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University (Current); M.A. in Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary (1990); M.A. in Cross-Cultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary (1990); B.A. in Biblical Literature (OT), Oral Roberts University (1983)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dobrotka has spent more than 30 years in pastoral leadership, serving in a variety of roles as a staff pastor, campus pastor, and lead pastor. 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He regularly teaches in SUM&#8217;s Master of Arts in Christian Leadership program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/s\/Sam-Dobrotka-CV-ed190111.pdf\">Dr. Dobrotka\u2019s Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[44,46],"class_list":["post-3960","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-faculty","portfolio_entries-teaching-faculty-applied-theology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sam Dobrotka, Ph.D. - SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sam Dobrotka, Ph.D. - 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