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a s b u ry t h e o l o g i c a l s e m i n a ry c e l e b r at e s
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sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and
to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the
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Letter from the President
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Story-Tellers, Song-Writers, and Sight-Seers
Dr. David L. McKenna
Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner Tonight?
Sheila Lovell
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Ira Gallaway & Joan Krupa
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Faculty Focus
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Kern Scholars
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En Route to Our Future
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Forging Ahead
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Our Donors
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Financial Report
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Faculty Publications
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p r e s i d e n t ’s
cabinet
President
Mr. Kevin E. Bish
Vice President of
Enrollment Management
and Student Services
Mr. Bryan Blankenship
Vice President of
Finance and Administration
Dr. Marilyn Elliott
Vice President of
Community Formation
Dr. Steve Gober
Vice President of the
Florida Dunnam Campus
Mr. Robert S. Landrebe
Senior Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Jay E. Mansur
Vice President of Advancement
Dr. Douglas K. Matthews
Vice President of Academic
Affairs and Provost
Rev. John David Walt
Associate Vice President
of Advancement
Asbury Seminary is not only about
academic education; we journey together
to learn spiritual disciplines and observe
ministry in action. We are constantly
embracing wholeness and holiness.
Often, that is shaped through the rich
fellowship of community and our
personal spiritual growth.
Learn more about the amazing
community of Asbury Seminary at
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board of trustees
Oversight and control of Asbury Seminary is vested in an
independent board of trustees, as described in the Articles of
Incorporation and the Bylaws of Asbury Theological Seminary.
Dr. Paul M. Baddour
Mr. Randall P. Birdwell
Mrs. Debra McKenna Blews
Rev. Gloria B. Brooks
Mr. Dale S. Ditto
Mrs. Nancy L. Dumas
Rev. June Pinner Edwards
Mr. Paul R. Ervin, Jr.
Rev. Dr. George H. Freeman
Rev. Dr. Ira Gallaway
Dr. David R. Goodnight
Bishop Alfred W. Gwinn, Jr.
Rev. Dr. Joseph L. Harris
Bishop Robert E. Hayes, Jr.
Rev. J. Anthony Holifield
Rev. Dr. Dan G. Johnson
Mr. William M. Johnson
Dr. Charles L. Joiner
Mr. Joe W. Kilpatrick
Bishop Sundo Kim
Mrs. Peggy Boyd Kirkpatrick
Mrs. Joan Gore Krupa (Chair)
Bishop João Carlos Lopes
Mr. John O. McNairy
Dr. Steven G. W. Moore
Dr. E. Harold Munn, Jr.
Bishop Luis F. Palomo
Rev. J. Gregory Parris
Rev. Dr. Edmund W. Robb, III
Rev. Dr. Jerald W. Russell (Vice Chair)
Rev. Dr. James W. Smith
Mrs. Karen E. Thomas
alumni council
Rev. Rurel Ausley
Dr. Stephen Babby
Mrs. Laura Berg
Mr. Gene Chambers
Rev. Dr. Bryan Collier
Rev. Dr. Steve Elliott
Rev. BJ Foster
Rev. David Goss
Rev. Dr. Tom Harrison
Mr. Greg Kannon
Dr. Charles Kyker
Rev. Dr. Lyndol Loyd
Rev. Sheryl Marks-Williams
Mrs. Kathy Milans
Capt. Andrew Miller
Rev. Carolyn Moore
Rev. Allen Newton
Rev. Dr. Branson Sheets
Rev. Ralph Sigler
Rev. Rick Vinther
Rev. Dr. Ken Werlein
Rev. Steve Wood
i n t e r n at i o n a l m e m b e r s
Dr. Andrea Baare
Dr. Ricardo Gomez
Rev. Canon Dr. Stephen Hance
Rev. Chung Suk Kim
Dr. Bauta Motty
Dr. Prabhu Singh
Rev. Ivan (Meng Cheng) Tan
Dear Friends,
As Asbury Theological Seminary observes the 90th anniversary of its founding this year, I invite you to celebrate with
us within the pages of this commemorative issue of the Herald. It is fitting that not only do we look back into the
past, we also anticipate the future through our faculty and our new and far-reaching programs. As well, we offer our
profound gratitude to our alumni and friends who continue to demonstrate their confidence in Asbury Seminary
through their financial support.
Through past issues of the Herald, you have been kept apprised of the recent building and renovation projects taking
place on our two physical campuses. On the Kentucky Campus, our 150 new family housing units and two single student
residence halls are evidence of our continued commitment to residential theological education. The complete renovation
of Larabee-Morris Hall and the recently-completed Streetscape Project have transformed our original Asbury Seminary
building and the entrance into campus, respectively. The basement of the Administration Building is also currently under
renovation to house our post-graduate studies center. On the Florida Dunnam Campus, renovations have been completed
to house new offices for Student Services and for the Justo Gonzalez Center and the Harry Hoosier Institute.
In adherence to our Strategic Plan 2023, revisions and innovations in our curriculum and programs are also evident. The
new emphasis on church planting, the Seedbed online resource platform, and partnerships with international theological
schools, among others, all signal Asbury Seminary’s commitment to educating and forming students, serving the global
Church, and equipping laity for ministry.
So celebrate with us as together we honor the past—and forge the future.
President
Professor of World Christianity
for information on how to partner with asbury seminary contact:
859.858.2305 | advancement.office@asburyseminary.edu
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asbury theological seminary’s 90 year celebration
Excerpts from the Anniversary Address by David L. McKenna
W
hen I sign a letter or a book, I always scribble
“With His joy, Dave” followed by a swirl and
the scriptural notation, “Isaiah 43:19.”
Forget the former things.
Look, I am doing a new thing.
Do you not see it springing up even now?
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God speaks the words of our text through Isaiah to the
Children of Israel who are in Babylonian exile. Sixty to
seventy years have passed since Jerusalem was sacked,
the Temple destroyed, and Jewish leaders humiliated
by a forced march through the wilderness to the land
of exile in punishment for their sins. They are now a
fractured community of different generations—leaders
who have prospered by privilege, masses who are
comfortable by entitlement, and a younger generation
who have no memory of Jerusalem and its glory. Only a
handful of the faithful keep hope alive by remembering
the miraculous story of the Exodus when God parted
the waters of the Red Sea so that Moses could lead his
people to freedom on dry ground.
Sounds almost like a Barna poll of American
Christianity in the 21st century, doesn’t it? Privileged
leaders, comfortable masses, forgetful youngsters,
and a handful of the faithful. The fact is that the
metaphor of Babylon is timeless, running from the
Old Testament prophets, through our time, and out
to John’s vision in the Book of Revelation.
So, whether the setting is exile in 583 B.C. or in 2013
A.D., God has a word for us, “Forget the former things.
Look. I am doing new things. Do you not see it springing up
even now?” Looking back and leaning forward, God
has for us a new story to tell, a new song to sing, and
a new sight to see.
A New Story to Tell
God begins by giving the Jews in Exile a new story to tell
that is a complete reversal of the old story of The Exodus:
Instead of parting the waters to create dry land, He
will give them springs in the desert; instead of letting
them wander for 40 years through the wilderness, He
will personally prepare a royal highway with a military
escort for their journey.
Looking back, we too have an old story to tell.
Our Wesleyan identity begins with a voice telling how
cold reason caught fire and rigid legalism gave way
to freedom. John Wesley summed up his story in the
simple sentence, “My heart was strangely warmed.”
Our Asbury identity is written in the story of a
Methodist preacher who, when he was warned that
if he left the security of established churches on the
East Coast to ride circuit in the wilds of Kentucky, the
results of his ministry wouldn’t fill a corncrib, Francis
Asbury answered, “I will show you the way.”
We also want to pre-write the new story according to our
wishes. . . I wish, for instance, that our secular city of Seattle
would be transformed. When Garrison Keillor brought
his radio program “The Prairie Home Companion” to
our city, he began his show by musing, “Hmmm. Here we
are in Seattle where dogs outnumber Christians”; I wish
that we could learn to show tolerance to racial, ethnic,
and religious diversity without sacrificing our biblical
convictions; I wish that we could find the Spirit-guided
way to use the social media as an instrument for getting
millions of hits inquiring about the Gospel of Jesus
Christ, perhaps on a website named “FaithBook”; Most
of all, at a time when the search for holiness is being whipsawed between radical and complicated views of believing
and behaving, I wish that we could again communicate
the message of holiness as wholeness of believing, being,
and doing in a natural, simple, and beautiful way for the
people in the pew and the person on the street.
