Dr. Michael C. Voigts

Professor of Christian Spirituality

Dr. Michael C. Voigts serves as Professor of Christian Spirituality and Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary. Before coming to Asbury he spent 24 years in pastoral ministry. He is a member of the Eastern Texas Conference of the Global Methodist Church.

He received a B.A. from Baylor University; an M.Div. and D.Min. from Asbury Theological Seminary; and a Ph.D. from Brunel University through London School of Theology.

Dr. Voigts’ academic interests lie in personal and community spiritual direction, and in drawing connections between spiritual traditions in the global church. His studies in medieval spiritual direction, particularly through the Cistercian monastic tradition, have discovered connections with historic Wesleyan discipleship and in modern understandings of personal and community formation. He is a member of the Lay Cistercians of Gethsemani Abbey.

In addition to several articles, he is the author of The Fourth Degree of Prayer (Cascade, 2022) and Letters of Ascent: Spiritual Direction in the Letters of Bernard of Clairvaux (Wipf & Stock, 2013).

Dr. Voigts is married to Sheryl (Bonney) Voigts. They have two grown children.