Educational Background

Bachelor of Arts in Judaical Studies with a major in Hebrew and minor in Bible from The Laura and Alvin Siegal College of Jewish Studies, Cleveland, Ohio; now part of Case Western University, Siegal Lifelong Learning.

Master of Arts with a major in Bible and focus on Northwest Semitic languages (e.g., Ammonite, Aramaic, Deir 'Alla, Edomite, Moabite and Phoenician) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Ph.D. from the University of Sydney, Australia, with a focus on the history for making Hebrew dictionaries.

* For more on Dr. Wetz’s education, see academia.edu

Making Void Higher Education

For the last several decades, many have been confounded by the lack of professional qualifications of those earning graduate and post graduate degrees in higher education. Making void higher education is a three-part series that addresses this concern. Essay one keenly suggests the main problem is degree hopping, which is the earning of graduate and/or post graduate degrees in a field other than ones previously earned degree(s). Essay two for this series narrows the focus to ministry orientated degrees and the terrible repercussions for degree hopping in that field of study. The third and final essay in this series provides a profound historical review for the early Protestant Reformation, noting that the modern church is now repeating church history by accepting translations as authoritative texts. Hardcopies for these three essays are available on Amazon.com. The fourth picture with flag, sword and Bible is a written lecture by Dr. Wetz demonstrating how the history for training US Marines demonstrates a paralleled example for what the church must do to restore integrity of the pulpit. This lecture is only on Amazon Kindle.

Church Pulpit/Search Committees

Many churches are searching for their next pastor. Dr. Wetz has a message that every church must hear prior to beginning their search for their next pastor. This message is a synopsis for the above essay series, Making Void Higher Education and is titled, How We Got Our Bibles. The message explains the history for how we got our Bibles and the protestant reformational standards for the training of pastors. Dr. Wetz explains the modern church’s rejection for these standards are the reason why so many churches are struggling to make a difference in their communities. Moreover, presently less than 20% of the current pastoral pool have the qualifications as determined by the Protestant Reformation. Your pastoral search committee and church cannot afford to make the mistake of obtaining anything less than someone who is qualified, according to the historical standards for Protestantism.

  • For a trailer to this lecture, download “Every Pastor is First and Foremost a Swordsman . . .” via Amazon.com (only on Kindle).

  • The overall message is about 45 minutes.

  • This lecture may be livestreamed but not recorded.

  • Speaking fee is $2,000 within one hour drive from Wooster, Ohio.

  • Speaking fee for the distance of more than one hour from Wooster, Ohio is $2,000 plus travel expenses.

  • Alternatively, pastoral search committees may listen to an edited audio version for the lecture by going to the menu and clicking on “Do Not begin a pastoral search until you have listened to this video.”