Enrique Zone, EdD

As associate dean for urban and multicultural programs for Azusa Pacific Seminary, Enrique Zone, EdD, equips Hispanic and urban church leaders to minister the Gospel in a culturally relevant way. In his position of leadership in the Seminary, Zone draws on years of ministerial and administrative experience as a senior pastor; cabinet member; Hispanic regional superintendent of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel; president and founder of Facultad de Teología, a church-based Bible college that has successfully engaged underrepresented minorities in theological education for more than four decades; and executive director of Asociación Teológica Hispana. Zone has authored numerous articles on church leadership, publishing in the Hispano Bulletin, Refleciones, and Connection, and his latest book is written in Spanish, “Diario de un inmigrante: Reflexiones de un líder bicultural” (Diary of an immigrant: Reflections of a bicultural leader) (Asociación Teológica Hispana, 2020).

Education

• EdD, Institutional Management, Pepperdine University
• MDiv, Azusa Pacific University
• MA, Missiology, Fuller Theological Seminary
• MA, New Testament Literature, Azusa Pacific University
• BA, Practical Theology, L.I.F.E. College

Credentials/Certifications

• Ordained Minister, International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, Los Angeles
• Chaplain, Montebello Police Department, Montebello, California
• “Principles and Techniques of Fund Raising” certificate from The Fund Raising School, Indiana University, Center on Philanthropy, Indianapolis
• “Establishing a Development Program and Training Others in Fund Raising” certificate from The Fund Raising School, Indiana University, Center on Philanthropy, Indianapolis

Academic Area

• Azusa Pacific Seminary

Expertise

• Hispanic Religious Studies

Courses Taught

• GBBL 589 – Bible Lands Study Tour
• GDMN 730 – Church Renewal
• GDMN 790 – Ministry Project
• GDMN 792 – Ministry Project Continuation
• GDMN 797 – Seminar in Ministry
• GINS 507 – The Bible and Preaching
• GINS 526 – Ethics and Worship
• GMIN 505 – Ministry Life and Leadership
• GMIN 528 – Contemporary Issues in Ministry
• GMIN 559 – Urban Cross-Cultural Ministry
• GMIN 599 – Readings in Ministry
• GMIN 608 – Integrative Ministry Project
• GMIN 618 – MDiv Capstone
• GMIN 628 – Seminar in Ministry
• GURS 589 – Urban Immersion L.A.