenix Seminary in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Dr. Nyquist graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln with a
Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Studies and received a Th.M. and a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. He is the author of There Is No Time and The Post-Church Christian , a generational dialogue with his son, Carson, on faith, leadership, and the future of the church.
He and his wife, Cheryl, have been married for 31 years and have four grown children, three of whom attended Moody Bible Institute.
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Dr. John Jelinek
Dr. Jelinek has served for over 20 years in theological education. He is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M. in Old Testament) and Grace
Theological Seminary (Th.D. in Theology) and recently completed the Harvard
Institute in Education Management program. Before coming to Moody in
1998, he served for 10 years as Academic Dean and Professor of Theology at Michigan Theological Seminary. He has also served as a professor and administrator at Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, and as Pastor of First Baptist Church in Hazel Park, Michigan. He and his wife, Linda, have been married for 32 years and have three grown children.
Moody Theological Seminary is located in the heart of Chicago, offering students hundreds of ministry opportunities in rescue missions, prisons, children’s programs, retirement homes, and within diverse urban and various ethnic settings. The campus covers more than 24 acres in Chicago’s Near
North community and is within walking distance of the famous Magnificent
Mile, the shores of scenic Lake Michigan, and inner-city neighborhoods.
With over 2.7 million people from all walks of life and economic backgrounds residing in the nation’s third largest city, Moody students have a fertile mission field at their doorstep.
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The primary function of the Chair is to vision cast and facilitate leadership over the Master of Arts in Counseling
Psychology program. While this is a long-established and successful program, the Chair will also be charged to build the program, which would include creating exposure in an effort to draw exceptional faculty and students, expanding the influence nationally, and building into students’ lives by personal discipleship, teaching one to two classes per year, and the possible management of student practicums, internships, and clinical supervision. Please visit www.moody.edu for information about the Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology.
Following in the footsteps of Gary Chapman, over time the successful candidate will have opportunity to collaborate with Moody Publishers, Moody Radio, and conferences to become a sought after “go-to” resource on marriage and family issues.
This position is a senior appointment to an endowed chair position and will be under the general supervision of John Jelinek, Vice President and Academic Dean of Moody Theological Seminary, having dotted line collaborative relationships to Moody Radio, Moody
Publishers, and conferences.
• Assist in developing a strong program with significant potential for interdisciplinary research with national media impact, and be a leader in the integration of psychology and theology, core values of the MTS mission.
• Assist the program coordinator in preparing syllabi, teach and evaluate instructional outcomes of assigned courses.
• Assist the dean as he endeavors to further the work of the seminary.
• Attend committee and faculty meetings.
• Serve as an academic advisor to assigned students.
• Assist assigned students in clinical supervision by teaching, modeling, evaluating, praying, encouraging, and discipling them.
• Further the sense of community, shared values, and experiences by attending designated chapels, special meetings, assemblies, and ceremonies. Engage in informal exchange of ideas with students, as opportunity permits.
• Fulfill policies, responsibilities, and special obligations as outlined in the Employee Information Guide.
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• Received a Ph.D. or Psy.D. from an accredited institution in the area of instruction.
• Achieved at least five years of significant ministry/ vocational experience in a related field.
• Demonstrated effective classroom skills for teaching in a graduate school or seminary.
• Published articles/books in the field of expertise.
• Is supportive and affirming of Gary Chapman’s work.
• Characterized by a lifestyle of the traits described in
1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1. A life marked by a personal faith in Jesus Christ, which leads to humility, honesty, and compassion. A growing and deepening Christian faith with a commitment to advancing the Great Commission.
A person who is absolutely dependent on God and realizes that the Moody community is as well.
• Subscribes to the Moody Bible Institute statement of faith, doctrine, and Student Life Guide.
• Embraces the mission of Moody Bible Institute and
Moody Theological Seminary.
• Demonstrates personal, administrative, and consensusbuilding skills needed to work with faculty, administration, and staff (internally) and constituents, pastors, and ministry leaders (externally). A genuine pastoral bent.
• Exhibits theological, educational, and management proficiency.
