asbury theological seminary
The Ninety-Seventh Commencement
Saturday, November 14, 2020
The Ninety-Seventh Commencement
November 14, 2020
Asbury Theological Seminary
The President’s Cabinet President Timothy C. Tennent, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Douglas K. Matthews, Ph.D. Associate Provost and Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Services Kevin Bish, M.Ed. Vice President of Advancement Jay E. Mansur, C.F.S. Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer Bryan P. Blankenship, M.B.A. Vice President of Formation Donna Covington, M.A.C.L. Vice President of Seedbed John David Walt, J.D. Associate Vice President of the Florida Dunnam Campus R. Stephen Gober, D.Min. Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management and Operations of the Florida Dunnam Campus Eric Currie, M.Div.
Academic Officers Associate Provost Christine L. Johnson, Ph.D.
Dean of Advanced Research Programs Lalsangkima Pachuau, Ph.D.
Dean of the Beeson School of Practical Theology Dean of the School of Theology and Formation Thomas F. Tumblin, Ph.D. James R. Thobaben, Ph.D. Associate Provost and Dean of the Orlando School of Ministry Brian D. Russell, Ph.D.
Assistant Provost of Institutional Evaluation, Assessment and Academic Administration S. Brian Yeich, Ph.D.
Dean of the School of Biblical Interpretation David R. Bauer, Ph.D.
Dean of Library, Information, and Technology Services Paul A. Tippey, Ph.D.
Dean of the E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism Gregg A. Okesson, Ph.D.
The Ninety-Seventh Commencement Saturday, The Fourteenth of November Two Thousand Twenty Eleven o’clock in the morning
President Timothy C. Tennent, Presiding Words of Welcome................................................................................ Dr. Timothy C. Tennent President, Asbury Theological Seminary Recognition of the Class of 2020.................................................... Dr. Douglas K. Matthews Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Invocation........................................................................................................... Dr. Ellen Marmon Professor of Christian Discipleship Scripture Reading. ...............................Philippians 2:5-11............................Dr. Anthony Headley Professor of Counseling Recognition Of Spouses, Families And Golden Graduates. .......................................................................Dr. Timothy C. Tennent Address.................................. “More Wag, Less Bark”........... Rev. Dr. H. Thomas Harrison, Jr. Senior Pastor, Asbury United Methodist Church Tulsa, Oklahoma Presentation of Graduates...............................................................Reader, Dr. Jeffrey Frymire Associate Professor of Homiletics
Presenting
of
Certificates
Latino Ministry Formation Program Christian Studies Intercultural Studies Leadership Pastoral Care
Conferring of Academic Degrees Master of Arts Master of Divinity Master of Theology Doctor of Ministry Doctor of Philosophy
The Service of Consecration for the Class of 2020 Dr. Timothy C. Tennent
Presidential Charge to the Class of 2020 The Words of Affirmation and Commitment The Call to Ministry President:
Brothers and sisters of the 2020 graduating class of Asbury Theological Seminary, our call to discipleship is a call to transformational love.
Dami Adeliyi: Hear, O Israel! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself. President:
We are called by Christ to embody all of the realities of the inbreaking kingdom as we preach the gospel, serve the poor, and live in holiness.
Kaylyn Moran: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; He has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; and to comfort all who mourn. President:
Though in Christ we are one body, we have many members, with gifts differing according to the grace given to us by the Holy Spirit.
Jessica Avery: The gifts the Lord gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the Body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ. President:
Graduates, do you affirm in the presence of this company that you have heard God’s call to a vocation of ministry; that you have tested that call in reflection and ministry; and that you now stand ready to take further steps of faithful service and mission?
Thomas Lyons and Dylan Zeigler: This we affirm. President:
As our mission proclaims: “Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit, and to the glory of God the Father.” Are you prepared to go forth as ambassadors of this message?
