Date
05/20/2026
Position Information
Position desired: Administrator, Other Position
Subjects you can teach: 7-12 Philosophy Teacher, 7-12 Theology Teacher
Willing to relocate to:
Summary:
Luke Hatteberg is a spiritual formation strategist, pastor, and senior school leader with over a decade of integrated experience building discipleship infrastructure, developing biblical worldview integration, and providing pastoral care across every dimension of Christian school life.
For the past six years, Luke has served as Dean of Students and Chaplain at Coram Deo Academy, a classical Christian school in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, as an executive member of the Campus Leadership Administrative Team. During his tenure, the school grew from 129 to over 550 students — through a pandemic, a campus relocation, a multi-year property search, and a permanent facility buildout and move in 2025. Throughout that growth, Luke’s primary focus has been the people: maintaining a healthy relational culture, caring for students and families in the hardest seasons, and ensuring that the school’s formational mission remained central amid rapid operational change.
In his role, Luke has built chapel programs and discipleship pathways from the ground up, led faculty and staff in spiritual formation and professional development, maintained an active pastoral caseload spanning students, families, and staff, developed parent engagement in family discipleship, and coordinated student service and outreach. He has authored and co-authored institutional policy, led the campus crisis management team, and launched the Prepare & Care Initiative — a comprehensive campus safety and medical preparedness program. He has taught across grades 6–12, spanning subjects including Bible and Theology, Formal Logic, and History, and developed an original curriculum in Woodworking and Theology of Art.
Alongside his work at CDA, Luke serves as a Battalion Command Chaplain in the U.S. Navy Reserve, providing pastoral care, crisis intervention, and spiritual leadership to 600+ Marines. He previously served as the High School Pastor at Northwest Bible Church in Dallas, shepherding a ministry of 90+ students and 20+ volunteers. He also served as a collaborator and supervisor with The Village Church Institute, directing the Seminary Track cohort and mentoring ministry residents through a rigorous theological and pastoral formation program.
Luke holds a Master of Theology in Historical Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, where mentorships within the Theological Studies Department gave him a distinctly Christian lens on the history and practice of spiritual formation. He also holds the ACCS Professional Teacher Certificate and is completing his ACCS Master Teacher Certification in Winter 2026.
He is grounded in the conviction that he is fundamentally an instrument — called to faithfulness over outcomes. His goal, whether in a school, a battalion, or a congregation, is always the same: to form people to be like Christ by helping them Think the True, Do the Good, Discern the Beautiful, and worship the Holy God.
Luke and his wife live in the Dallas–Fort Worth area with their four children.
3962 Clubway Ln.
Farmers Branch, TX 75244 United States
Home Phone:
Cell Phone: (214) 808-9332
Email: [email protected]
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Highest Level of Education: Master’s Degree
Institutions Attended:
| Institution Name | Degree Earned (i.e., BA in English) | Date Graduated | Emphasis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Theological Seminary | Masters in Theology (Th.M.) | May 2015 | Theological Studies |
Employment History:
| Position | Employer | Dates of Service | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean of Students | Coram Deo Academy | 07/01/2019 to Present | |
| Battalion Command Chaplain | United States Navy | 09/15/2023 to Present | |
| Owner & Master Craftsman | Hatteberg Woodworks & Design | 09/01/2012 to Present | |
| Village Church Institute Minister | The Village Church | 08/01/2015 to 07/01/2016 | |
| High School Youth Pastor | Northwest Bible Church | 06/01/2013 to 10/01/2014 |
Additional Qualifications:
Additional Experience with CCE: I have served in classical Christian education for six years at Coram Deo Academy, an ACCS-accredited school in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, where I hold the ACCS Professional Teacher Certificate and am completing my Master Teacher Certification in Winter 2026. I have taught across grades 5–12, spanning subjects including Bible, Theology, History, Formal Logic, Woodworking, and Theology of Art — developing original curriculum for the latter two.
