EDUCATION

B.A., California State University, Chico;
M.A.R. and M.Div., Westminster Seminary California;
D.Min, Westminster Theological Seminary.

Alfred J. Poirier

Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Counseling

Dr. Poirier serves as Senior Pastor of Rocky Mountain Community Church (PCA) in Billings, Montana. He has pastored churches over the past 25 years in San Diego, California, and Eugene, Oregon. He has served for over ten years as Chairman of the Board of Peacemaker Ministries and continues to actively teach Christians in biblical peacemaking and Christian ethics both in the United States and abroad, including Britain, Italy, Austria, Thailand, India, and Bangladesh.

PUBLICATIONS
COURSES

The Peacemaking Pastor: A Biblical Guide For Resolving Church Conflict (Spanish edition: El pastor pacificador)
Words that Cut: Receiving Criticism in Light of the Gospel

He has written essays and articles in various publications, including:
Ações Transformadoras
Equip
Journal on Biblical Counseling
The Presbyterian Church in Bangladesh Publishing

PT505 Introduction to Pastoral Counseling
PT640 The Pastor as Peacemaker
Course descriptions are available in the WSC Catalogue.