Faculty/Staff Directory

Rev. Dr. Doug Resler serves as senior pastor for Parker Evangelical Presbyterian Church, adjunct professor at Denver Seminary, and board member for the Petros Network. He has over twenty-five years of ministry experience, eighteen of which has been in pastoral ministry in a lead pastor position. Dr. Resler received his undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary, and DMin from Columbia Theological Seminary. He has worked in a variety of different contexts including hospital administration, prison chaplaincy, church planting, and church revitalization. Throughout his career, Doug has specialized in helping struggling churches of all sizes revitalize by applying a systems theory approach. For the past ten years, Doug has taught courses on evangelism, mission, and pastoral leadership for Denver Seminary. Doug has written for Christianity Today on leadership, particularly how to persevere through the successes and failures of ministry. Doug also helps lead training conferences for indigenous church planters in Ethiopia twice a year.