Name: Rev. Atallah Esawi
Position:  Part-time instructor, Tour Guide program director since 2000, recently hired by BBC board as full-time Dean of Administration, starting 1 September 2003
BBC alumnus:    Yes
Education: MA in Christian Service (1993) from Lee University in Cleveland, TN; BA in Biblical Studies (1982) from BBC; Two-year Associate degree (1983) from Christ for the Nations in Dallas, TX
Number of years with BBC faculty:  12 years
Courses for Spring 2005:    I & II Corinthians, Minor Prophets, Practical Ministry, Systematic Theology I, II, & III
Ministry:    Pastor of Al-Bishara Evangelical Church in Bet Jala, previously served for 8 years as pastor and 8 years as overseer of the Church of God in Bethlehem, served for 4 years as vice president of Evangelical Local Council of Churches in the Holy Land
Other:    Pastor Esawi has recently initiated a new ministry called Tabitha Ministries (2001), whose focus is the physical and spiritual welfare of the "forgotten" Christian communities in the north, especially in the area of his home village. The communities in these areas are very small and isolated and Rev. Esawi has committed himself to providing them with assistance, relief, and spiritual encouragement in response to the suffering he has witnessed there over the last two years.

DOB:  2 October 1958
Place of birth:   Zababdeh, Jenin, Palestine
Personal status:   Married, no children
E-mail: deanadmin@bethlehembiblecollege.edu