Wilmore, KY — June 9, 2026 — Asbury Theological Seminary recently welcomed two new members to the Board of Trustees: Robert R. Duke and Ronald C. Walborn. The members of the board are excited about the wealth of experience and expertise each new member brings to Asbury Theological Seminary’s leadership.

Robert R. Duke

Robert R. Duke serves as Chief Curatorial Officer and Director of the Scholars Initiative at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., positions he has held since 2022 and 2025, respectively. Prior to joining the Museum of the Bible full-time, Duke served in multiple senior academic leadership roles at Azusa Pacific University, including Dean of the School of Theology, Interim Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Interim Executive Director of the Office of Research and Grants, and Interim Director of University Libraries. He was also a tenured Professor of Biblical Studies at APU for nearly two decades.

Duke is an internationally recognized scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hebrew Bible. He co-edited Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments in the Museum Collection (Brill, 2016) and authored the Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Dictionary (Zondervan, 2024), among numerous other scholarly publications. He has presented his research at the Society of Biblical Literature, the American School of Oriental Research, and numerous other academic venues, and has participated in archaeological digs at Qumran and Tel Rehov.

Duke earned his Bachelor of Arts in Theology from Multnomah Bible College, a Master of Arts in Hebrew Bible from Jerusalem University College (where he graduated summa cum laude as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to Hebrew University), and a PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Ronald C. Walborn

Ronald C. Walborn currently serves as the School of Ministry Director at Church of the City in New York City, where he is working to launch a school of ministry to equip and prepare people for ministry in the metro NYC region and beyond. Prior to this role, he served as Executive Director of Urban Initiatives at Asbury Theological Seminary from September 2023 to December 2025. He also served as Vice President and Dean of Alliance Theological Seminary and the College of Bible and Christian Ministry at Alliance University in Nyack, New York, from 2008 to 2023. During his tenure in higher education, he has successfully guided institutions through ATS reaccreditation, launched online programs, and pioneered a partnership with the Vietnamese Biblical and Theological Seminary to establish Vietnam’s first master’s-level seminary degree. He is also a Professor of Pastoral Theology with courses spanning homiletics, spiritual formation, leadership, and Old Testament literature.

In addition to his academic work, Walborn has served in pastoral and denominational roles, including as Lead Pastor at Risen King Community Church in Redding, California, and on the Christian & Missionary Alliance Board of Directors.

Walborn holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Nyack College, a Master of Divinity with a Cross-Cultural emphasis from Alliance Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry in Church Growth and Church Renewal from Fuller Theological Seminary.

About Asbury Theological Seminary

Asbury Theological Seminary was founded in 1923 to prepare and send forth well-trained, sanctified, Spirit-filled, evangelistic ministers to spread scriptural holiness around the world. Today, thousands of Asbury Theological Seminary graduates flourish in every state, on every continent, and in every time zone, reaching the world through evangelism, missions, church planting, preaching, teaching, and counseling. Asbury Theological Seminary continues its mission in providing holistic ministerial preparation as an interdenominational institution with a flagship campus in Wilmore, Ky., and extension sites in Memphis, Orlando, Tampa, and Tulsa, and fully online degree programs. For more information, please visit asburyseminary.edu

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