Dr. Mostrom was raised in Tacoma, Washington in the Pentecostal tradition. He has received a BA degree in philosophy from Nyack College in New York, a Master of Arts degree in New Testament from Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky, and a PhD in Theological Studies from the University of Dayton. His dissertation was on Yves Congar and his theology of the laity. In 2009, Alan and his wife Sarah converted to Catholicism. Dr. Mostrom currently teaches at the seminary in Cincinnati – the Athenaeum of Ohio. He teaches classes on Christian Anthropology, Christology, Ecclesiology, Fundamental Dogma, as well as Evangelization.