But then I remember the rest of the verse where God
says, “Look. I am doing a new thing. Don’t you see it?” As
we lean forward, God is calling us to be “first-class
noticers.” Rather than trying to pre-plan or pre-write
God’s story for Him, we need to pray for discernment of
the Spirit to help us see where new things are springing
up. Out of these “new things” will come the new story
that He wants us to tell. Let the new story begin.
A New Song to Sing
A new story needs a new song. Before God gave Israel a new
story, Israelites were singing the lament, “By the rivers of
Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. How can we
sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land?” (Psalm 137: 1, 4).
Now, to celebrate their freedom from exile, God has a
new song for them:
You will go out with joy and be led forth in peace; The mountains
and hills will burst into song before you, and all of the trees of
the field will clap their hands. (Isaiah 55:12)
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As their new story told “who they were”, their new
song tells “Who God is.”
We Wesleyans are known for songs to match our story.
Is there any greater moment in our history than when
Charles prepared the way for his brother John to tell
his story by singing the song he wrote to celebrate
the first anniversary of his conversion, “He breaks the
power of cancelled sin, He sets the prisoner free. His blood
can make the foulest clean, His blood availed for me”?
Taking a cue from Charles Wesley, when I traveled
back and forth across the country telling the Asbury
Seminary story to new friends and prospective donors,
many of whom had never visited the campus, I always
said, “If I could waft you over the miles to a seat in
Estes Chapel when the students are singing, ‘And Can
It Be’ you would be an Asburian forever.”
What is the new song that God wants us to sing? Along
with the new story, it is yet to be written. The secular
world is showing us what to look for. iTunes with its
millions of songs not only leads in marketing new
technology for the younger generation, but also carries
a message of moral revolution across the world. iTunes
teaches us that we need a new song—a new song that
tells who God is, rings true to the word of our Biblical
and Wesleyan theology, plays in the marketplace, dispels
the public notion of dreary and disgruntled Christians,
and makes the world eager to hear our story.
May the Spirit of God lead us to a renaissance of
Wesleyan song as the note of joy for our story of full
salvation. Let the new song begin.
A New Sight to See
Our new story and our new song need a new sight to
see. Isaiah fired the imagination of Babylonian exiles
when he painted the word picture of Jerusalem restored
and the Temple rebuilt. Even more excitement would
be created by the prophet’s vision of standing on the
shores of the Mediterranean Sea and seeing the horizon
filled with the white sails of ships bringing Jews from
every nation on earth coming home to worship God at
the sacred Temple in the Holy City. No sooner was this
exhilarating image fixed in the minds of his hearers than
Isaiah blows the scene wide open with the declaration,
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It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the
tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel whom I have
kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles that you
may bring salvation to the ends of the earth” (Isaiah 49: 6)
In these words, the Children of Israel get a God’s eye
view of Jerusalem and the Temple being the light for
the Gentiles and the hope of all the world.
Oh, the power of imagination. Walt Disney died before
he saw his dream realized for Disney World. At the
grand opening Walter Cronkite, Master of Ceremonies,
said to Disney’s widow, “It is too bad that Mr. Disney is
not here to see this.” Mrs. Disney answered, “If he had
not seen it first, we would not be seeing it now.”
Think about it.
Asbury Seminary. If H. C. Morrison had not seen it
first, we would not be seeing it now; Beeson Center.
If Bill and Betty Conger had not seen it first, we would
not be seeing it now; Florida Dunnam Campus. If
Maxie Dunnam had not seen it first, we would not be
seeing it now; Kalas Village. If Bill and Carol Latimer
had not seen it first, we would not be seeing it now.
Can you see it now? God accepts our dedication of this
restored and rebuilt campus to Him and His glory, but
quickly adds, “It is too small a thing for you…” Google
Earth zooms open before our eyes and we realize that
our campus is a local pinpoint in a global picture. Asbury
Seminary is not just an institution in itself; its influence
is magnified many times as it is an integral part of a
global network and a major player in answering Christ’s
command to “Go into all the world and preach the good news
to all creation…” President Tennent has brought that
sight with him and as our Global Partnerships develop,
we will say, “If Timothy Tennent had not seen it first, we
would not be seeing it now.”