Allison and Christian Clour: Trusting in the work of Christ, we are. President:
Graduates, will you give yourself to a life of: earnest piety and community formation; prayer, the study of the scriptures, and all the means of grace; solidarity with the poor and marginalized, seeking
justice and offering mercy; lifelong learning; concern for the whole of God’s creation; and mission among those who have yet to call on the name of Jesus Christ? Yakubu Jakada: We will, the Holy Spirit being our helper. President:
Members of the faculty, members of the President’s Cabinet, and Trustees, you have heard our graduates affirm their call to active discipleship and ministry. Will you join me in their commission?
President, Faculty, President’s Cabinet and Trustees: Read by Dr. James Miller, Mr. Jay Mansur, Mrs. Karen Thomas and Bishop Al Gwinn
We commission you as servants of our Lord Jesus Christ to serve Christ in all the world, to know Him and to make Him known, to embody in your lives the good news of the Kingdom of God, to be the church in the world and to build up the body of those who call Him Lord. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
President:
Let us pray. Almighty God, Father of all mercies, graciously behold these your servants. Without Your help, they are helpless. Empower them therefore with Your Holy Spirit, that they may be strong for the tasks which lie ahead; and in all their works may they glorify Your Holy Name, and advance Your blessed Kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Benediction.................................................................................................Rev. Donna Covington Vice President of Formation The Lord Bless You and Keep You ��������������������������������������������������������� The Singing Seminarians Directed by Rev. Daniel Key
All degrees granted based on the satisfactory completion of the student’s work.
Candidates for the Certificate of Latino Ministry Formation Program EDDY R. CARDENAS
ABNER PETER RODRIGUEZ
ANA MARIA MUNERA MENDOZA
ABNIER PETER RODRIGUEZ
LUZ ZENAIDA ORTIZ ARCE
JOSHUA SANTIAGO
Candidates for the Certificates
Anglican Studies
Pastoral Care
*NATHAN PAUL SHARP
VIRGINIA BERMEO
*LOGAN MCCLURE WEBER
HALLE JORDAN DEEMER BIGHAM KAREN EILEEN CASEY
Christian Studies
VICTORIA SUZANNE VITTITOW COX
MINNIE PEARL ANDERSON
PATRICIA ANN HENRY
BARBARA DIANE ROE
OXANA V. OGARA
JINCHAO ZHANG Intercultural Studies MARK GOMEZ Leadership MICHAEL ANTHONY BURGE GRACE ANNE MIYOKO ONO MATTHEW MONROE RUSSELL *Theta Phi
â—ŠEta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa
Candidates for the Degree of Master of Arts Biblical Studies
Intercultural Studies
DAVID ALLAN CLAYTON
REBEKAH MADISON FORTNEY BAXTER
ESTHER JANE STOCKDILL COY
*BEN WILTON BRINKERHOFF
◊KELLY JACQUELINE DANIELSON
MARK ALLEN BRUNER
◊JOSHUA JAMES GRUBBS
CAESAR FREDERICO CHAVEZ
*ANIEDI EFFIONG INYANG
STANDIA CIVIL
HYUNG JU LEE
KERRY ANDREW DORRELL
ALEXIS RAMOS
MARY MARGARET FINCH
CARY CATHERINE SOLIMA
*SABRINA ANITA HINDS
DANIEL CODY STANLEY
JENIFER LYNN JONES
ZACHARY VAN BUREN
NELSON KALOMBO NGOY
CYNTHIA LEE WORLEY
JULENE KILIS KELSEY REBEKAH LANE
Christian Ministries
TIMOTHY RYAN PARKER GENNIE RUTH CHANDLER
*TRENTON JOHN PENNER
DENNISE ISABEL COLLAZO
MIRIAM PERALTA DE GARCIA
RAUL DOMINGUEZ FLORES
JONATHAN MOORE RAMSAY
KEVIN DEAN DRAPER EVERS
MEGAN BETH RUSSELL
SARAH LORRAINE FREEMAN JOAN WILLIAMS FRYMIRE
Leadership
WON DONG KIM
JOHN HAROLD BARTLETT
MELISSA RENKEMA
*NAOMI BIVINS
HARVEY DALE TAYLOR
DANIEL LEE BREEDEN
RYAN STEPHEN TRUSHENSKI
*VALERIE NICHOLE CARR
MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN
JOHN WESLEY DUFF
*Theta Phi
◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa
WILLIAM FRANCIS CHARLES FURMAN
HEIDE ELIZABETH FORRISTER
GEORGE THOMAS JONES
CLAUDIA GONZALEZ
YOUNGDUK KIM
ROSELINA STELLA GUERRA
CHRISTINE NOEL MORETZ
LILLIAN KRISTIAN HIGGS
*KRISTINA FAITH OSBORN
JENNIFER MICHELLE LOFTUS
JUNE CLARE PILCHER
*SHANNON SUE MASSEY
JOSEPH WILLIAM POWERS
MILENA RUBY MCMURRIN
DANIEL ERIC PROUT
MICHAEL THOMAS NEUBERT
LEANNE CHRISTINE PROUT
HANNAH WAIRIMU NG’ANG’A
KIMBERLY ANN RENKEMA
SHANNON DELANEY PRICE
SHARON DENEEN SMITH
EMILY MARIE SACK KELLY MARGARET SANTOS-PETERSON
Marriage and Family Counseling
ABIGAIL FAITH SIPE
CECILIA DENISE LYNCH
JESSICA MORGAN TAYLOR
*^JULIE ANN MARCHMAN
FRANKIE LEE TER KEURST
HANNAH CHRISTINE PENALVA NICHOLAS TODD PORRITT
*RACHEL PAIGE WILLIAMS LAUREL OLIVIA YODER
Mental Health Counseling
Ministry
VANETTE AUGUSTIN
REMINGTON JERALD DYAS
*THEODORE HASTINGS BALL
*LAUREL JOYCE GRIFFITH
MALLORY MARIE BITTERMAN
KELSEY REBEKAH LANE
LISA ANNE BRENNEMAN
*MARY ELIZABETH LYTLE
CADDEN JOHN CHRISTIE
RACHEL LESLIE NELSON
BENJAMIN DANIEL CLARK
SARAH DELANEY NEUBERT
NATASHA PAVITHRI CLEMENTS
ERIC JOSEPH NEUHART
KATRINA LEE COWEN
KARA DEANNE PHILLIPPI
*Theta Phi
◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa
BABITA SINGH
JOEL THOMAS OVERTON
LAUREN FRANCES SLEDGE
ERIN MARIE ROBINSON
RACHEL ALICE SMITH
CYNTHIA JEAN SHIELS
HANNAH ELIZABETH WITTENBERG
JANE ELLEN SHOEMAKER CHANDRA DENISE SNELL
Pastoral Counseling JEFFREY THOMAS WUCHICH
Spiritual Formation SHERI LYNN DODGE *CHYRELENA LYNN PEYTON
ERIC M. SNYDER LOGAN ZACHARIAH SPURGEON DAVID LUKE WHITEHEAD HANNAH ELIZABETH WITTENBERG MARGOT JALIL YOUSSEF DAVID E. ZAYAS
MEAGAN LEE STONE
Theological Studies DAVID L. BARNHART THOMAS MICHAEL BROSIUS AARON LON BUBERT MEGAN MASSEY CLARK *ELIJAH IRVIN DALLY DEREK DALE HARVEY JASON DAVID HEES DONALD JOSEPH HETZER DRAKE TYLER HOLDERMAN GEOFFREY MURITHI IRINGO JOSHUA DANIEL MAHONEY *WAYMAN SPENCER MING RYAN JAMES MOLINE ANDREW JAKE MORGENSEN *Theta Phi
â—ŠEta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa
Candidates for the Degree of Master of Divinity *◊^BENJAMIN JAMES AICH
NATHAN CHRISTOPHER FIELDS
MANUEL ANTHONY ALAMO
JOSE ANGEL FLORES
STEVEN N. ANDERSON
LINDA E. FOS
DAVID NORMAN AUMACK
JOSHUA ALLEN GARNER
JEREMY CHRISTIAN BASS
DANIEL FORREST GIBBENS-RICKMAN
LUANN BENGE
KATHERINE MARIE GIEDD
ROBERT THOMAS BEVERLY
STEPHANIA ANN GILKEY
HALLE JORDAN DEEMER BIGHAM
CHRISTOPHER SEAN GLENN
DAVID WARREN BRANT
*JOSEPH WILLIAM GROM
