OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
Connecting and equipping Black ministers and churches for service and growth in the SoCal Network
Rev. Dr. Derrick Rosenior
President
Assemblies of God Minister and Educator
Email address: drosenior@vanguard.edu
Credential Level:
Ordained
Positions Held:
Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Vanguard University of Southern California
Teaching/Assistant Pastor, Orange County First Assembly of God, Santa Ana, CA
Vice Chair/Trustee/Board Member, Orange County First Assembly of God, Santa Ana, CA
Formerly Chair, Pastoral Search Committee, Orange County First Assembly of God, Santa Ana, CA; Formerly Director, Lewis Wilson Institute for Pentecostal Studies, Vanguard University; Formerly Department Chair, Department of Communication, Vanguard University
SoCal Network School of Ministry Instructor
Formerly…
Faculty Advisor, Vanguard University Black Student Union
Faculty Advisor, MOSAIC Diversity Club, Vanguard University
Young Adult/Assistant Pastor, Christ Church of Washington, (Assemblies of God) Washington, DC
Adult Sunday School Teacher, Christ Church of Washington, (Assemblies of God) Washington, DC
Deacon/Board Member, Christ Church of Washington, (Assemblies of God) Washington, DC
Education:
Rhetoric and Intercultural Communication, Ph.D. – Howard University, Washington, DC
Interpersonal and Public Communication, MA – Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI.
Speech Communication – Fairmont State University, Fairmont, W.V.
SoCal Network School of Ministry, Irvine, CA
Expertise:
Higher Education/Teaching – Intercultural/Interracial Communication – Racial Reconciliation – General interpersonal & human communication theory & practice – Religious Communication – Pentecostalism - Pentecostal History – Assemblies of God History/Polity/Culture – Black Church History – Preaching/Bible Teaching – Bible Lands Studies – Mission Trips