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Karla L. McGehee

Karla L. McGehee

Karla L. McGehee

Karla McGehee is the Director of Digital Learning and Director of Accreditation and Assessment at Grace Theological Seminary. Dr. McGehee also directs the Online Master of Divinity and Online Master of Arts in Christian Ministry programs and the non-credit-bearing, on-demand MicroLearning platform at the Seminary. She serves as a professor at Grace, teaching three core undergraduate courses and focusing on the disciplines of Christian education, age-graded/church ministry, discipleship, and spiritual formation at the Seminary level (masters level and Deploy, our competency-based theological education program). Dr. McGehee is passionate about investing in students in ways that guide them toward a deeper walk with God and strengthens their effectiveness in ministry. She has been serving as a professor in Christian higher education since January 2011.

Dr. McGehee’s most recent scholarship includes a peer-reviewed article entitled “Re-tooling: Building a Bridge to Today’s Student,” published by Jossey-Bass in their special edition of New Directions for Teaching and Learning (2023).

Education

  • Ph.D. 2019 Christian Education, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA
  • Th.M. 2015 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA
  • M.Div. 2010 (with 32 additional hours in education, discipleship, and spiritual formation), New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA
  • Additional Studies in Education Ministries with a focus on Spiritual Formation, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL