Dr. Randall J. Maurer, professor of psychology and family ministry and program director for the Master of Arts in Family Ministry Program, also teaches for the IM体育试玩 Department of Psychology and Counseling. He is a graduate of Stetson University where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in religion. He completed his graduate studies at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, receiving the Master of Divinity and the Doctor of Philosophy in counseling psychology.

Maurer is a licensed marriage and family therapist and is a Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). He is also an approved supervisor by the Texas Board of Examiners for Marriage and Family Therapists.

He has served the local church as a family counselor and pastor. Maurer has provided clinical and chaplaincy services for many years at an in-patient psychiatric center in Abilene.