A. Duane Litfin (born 1943) is an American academic administrator and

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minister. He was the seventh president of Wheaton College in

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Early life and education

Litfin was born on November 14, 1945. He holds an undergraduate degree in biblical studies from the Philadelphia College of Bible (now ''Cairn University'') and a master's degree in

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from

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. His two doctoral degrees are from

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(communication) and

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(New Testament). He came to Wheaton in 1993 from

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, where he served the First Evangelical Church as senior pastor. Prior to that, he was an associate professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. He also taught at

and

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. Litfin has authored several books and his writings have appeared in numerous journals and periodicals.

Career

His most recent book, ''Paul's Theology of Preaching'', published in 2015, explores the Apostle Paul's vision of Christian ministry. An article in the SoMA review discusses some of the more controversial aspects of his tenure at Wheaton. Litfin was succeeded as president on July 1, 2010, by

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, formerly senior pastor of the

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and a 1988 graduate of Wheaton.

References

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