Kenneth J. McFayden
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean, Professor of Practical Theology
Email: kmcfayden@upsem.edu
Phone: 804-278-4230
Location: Richmond
Department: Practical Theology
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Email: kmcfayden@upsem.edu
Phone: 804-278-4230
Location: Richmond
Department: Practical Theology
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Th.M. Ph.D.
Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, D.Min.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, B.A., B.A.
Kenneth J. McFayden serves as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean, and Professor of Practical Theology. Courses he teaches are in the areas of congregational leadership and administration. He has provided leadership for international travel seminars to Brazil, Ghana, Korea and China.
In addition to his teaching and administrative roles, Dr. McFayden has served as keynote speaker on the topic of leadership and change in a variety of settings. He has conducted numerous workshops and consultations for clergy and lay professionals in the theory and practice of leadership, and in team development, strategic planning, and conflict management.
Prior to joining the seminary faculty in March of 2000, he served as Executive Director of North Central Career Development Center in New Brighton, MN from 1994-2000. Previously, he served as a hospital chaplain in Louisville, KY from 1991-1994, and as an associate pastor in Alliance, OH from 1986-1990. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Kenneth J. McFayden, Strategic Leadership for a Change: Facing Our Losses, Finding Our Future (Alban Institute, Inc)
Kenneth J. McFayden, Multiple Paths to Ministry: New Models for Theological Education (Pilgrim Press)
Kenneth J. McFayden, Stewardship of One’s Self as Stewardship of One’s Vocation (NACBA Ledger, Vol. 30, No. 4, Winter 2011, 6-7, 9-10, 36-39)
Kenneth J. McFayden, Developing the Capacity to Attach Anew (Congregations, Vol. 37, No. 3, Summer 2010, 20-21)
Kenneth J. McFayden, The Art of Harmonizing a Staff: Moving from Notes of Dissonance to Notes of Consonance (NACBA Ledger, Vol. 28, No. 4, Winter 2009, 6-13)
Kenneth J. McFayden, Threats to the Formation of Pastoral Leaders in Theological Education: Insights from the Tavistock Model of Group Relations (Journal of Religious Leadership, Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 2008, 1-34)
Kenneth J. McFayden, The Teaching of Leadership at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education, Richmond, Virginia (Journal of Religious Leadership, Vol. 4, No. 1 & No. 2, Spring 2005 & Fall 2005, 93-107)