• Has a high level of personal integrity, energy, and resilience. Intentional about doing the right thing every time and in every circumstance.
• Is a strong and comfortable communicator who is able to communicate biblical truths and the seminary’s value and unique ability to equip its students to carry forth the Great Commission in a contemporary culture with knowledge of developing and current trends; an interpreter of culture; a track record of mission- minded innovation.
• Has a deep understanding of the culture of Moody Bible
Institute and its need to balance academic excellence and theological soundness with practical ministry preparation.
• Demonstrates a sincere sense of empathy and likability—a person who truly hears the other person and is able to connect and resonate with their needs.
• Has a willingness/ability to relocate to the Chicago area
(full relocation benefits provided).
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• Has a charismatic, warm, engaging conference, radio, and writing persona. Able to build on the stage presence of Gary Chapman—an ability to connect with audiences and adeptly and accurately link to the heartbeat of the listener. A person of approachable expertise.
• Shows understanding and has experience with youngmarrieds, families with school-age children, the 30- to
40-year-old demographic.
• Experience in leading a private or organizational counseling practice, ideally having supervised clinical trainees. Licensure would be a plus.
• Has a background in marketplace-level writing and speaking experience; an understanding of brand development and awareness.
• Experience in connecting with senior academic cabinet leadership resulting in community and key external relationships is highly desirable.
Realizing the synergistic possibilities, Moody Theological
Seminary is open to considering candidates who desire to continue their speaking, writing, and counseling opportunities, as well as establish a private counseling practice in the Chicago area.
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At Moody Bible Institute, we value being a community of caring Christians dedicated to helping one another grow toward Christian maturity. We are part of the larger
Christian community, and we represent an institution committed to spreading the Word of God through education and media ministries. We seek to cultivate attitudes and conduct that are consistent with Scripture, striving to reflect God and His values in our lifestyle and the conduct of our service.
As members of the Moody community, we commit ourselves to live Christ-honoring lives. Employment at
Moody Bible Institute presupposes that each employee has committed his or her life to Jesus Christ for salvation and Christian service. A lifestyle in accordance with biblical principles is essential in demonstrating that commitment to fellow employees, students, and the outside world.
Scripture clearly indicates that “whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus”
(Col. 3:17).
The scriptures encourage us to pursue a course of conduct that is free from both lawlessness and legalism. Rules are not in themselves a test of spirituality, yet a spiritual person will submit to God’s Word and to God’s established authority (e.g., church, government, and employer). Such a person will live in love and self-control in the community in which God allows him or her to live and serve.
The Bible clearly presents certain absolutes of moral behavior. In other areas where absolute principles do not exist, Christians must search the scriptures for wisdom in dependence on the Holy Spirit. Moody calls its employees to live in accordance with all biblical absolutes. On the other hand, matters of individual discernment will be left to the Christian’s conscience (with a few exceptions due to communal considerations). In every instance, the exaltation of God’s holy name is what should ultimately determine the employee’s behavior.
By biblical absolutes, Moody Bible Institute means those unchanging scriptural truths about God, His creation, and His will for human beings. Rooted in His character and law, these truths are universal, unchanged by time, circumstances, culture, or human interpretation. Included in these absolutes are certain requirements in the Bible about moral living.
Positive Commands
Because we desire that the life of Christ be manifested in the Moody community, we expect that a believer will seek to follow every direct command of God. Examples of scripture’s positive commands include actively participating in a biblical * , Protestant local church, loving all people, being filled with the Holy Spirit, obeying the Word, and trusting God for personal needs (Prov. 3:5–6; Luke 11:28;
John 13:34–35; Gal. 6:10; Eph. 5:18–21; Col. 3:12–17;