MICHAEL ANTHONY BURGE
TARA LENORE HALL
MARGARET ROSA CANTEY
DAVID TYLER HARTING
MASON HEYWARD CANTEY
*◊MATTHEW TIMOTHY HAUGEN
JOSEPH ISAAC CARTER
REBEKAH ELAINE HILL
*◊SHISHOU CHEN
RANDALL LEE HODGKINSON
JONATHAN LLOYD CLARK
GRAHAM ANDERSON HOPPSTOCK-MATTSON
CHAPPELL LOCKLAIR CLAXTON
SAMUEL JACKSON HUBBARD
ALLISON TAYLOR NORMAN CLOUR
TAMARA LYNN HUMPHRIES
CHRISTIAN NATHANIEL CLOUR
GENE ANN JIMMERSON
*WILLIAM DAVID COLLETTE
TRENT LEE JONES
DANIEL SEAN DARLING
PAUL EDWARD KISNER
NATHAN EDGAR DICKENS
JENNIFER MICHELLE KNOX
AMANDA NICOLE DRAUGHN
STACIE LYNN LEE
JOHN WESLEY DUFF
KIMBERLY HERRING LOCHNER
*CALEB AARON DUNN
NICOLE DEANNE LOGAN
*Theta Phi
◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa
ALEXANDRA SARAH DALE MAHAFFEY
TOMMY LEROY SKEEN
SEAN PATRICK MCINTYRE
WALT WILSON SMITH
KENDALL THOMAS MCKEE
TERENCE IRVIN SQUIRES
MICHAEL D. MCLEAN
JACOB EARL TENNEY
BRANDON CHARLES JAMES MCRAE
PATRICIA JOAN THUE
DUSTIN EPHRAIM MILLER
NICHOLAS W. TRAEGLER
KAYLYN JOY MORAN
STEVEN MATTHEW TURNER
JAMIE LEE MOSLEY
TIMOTHY ANDREW TURNER
*JAMES H. NELSON
EZEQUIEL M. VASQUEZ
WILSON EMBREE NEWELL
*ANDREA K. SIMMONS WALLACE
*KRISTINA FAITH OSBORN
PATRICK WAYNE WALLACE
ANDREW CLARK OSWALT
WILLIAM LLOYD WALLEY
JASON WESLEY OWENS
*LOGAN MCCLURE WEBER
BRADEN TAYLOR PARKS
ERIC D. WESTON
DAVID WILLIAM PAYNE
TIMOTHY MAX WHEATON
CARLOS JUAN PEREZ-LOPEZ
*MICHAL GRACE WHITE
DAVID JUSTIN PRESTON
RACHEL SUSANNAH WIDDOWSON
KAYLA RENEE PRICHARD
LAWRENCE EDWARD WIGGINS
*NATHAN JOHN RAMLER
ERNEST DEAN WILCHER
BENJAMIN ROBINSON
AVIAN JANEEN WISE
LINELL ROBINSON
BROWNING MONTGOMERY WOOD
WHITNEY LEE DRISKELL ROCA
*DUSTIN RYAN WOODS
JORGE LUIS RODRIGUEZ
CHRISTIAN MICHAEL WRIGHT
ALISSA CATHERINE ROTHSCHILD
RYAN NATHANIEL ZAFIROFF
MICHAEL JOHN SCHLATT
*DYLAN QUINN ZIEGLER
JACOB MARTIN SCHNEIDER *NATHAN PAUL SHARP *Theta Phi
â—ŠEta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa
Candidates for the Degree of Master of Theology Biblical Studies
Intercultural Studies
OLAMIJI SAMUEL AKIBU
*CHRISTIAN JAMES ANDERSON
TUCK-SEON CHUNG
*◊MATTHEW TIMOTHY HAUGEN MICHAEL JOHN SCHLATT
Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Ministry ALEXANDER MAWO GAMBO ABAFI Dissertation Project: Effects of Pastors’ Lifestyle on Church Members: Case Study of Gyel Local Church Council of Evangelical Church Winning All Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon *OLUDAMILOHUN ADEDILEMU ADELIYI Dissertation Project: More Than a Means to an End: The Practice of Bi-Vocational Ministry Among Missionaries in Northern Nigeria Mentor: Dr. Walter Jay Moon JESSICA LAUREN AVERY Dissertation Project: Developmental Networks: Influencing the Early Career Choices of Emerging Adults Serving in Campus Ministry Mentor: Dr. Marilyn Elliott TYLER MICHAEL BENBOW Dissertation Project: When Students Follow Jesus: Toward A Basic Christian Doctrine Mentor: Dr. Brian Russell CYNTHIA MARIE BREWER Dissertation Project: Unguarded: Freedom from Shame for Expat Women Mentor: Dr. Marilyn Elliott
*Theta Phi
