Leadership

St. Trivelius Institute is governed by a board of directors. The members of the board are united in a common conviction, and are responsible for ensuring the mission and vision of the school are maintained, and for holding staff accountable. The function of the board pertains to financial, legal, and spiritual matters. The present board members include:

Dr. David Sveen
Robert Faber
Stoyan Lalev

Staff

Rector: Rev. Prof. Parush R. Parushev
Dean of Theology: Dr. Daniel Patterson
Dean of Christian Counselling: Dr. Kameliya Slavcheva
Administrator: Bilyana Nedyalkova

Faculty

PROF. MILCHO ANGELOV

Qualifications: Master’s Degree (Sofia Technical University); PhD and Habilitation (Technical Sciences, Pedagogy)
Subjects Taught: Christian Education (and ‘Introduction to the Specialty’?)

REBECCA FABER

Qualifications: BA (British Literature, Teaching, Wheaton College); MA (Theology, Wheaton College); MA (Linguistics, Wheaton College); PhD candidate (Patristics, Sofia University)
Subjects Taught: Church history

ROBERT FABER

Qualifications: BA (English, Dartmouth College); MA (Theology, Wheaton College)
Subjects Taught: Old Testament; Archaeology

LUBCHO KOLEVSKI

Subjects Taught: Church History; History of Cults and Religions; History of Christianity in Bulgaria; Introduction to Eastern Orthodoxy

DR. GARY LAYNE

Qualifications: Advanced discipleship counsellor training (Grace Ministries International); Doctorate Causa (St Trivelius Institute)
Subjects Taught: Pastoral Care; Counselling – the Counselling Process; Depression, homosexuality, and the church; Marriage counselling; Suicide; Peace – how to protect and guard the heart and mind; Emotional intelligence; Anxiety and grief; Life through faith; Sexual violence, co-dependence, guilt, and shame; Parenting training

ASSOC. PROF. PARUSH PARUSHEV

Qualifications: BS/MS, PhD (Scs); M.Div.; PhD (Th)
Subjects Taught: New Testament; History of Philosophy; Ethics; Critical Thinking

DR. DANIEL PATTERSON

Qualifications: B.Ed. (JCU Townsville Queensland); M.Ed. (JCU Townsville Queensland); M.Div. (TTC, Perth, Australia); MA (Nottingham UK); PhD (Aberdeen UK)
Subjects Taught: Systematic theology; Hermeneutics; Homiletics; Theology of the Reformation

PROF. DR. JOHANNES REIMER

Subjects Taught: Pastoral Care; Missiology

DR. KAMELIA SLAVCHEVA

Qualifications: Master of Law; PhD (Theology, Sofia University)
Subjects Taught: Foundations of law; Human rights and religious freedoms; Counselling

DR. VENTSI STOIKOV

Subjects Taught: New Testament Studies

DR. NADYA STOIKOVA

Qualifications: Bachelor in Social work; Masters in Social Work Management (Sofia University); PhD (Social Work and Pedagogy, Sofia University)
Subjects Taught: Counselling

YULIA UBEYVOLK

Qualifications: B.Th. (Saint-Petersburg Christian University); Licentiate in Psychology (Moldavian State Pedagogical University); Master in Psychology (Moldavian State Pedagogical University
Subjects Taught: Counselling – Art Therapy in Practice; How to Restore What is Broken; How to not destroy myself; Practical Help for Refugees

ASSOC. PROF. TODOR VELCHEV

Qualifications: PhD
Subjects Taught: Old Testament; Archaeology; Apologetics; Communications and Mass Media; Christianity and Culture

CRAIG WEYRENS

Qualifications: BS (Mathematics, California Polytechnic State University); MA (Global Leadership, Fuller Theological Seminary)
Subjects Taught: Old Testament Interpretation; Evangelism; Discipleship