1 Thess. 5:12–22; Heb. 10:24–25).
Prohibitive Commands
Biblical teaching forbids practices such as idolatry, stealing, drunkenness, chemical dependency, gossip, gluttony, dishonesty, occult involvement, murder, profanity, lawbreaking, the use of illegal, addictive, or mind-altering drugs (including marijuana), physical abuse or battery, child abuse, all sexual activity outside of the husband/ wife marital relationship (including pornography, all other manifestations of the sex industry, and homosexual or transgender behavior). Furthermore, attitudes such as lust, greed, divisiveness, thanklessness, pride, hatred, rebelliousness, and jealousy are equally displeasing to
God. (Gen. 1:26–27; Ex. 20:1–17; Ps. 11:5; Prov. 6:16–19;
Rom. 1:26–27, 13:1–14; 1 Cor. 6:9–20, 15:34; Gal. 5:19–21;
Eph. 5:1–18; Col. 3:5–10; 1 Thess. 4:3–8; 1 Pet. 5:8).
While recognizing that no Christian can attain perfect holiness this side of heaven, Moody Bible Institute nonetheless calls its employees to let these biblical absolutes govern their lives at work and away from the workplace at all times.

By individual discernment, we mean each employee is free to follow a biblically-informed conscience. As noted above, scripture provides certain moral absolutes that
Moody Bible Institute expects to be followed. Concerning issues about which scripture is not clear and Christians disagree, Moody endeavors to leave these matters to the individual’s conscience as described in Romans 14. “Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand….Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind” (vv. 4–5).
The guiding principle of a Christian’s moral life is God’s glory. This means we will never use our moral freedom as an occasion to abuse our bodies, which are God’s temple.
It also means our Christian liberty must be balanced by the needs of the broader community to which we belong and our behavior adapted to its benefit.
Therefore, certain prohibitions not mentioned in scripture are nonetheless necessary for the Moody community. While in the workplace or carrying out job duties, employees are prohibited from consuming alcoholic beverages, using tobacco products, or gambling in any form or venue.
Though these are not explicit biblical commands, neither are they left to employee discernment; they are communal limitations that allow Moody Bible Institute to maintain a good reputation so as to glorify God in all things.
* By “biblical” we mean a church that subscribes to the five primary doctrines of biblical Christianity, which are:
1. The Trinity : God is one essence with three persons possessing all the attributes of Deity and personality.
2. The Person of Jesus Christ : Jesus is fully God and fully man for all eternity.
3. The Second Coming : Jesus Christ is coming bodily to earth to rule and judge.
4. Salvation : It is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.
5. T he Scripture : It is entirely inerrant and sufficient for all Christian life.
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The trustees of Moody Bible Institute have stated that each faculty member is expected to “agree with, personally adhere to, and support” the Doctrinal
Statement and Institutional Positions Related to the Moody Bible Institute
Doctrinal Statement (1928) without reservation. This is required at the time of initial employment and is reaffirmed on a yearly basis.
Please read through the Doctrinal Statement, the Institutional Positions
Related to the Moody Bible Institute Doctrinal Statement (1928), and the
Addendum to make sure you agree with, personally adhere to, and support each and every statement. For those not teaching in the areas of Bible and
Theology, we are looking for an assent that as far as you know and have studied, you are in full agreement.
I trust that as you read through this document, you will have a clear picture of where we stand as an institution. My desire is to have all new faculty join with me in affirming our commitment to these essential truths as we serve together to advance His cause.
J. Paul Nyquist, Ph.D.
President

Article I
God is a Person who has revealed Himself as a Trinity in unity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—three Persons and yet one God (Deut. 6:4; Matt. 28:19; 1 Cor. 8:6).
Article II
The Bible, including both the Old and the New Testaments, is a divine revelation, the original autographs of which were verbally inspired by the Holy Spirit (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:21).
Article III
Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God, which is to say, He is Himself very God; He took upon Himself our nature, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the
Virgin Mary; He died upon the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice for the sin of the world; He arose from the dead in the body in which He was crucified; He ascended into heaven in that body glorified, where He is now our interceding High Priest; He will come again personally and visibly to set up His Kingdom and to judge the quick and the dead (Col. 1:15; Phil. 2:5–8; Matt. 1:18–25; 1 Pet. 2:24–25;
Luke 24; Heb. 4:14–16; Acts 1:9–11; I Thess. 4:16–18; Matt.
25:31–46; Rev. 11:15–17; 20:4–6, 11–15).