TIMOTHY LEE BREWER Dissertation Project: Discipleship Camp: A Model for Developing and Making Disciples Mentor: Dr. John Hatton *ROBERT DEAN CHARTRAND Dissertation Project: Spiritual Formation of Millennials: An Exploration of Best Practices for Crosspoint Church Mentor: Dr. Chris A. Kiesling STEVEN LYLE CLASPELL Dissertation Project: The 3W’s Project Mentor: Dr. C. Milton Lowe STEVEN CHRISTOPHER COSSLETT Dissertation Project: Missional Readiness Among Christian Men: How a Study on John 13-17 Can Impact Missional Readiness Mentor: Dr. Eric Flood MARY VIRGINIA UIBLE CROWSON Dissertation Project: Relational Investments: Robust Practices for Staff Ministry Mentor: Dr. Thomas F. Tumblin SHAWN LAMONT DANDRIDGE Dissertation Project: The Abandonment of the Church: A Study of Church Membership Decline Mentor: Dr. Thomas F. Tumblin
◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa
CLARA JOYCE DANQUAH Dissertation Project: Leadership Imagery: Developing People with the Right Passion, Attitudes, and Knowledge for Effective Christian Leadership Mentor: Dr. Woody Davis BRANDON WILSON DASINGER Dissertation Project: Grace That Goes Before: John Wesley’s Doctrine of Prevenient Grace and Its Significance for Youth Ministry Mentor: Dr. Jason Vickers PAUL RICHARD DREESSEN Dissertation Project: The International Church Experience: How English-Speaking International Churches Reach, Disciple, and Minister to Their Target Audience Mentor: Dr. Jeff Hiatt
JEFFREY ALLEN HORSMAN Dissertation Project: Recruiting and Funding Church Planters: Best Practices for Planting Networks Mentor: Dr. Bryan Collier CHRISTOPHER MARK JOHNSON Dissertation Project: 4D’s of Spiritual Growth: The Local Church’s Role in Spiritual Growth and Discipleship Mentor: Dr. Stephen L. Martyn SOO YOUNG LEE Dissertation Project: A Basis for Continuing Homiletical Education: The Development of a Preaching Training Program for Lay Pastors in the Province of Cebu, Philippines Mentor: Dr Randall W. Jessen
JOSHUA LEE DUCKWORTH Dissertation Project: The Best of All, God is With Us: A Wesleyan Approach to Funeral Preaching Mentor: Dr. Leonard Luchetti
AUSTIN DANIEL MAXHEIMER Dissertation Project: Church Engagement in Neighborhood Revitalization: Mobilizing and Sustaining Disciples in Ministry to Marginalized Neighbors Mentor: Mr. Scott Lewis
*JON NICHOLAS FERGUSON Dissertation Project: Disruptive Innovation in the Church: Lead Pastors’ Qualities That Change the World Mentor: Dr. Verna J. Lowe
FERNANDO MORALES Dissertation Project: New Church Planting and Stress: A Look at the Florida Region of The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mentor: Dr. Winfield Bevins
*JESSICA ELIZABETH FLECK Dissertation Project: Team Leadership: Core Competencies in Children’s Ministries Mentor: Dr. Catherine Stonehouse
BABATUNDE FADEFOLUWA OGUNBANWO Dissertation Project: Contextual Preaching: A Model for Effective Impact on The SocioCultural Living of Christians in the Anglican Diocese of Ijebu South-West, Nigeria Mentor: Dr. Jeff Hiatt
