Steven P. Tungate is a pastor, university instructor, ministry coach, pastoral supervisor, author, and artist. He directs the Center for Pastoral Formation--a denominational and university ministry overseeing systems and developing resources for ordination credentialing, continuing education, and clergy care. He holds a Ph.D. in theology from the University of South Africa, D.Min. in Christian Spirituality from Fuller Theological Seminary, M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary, B.S. in biology from the Lyman Briggs school at Michigan State University, and certificates in Flourishing in Ministry coaching through Azusa Pacific University and reflective pastoral supervision from the Wesley House Cambridge, England. He is a Senior Polycarp Fellow, a fellowship begun under the tutelage of the late William "Billy" J. Abraham at Southern Methodist University and currently in affiliation with the Wesley House of Studies at Truett Seminary/Baylor University.