FACULTY

Dr. Timothy L. Sumerlin

Professor and Dean of Biblical Counseling

1981 Indiana University, B.S. in Education
1991 University of Missouri, M.A. in Secondary Counseling
2009 Colorado State University, Ph.D. in Education and Counseling

I have served in the International Churches of Christ for thirty-seven years in a variety of ministries. As an elder for the Denver Church of Christ, I've built a team of trained counselors to work in a variety of settings. Along with teaching Christian counseling classes, I lead Grief Recovery Groups and the In Motion ministry. I am also an adjunct professor at the University of Denver.

After earning an undergraduate degree at Indiana University in 1981, Jackie and I served in the full time ministry in Indianapolis, Birmingham, England and St. Louis. I went on to earn a Masters degree in counseling and began a career in counseling. After opening new schools in St. Louis and Dallas, I moved with my family to Denver, where I presently counsel in Castle Rock, Colorado. In 2009 I completed my doctoral work at Colorado State University and earned a·Ph.D.

I have been married for 33 years to Jacqueline·Chappell Sumerlin. We have two wonderful children -·Danielle Sumerlin Hernandez, and her husband, Adrian, who lead a church in Dongguan, China, and our son, Timothy is a research assistant at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.·

My wife and I enjoy climbing mountains and hiking in beautiful Colorado.