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Our Teaching Team |
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Core Teaching Team |
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George R. Haraksin II, M.A. Serves as interim Lead Pastor of NewSong Church and oversees Christian Formation and Equipping at NewSong. He is an elder board team member, facilitates our Teaching Team , and acts as theological guard for NewSong's doctrinal positions. George also is an adjunct instructor in Philosophy at Azusa Pacific University and an adjunct professor at Tozer Theological Seminary, Simpson University. Email: gharaksin@newsongsd.org |
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Dennis Bachman, M.A. Serves as Pastor of Missional Development and Finance for NewSong Church. Dennis has been a primary advocate for shared leadership and team-teaching responsibilities, noting the biblical precedence for such an approach and proclaiming the resultant benefit to the mission of the Church. NewSong’s effectiveness is strengthened when spiritually-gifted and authenticated teachers are mobilized to share in the church’s pulpit ministry. Email Dennis at dbachman@newsongsd.org |
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Additional Preachers |
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John Selbak, J.D. John is on the elder board at NewSong Church and leads NewSong’s young adult ministry. He has taught at Pepperdine University School of Law as an adjunct professor since 1999, and currently teaches as an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Business at Azusa Pacific University. John is the founding partner of Corporate Counsel Partners, a firm focused on representing entrepreneurial and emerging companies. Prior to founding Corporate Counsel Partners, John was a partner in the Los Angeles office of Musick, Peeler & Garrett, one of the state’s largest firms, where he managed the firm’s Business & Technology Practice Group. He holds a Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, with a minor in Political Science from California State University at Fullerton. John and his wife have one daughter. Email: jselbak@newsongsd.org |
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Ray Wheeler, D.Min. Ray is an organizational consultant in the area of leadership development and training and is staff alumni at NewSong Church in San Dimas, California. Ray has served as lead pastor in two local congregations, a campus pastor, a denominational short-term missions director and church planting supervisor. Ray holds a doctor of ministry degree from Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California and a Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. He currently serves as an adjunct lecturer on leadership and organizational design for Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California and Bethesda Christian University, Anaheim, California. He is a regular guest lecturer at leadership institutes both domestically and internationally. Ray has been married for 34 years. They have three adult children and one grandchild. Ray loves to swim, travel, collect books, and sketch (sometimes he plunks around on the guitar). In addtion to his work developing leaders and teaching he serves on the board for Hospitality International Services in Chengdu, People’s Republic of China. Email: rwheeler@newsongsd.org |
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