| Undergraduate | Indiana University | B.A. Economics (cum laude) | 1978 |
| Phi Beta Kappa | 1978 | ||
| Graduate | Methodist Theological School in Ohio | Master of Divinity | 1980 |
| Post-Graduate | Indiana University | studies in Sociology of Religion | 1983-84 |
| Post-Graduate | Purdue University | studies in Reformation History | 1989-90 |