VICTORIA HUGHES HARRISON Dissertation Project: Best Practices for Local Mission Work: Developing Healthy and Effective Mission in the Church Mentor: Mr. Scott Lewis WAYNE MURRAY HILSDEN Dissertation Project: Engaging in God’s Redemptive Purposes for Israel: Impact of the Jerusalem Encounter Tour and Conference on Evangelical Leaders Mentor: Dr. Joseph R. Dongell
*Theta Phi
JOHN OPPONG-YEBOAH Dissertation Project: The Effects of Pastoral Leadership Practices on Church Growth in Churches in the Nkawkaw Diocese of the Methodist Church, Ghana Mentor: Dr. Craig Taylor *DENISE ROSE PAGE Dissertation Project: Black Protestant Millenials: Attracting, Engaging, Discipling, and Retaining the Next Generation Mentor: Dr. Chris A. Kiesling
◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa
CHRISTOPHER JUSTIN PALMER Dissertation Project: Practicing Prayer and Attachment to God: A Study of Emerging Adult Spiritual Formation Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon
*CHARLES ALLEN SHOEMAKER Dissertation Project: What Are You Doing Here, Elijah: The Influence of Mentoring Relationships on Clergy Satisfaction Mentor: Dr. Anthony J. Headley
DELVIN JEVON PIKES Dissertation Project: Every Campus: Best Practices for Starting New Campus Ministries Mentor: Dr. Ken Nash
*THOMAS CHARLES TANNER Dissertation Project: Healthy Church Planting: Using Spiritual Disciplines in Training Church Planters Mentor: Dr. Winfield Bevins
TIMOTHY SCOTT RAWLINGS Dissertation Project: Missionally Engaging Our Neighbors: Equipping Christians to Reach Their Neighbors for Christ Mentor: Dr. Scott Nelson
RICHARD CHARLES THORPE Dissertation Project: City-Centre Resource Churches: Training to Enable Church Planting Mentor: Dr. Winfield Bevins
ROBERT ELIAS RODRIGUEZ Dissertation Project: Reclaiming This Generation for Christ: Why Do Latino Pentecostal Youth Abandon Their Faith After High School? Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon
JOHN HARVEY VALENTINE Dissertation Project: Theology That Actually Works: An Analysis of Those Aspects of Theological Formation Which Best Equip Church Planters for Their Work Mentor: Dr. Winfield Bevins
JOSEPH JAYAKUMAR SANTHAPPAN Dissertation Project: Evangelization Through Deeds of Compassion: Developing Best Practices for Successful Evangelization Among Pentecostal Churches in the District of Tiruchirapalli Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon
ABUKARI SAYIBU YAKUBU Dissertation Project: The Role Leadership Can Play in Consolidating Relationships for Peace-Building: Building a Healthy Relationship Between the Abudu and the Andani Royal Families of Dagbon Traditional Area, Ghana Mentor: Dr. Wes Griffin
CAMERON JOEL SCALERA Dissertation Project: A Theology of Romance for Married Couples Mentor: Dr. Chris A. Kiesling *CHRISTIAN NATHAN SELVARATNAM Dissertation Project: The Craft of Church Planting: Guild Training Models for Apprenticing Church Planters Mentor: Dr. Winfield Bevins JOSEPH JAMES SHIMKO Dissertation Project: Evaluating the Recalibrate Initiative of the Free Methodist Church: Impact of Coaching the Pastors and Churches Through The 2017 Cohort Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon
