Dr. David Eckman, Ph.D.

Founder & President, BWGI International Institute
Adjunct Faculty, Seminary at Columbia International University

Our content is the life work of Dr. David Eckman who has spent over 50 years in Biblical research. He is an instructor in the disciplines of spiritual life formation, and he has spent countless hours counseling and discipling individuals. The result is a uniquely gifted individual who effectively communicates God’s truths to a hurting world.

David grew up in a dysfunctional family. He found emotional freedom when he finally experienced how God truly loved him. At Western Seminary, he was involved in extensive teaching, discipling, and counseling for over 40 years. In 1997 he founded BWGI Ministries, which fosters spiritual transformation through helping people understand who they are in Christ. Over decades of ministry spanning four continents, he is considered to be an international expert in transformational discipleship.

David Eckman, Ph.D., has been a pastor for 16 years, followed by 7 years as a Dean and Executive Vice-President for Western Seminary in San Jose and Portland. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy), Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, and Doctor of Philosophy (Hebrew Studies and Old Testament). He studied at Oxford University in England from 1982–1986 to work on his doctorate and received his Ph.D. in Old Testament and Hebrew from Golden Gate Seminary. Dr. Eckman was a former member of the National Association of Hebrew Professors and was supervised by Professor James Barr at Oxford University — widely acknowledged as one of the leading Hebrew scholars of the English-speaking world.

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New King James
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Dr. David Eckman is the author of more than a dozen books and an international speaker and educator, including a contribution to the New King James Study Bible, and Who’s Afraid of the Holy Spirit?: An Investigation into the Ministry of the Spirit of God Today. In addition, he has written a commentary on Romans and on the Minor Prophets.

Making an impact… During his over 25-year career at Western Seminary, he was responsible for the training in the spiritual life for more than 3,000 students. Those he has trained have taken that training to many tens of thousands of others. Moreover, at the same time, he was involved in community evangelism involving thousands of participants. He is in active ministry in North America and Asia where many thousands have heard him teach on the spiritual life. Many more have read his books on the spiritual life in English and other languages.

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