Dr. Becky Towne grew up in League City, Texas, and moved back to the Houston area in 2008 after 31 years of pastoral ministry with her husband in Texas, Iowa, and Colorado. She was a resident faculty member with Houston Graduate School of Theology from 2008-2023 but was on the adjunct faculty team with the Doctor of Ministry Program for three years prior to joining the full-time faculty. She became the President of HGST in 2021. When HGST became a legacy parter of Kairos University, she served as the HGST Legacy President and the Professor of Christian Spirituality and Counseling. She graduated from Barclay College, earned a Master of Arts in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, and earned the Doctor of Ministry degree from Houston Graduate School of Theology.

Dr. Towne enjoys reading historical fiction, leading worship through music, and writing curriculum and devotionals. She and her husband, Jim, were married in 1976 and have 2 daughters, 2 sons, 2 daughters-in-law, 1 son-in-law, and 10 grandchildren.

Courses Taught (Master’s)
Christian Spirituality
History of Christian Spirituality
Theological Foundations of Christian Spirituality
Congregations as Systems
Christian Devotional Classics
Spiritual Disciplines and Practices
Spiritual Formation in Congregations

Publications & Presentations
Speaker for the Renovaré National Conference Pre-Conference Intensive April 3, 2014, “Biblical Foundations for Spiritual Formation”

Speaker for Women’s Conference, “Life in the Palace: Lessons from Esther,” February 2013

Christian Resource Scholar for Seminarian Retreat, presented by The Multicultural Alliance, January 2013 – “Christian Prayer”

Contributor, The Fruit of the Vine, devotionals based on the Spirituality of Paul’s Prayer in Col 1:9-14, 2015, and on the Spiritual Disciplines, 2012

Chapter Contributor – Just Moms: Conveying Justice in an Unjust World, 2011

Curriculum Development, Illuminate (Friends Bible Study), “Worship in The Revelation” (2010), “Friendly Perspectives” (2014)