*Theta Phi
â—ŠEta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa
Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Biblical Studies TAD CARL BLACKETER Dissertation Project: An Abundance of Good Things: Paul Ricoeur’s Cultural Imagination and a Phenomenology of Deuteronomism Mentor: Dr. Bill T. Arnold *◊^KEVIN BRIAN BURR Dissertation Project: Incomparable? Authenticating Criteria in Historical Jesus Scholarship and General Historical Methodology Mentor: Dr. Craig S. Keener ^RYAN KRISTOPHER GIFFIN Dissertation Project: The Justification Clause of Phil 3:12: A Textual, Transcriptional, and Exegetical Analysis Mentor: Dr. Fredrick J. Long THOMAS MICHAEL LYONS Dissertation Project: Revisiting the Riddle in Samaria: A Social-Scientific Investigation of Spirit Reception in Luke-Acts Mentor: Dr. Craig S. Keener JOY L. VAUGHAN Dissertation Project: Spirit Possession in Luke-Acts and Modern Eyewitnesses: An Analysis of Anthropological Accounts as Evidence for the Plausibility for the Lukan Accounts Mentor: Dr. Craig S. Keener Intercultural Studies BAN SEOK CHO Dissertation Project: Being Missional, Becoming Missional: A Biblical-Theological Study of the Missional Conversion of the Church Mentor: Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau YAKUBU TANKO JAKADA Dissertation Project: Early Christian Responses to Persecution and Their Implications for Christians in Northern Nigeria Mentor: Dr. A. Sue Russell *Theta Phi
*IRENE MAONEI KABETE Dissertation Project: Reframing and [Re] Presenting Evangelism in Oral Cultures: A Case Study of the Harare West (MUMC) VABVUWI Choir in Zimbabwe Mentor: Dr. Walter Jay Moon SHIVRAJ KUMAR MAHENDRA Dissertation Project: Church Planting, Humanitarian Services, and Christian Holiness in Central India: A Study of the Life and Mission of Ernest and Phebe Ward Mentor: Dr. Timothy C. Tennent SHERYL ANN MARKS-WILLIAMS Dissertation Project: Ascertaining Factors Affecting Church Congregational Affiliation Among Anglophone-Caribbean Immigrants in South Florida Mentor: Dr. Steven J. Ybarrola ANDREW DAVID MCFARLAND Dissertation Project: William Carey’s Expectation for Missionary Cooperation: An Inquiry into the Significance of Interdependence in the Missionary Partnerships and Collaborative Efforts of the First Baptist Mission in India Mentor: Dr. Art McPhee ZONIA LUANN MITCHELL Dissertation Project: Giftive Mission Lives: Verbeck, Judson, Ricci and Timothy I Mentor: Dr. Art McPhee SAMUEL AYOTOLA ODUBENA Dissertation Project: The Migration of the Communicants from Anglicanism to Pentecostalism in Nigeria Mentor: Dr. Philip Meadows SUSANGELINE YALILI PATRICK Dissertation Project: Art as A Pathway to God: A Historical-Theological Study of the Jesuit Mission to China in the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties (1552-1773) Mentor: Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau
◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa
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