Article IV
Man was created in the image of God but fell into sin, and, in that sense, is lost; this is true of all men, and except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God; salvation is by grace through faith in Christ who His own self bore our sins in His own body on the tree; the retribution of the wicked and unbelieving and the rewards of the righteous are everlasting, and as the reward is conscious, so is the retribution (Gen. 1:26–27; Rom. 3:10, 23;
John 3:3; Acts 13:38–39; 4:12; John 3:16; Matt. 25:46; 2 Cor.
5:1; 2 Thess. 1:7–10).
Article V
The Church is an elect company of believers baptized by the Holy Spirit into one body; its mission is to witness concerning its Head, Jesus Christ, preaching the gospel among all nations; it will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air ere He appears to set up His kingdom. (Acts 2:41;
15:13–17; Eph. 1:3–6; 1 Cor. 12:12–13; Matt. 28:19–20;
Acts 1:6–8; 1 Thess. 4:16–18).
Adopted at the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees,
October, 1928)
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Footnotes elaborating the 1928 Doctrinal Statement
1. The Bible is without error in all it affirms in the original autographs and is the only authoritative guide for faith and practice and as such must not be supplanted by any other fields of human learning.
2. Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, is fully
God and fully man possessing both deity and humanity united in one person, without division of the person or confusion of the two natures.
3. An individual receives the benefit of Christ’s substitutionary death by faith as the result of responding to the message of the gospel. Salvation is the free gift of God’s grace through faith alone, in Christ alone, therefore not dependent upon church membership, intermediaries, sacraments or works of righteousness to attain or sustain it.
4. It is the Institute’s position that this refers to the premillennial return of Christ at which time He will set up His Millennial reign, during which time He will fulfill His promises to Israel.
5. This affirms that the first human beings were a special and unique creation by God as contrasted to being derived from any pre-existing life forms. Further, God created everything “after its kind,” which excludes any position that allows for any evolutionary process between kinds.
6. This statement excludes any position which asserts a temporary or complete cessation of consciousness, or merging with eternal oneness, or annihilation of the damned, or a “second chance” or a period of suffering or purification in preparation for entrance into the presence of God.
7. The Church of Jesus Christ is a distinct entity from Israel in the ongoing program of God. Further, this universal
Church consists of all who possess saving faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ from Pentecost to the Rapture of the Church and which will represent every language, people, and nation.
8. Christ will return in the air preceding the seven-year
Tribulation at which time He will receive into heaven all believers who constitute His Church. During that
Tribulation period, God will bring salvation to Israel and the nations while exercising judgment on unbelievers.
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In addition to distinctives derived from an historic understanding of the 1928 Doctrinal Statement,
Moody Bible Institute has historically been identified with the positions outlined below. While Trustees, education administrators, and faculty are expected to hold these positions, we recognize that we serve and minister with others whose traditions differ on these subjects.
The Institute distinguishes between ministry function and church office. While upholding the necessity of mutual respect and affirmation as those subject to the
Word of God, Moody Bible Institute understands that the biblical office of elder/pastor in the early church was gender specific. Therefore, it maintains that it is consistent with that understanding of Scripture that those church offices should be limited to the male gender.
Gender Roles in Ministry
Moody Bible Institute values the worth and dignity of all persons without distinction as created in God’s image. We affirm the priesthood of all believers and the responsibility of every Christian woman and man to take an active role in edifying the church. For that purpose, the Holy Spirit distributes ministry gifts to believers without distinction of any kind. That reality imposes the responsibility on every believer to fulfill ministry consistent with God’s grace.
Sign Gifts of the Holy Spirit
The Institute maintains that there is one baptism of the Holy Spirit that occurs at the time a person is born again, placing that one into the body of Christ. Moody
Bible Institute also distinguishes between spiritual gifts distributed to believers to equip them for ministry and the “sign gifts” which are understood to have been manifestations of the Holy Spirit to authenticate the messenger and the gospel message during the foundational period of the church. Therefore, the
Institute holds that “sign gifts” are not normative for the church today.
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