Beyond the classroom, I have been deeply formed by the classical Christian tradition through ongoing engagement with the broader ACCS network, the CiRCE Institute, and the Society for Classical Learning. My theological training at Dallas Theological Seminary — particularly in Historical Theology — has given me a substantive foundation in the classical tradition’s understanding of paideia and the telos of Christian education: forming students to Think the True, Do the Good, Discern the Beautiful, and worship the Holy God.
My approach to student culture, chapel, and discipleship has been shaped entirely within the classical Christian context, and the conviction that every subject reveals something true about God and His creation is not a philosophy I adopted — it is the water I have been immersed in for the better part of a decade.
Hobbies, Interests, and Family: I am a woodworker and furniture maker, who enjoys baking bread, CrossFit, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. I ride a Yamaha V Star 650 and read widely across theology, history, and biography. My theological interests include sacramental theology, patristics, and classical and monastic formation traditions. I also serve as a Battalion Command Chaplain.
My wife and I have four children — three sons and a daughter. We are active members of our local church, where I serve as a deacon and am involved in men’s discipleship, pre-marital counseling, foster and adoption ministry, and gospel care.
Top 5 Books: 1. City of God by Augustine
2. The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
3. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
4. Pensées by Blaise Pascal
5. The Constitution of the United States of America
Top 3 Books: 1. Culture Making by Andy Crouch. This was a re-read as it is at the crux of the majority of the work I do in my current vocation and I read it annually.
2. “Why are all the Black Kids Sitting together in the Cafeteria?” by Beverly Daniel Tatum // My wife and I adopted a young black son, and it has provided my wife and me a more robust understanding about how to have conversations about race and raising a black son.
3. Painting as a Pastime by Winston Churchill // I recently traveled to Oxford, UK, and visited Winston Churchill’s childhood home. This book had been highly recommended to me as a reminder of the uniquely important and advantageous practice of painting, especially in the midst of significant trials.
Most Influential Books: 1. The Pastoral Rule by Gregory the Great
2. Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards
3. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson
4. Culture Making by Andy Crouch
5. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
6. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
Preferred Denomination Type: Baptist
Current Church: Northway Church
Current Church Denomination: Baptist/Bible
Current Church Membership: Yes
Current Church Attendance: Weekly
Support of Traditional Marriage: Yes
Theology: I am a confessional evangelical Protestant, theologically formed at Dallas Theological Seminary where I completed a Master of Theology in Historical Theology. My theological commitments are broadly Reformed in soteriology, Baptist in ecclesiology, and deeply shaped by the patristic and medieval tradition through my work in historical theology. I hold a high view of Scripture, a robust Christology, and a sacramental sensibility that takes seriously the means of grace and the embodied rhythms of the Christian life. I am committed to the historic orthodoxy of the ecumenical creeds and find myself most at home in the stream of classical Protestant Christianity that takes the Great Tradition seriously without abandoning Reformation convictions. In practice, my theology is formational and doxological — oriented toward worship, discipleship, and the shaping of a people who love God with heart, mind, soul, and strength.
Belief in the inerrancy of Scripture?: Yes
Notes on Scripture:
Additional classical training: None prior to my time at Coram Deo Academy
Why I want to teach at a classical school: Classical Christian education is the only educational model I have encountered that takes both the telos of the human person and the content of the Christian faith as the organizing principles of an entire institution — ultimately ordered toward paideia, the holistic formation toward the Good, True, and Beautiful to become more like Christ. Rather than information transfer, it fosters a love of learning rooted in the conviction that every subject reveals something true about God and His creation. It develops a distinctly Christian worldview and a sense of calling — to love God, love others, and shape culture for the Glory of God.
This is not a philosophy I adopted from the outside, but rather something I have fallen deeply in love with over six years of living it — and that love has only grown my conviction that classical Christian education is where the work of formation is most coherently and most beautifully pursued.
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