So, looking back from our 90th anniversary year,
we celebrate a Seminary whose soul is found, not
primarily in strategy, statistics, and success, but in
the stories we tell, the songs we sing and the sights
we see. Leaning forward toward our Centennial, we
anticipate, by the grace of God, another generation of
Story-tellers, Song-writers, and Sight-seers.
Guess who’s coming
for dinner tonight?
By Sheila Lovell
With trembling hand, the elderly preacher pulled back
his tan frock coat, reached into his belt, and drew out an
imaginary knife. Holding it high over his head, he stood
motionless behind the pulpit, while the congregation
waited in breathless silence. The hand holding the knife
shook, and then began its downward arc toward the
sacrifice tied on the altar, when suddenly his other hand
grabbed the descending wrist and stopped the blow.
Thus, the preacher explained, did God stay Abraham’s
hand when he would have sacrificed his own son.
J.T. and Ruth, just after first meeting in 1936.
Sitting in the congregation that night in 1937, 21-yearold Ruth Childers let out her breath. This was the
first time she had ever seen the legendary evangelist
Dr. Henry Clay Morrison, founder and president of
Asbury Theological Seminary, and she never forgot that
moment or that sermon. Dr. Morrison was noted for his
dramatic preaching of the gospel, just as Ruth’s fiancé,
J. T. Seamands, had told her. She had never before heard
preaching like that. Following the service, J.T. took Ruth
to introduce her to Dr. Morrison.
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J.T. was the bass member of the Ambassador Quartet, a
well-known singing group from (then) Asbury College.
The quartet rose early every morning and sang before
Dr. Morrison preached. The music and the sermon were
transmitted by telephone every morning at 6 o’clock
from the Asbury College campus to Louisville, where
they were broadcast over WHAS radio. People on their
way to work enjoyed hearing Dr. Morrison’s sermons.
Ruth was impressed with the man. “He had a shock of
shoulder-length white hair,” she recalls, “and always
wore a frock coat, sometimes tan and sometimes black.”
She noted that his demeanor was sober, though not
necessarily stern. His sermon on Abraham and Isaac was
her first introduction to him, but she also remembered his
famous “elevator sermon.” “He spoke very dramatically,”
Ruth observed, “and in that sermon he took the
congregation on an elevator with him to heaven and to
hell.” In each case he interviewed Bible characters who
told their stories—Judas and Cain in hell and Abraham
and Moses in heaven. “He painted such vivid verbal
pictures,” she recalls, “that you could practically feel that
elevator taking you up and down. Like him, you were in a
hurry to get out of hell and get to heaven.”
Not many people alive today can say they have known all
eight of the presidents of Asbury Seminary, but at the
age of 96, Ruth Seamands is one of them. Since that first
night so long ago, when she first met H. C. Morrison, she
has had a connection to the Seminary.
Henry Clay Morrison with the
Asbury College Quartet, Late 1930’s
Ruth and J.T. married in 1938 and she graduated from
Asbury College (now Asbury University) in 1940, the same
time that J.T. graduated from Asbury Seminary. They went
to India later that year but World War II interrupted their
plans, and Ruth and her baby girl returned to America in
the summer of 1942, after a perilous six-week trip by troop
transport, shadowed by Japanese and German submarines.
She came back to Wilmore and lived in Talbott Hall, later
named Larabee-Morris Hall, which at that time was the
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only building on the
Seminary campus. The
building
contained
living
quarters
for
faculty and students,
Talbott Hall
classrooms, the library,
(Larabee-Morris)
1941
the chapel, a kitchen,
and a dining commons.
Ruth took some classes
in seminary, while living
in a room on the main
floor of the building,
with her 7-month-old
baby. “The student
body was very small
at that time,” she says.
“Remember, most of the men were at war.” Her room was
right next door to the kitchen. A Mrs. Oliver cooked for
everyone. A rather stout lady, she was a great woman of
prayer. Ruth remembers many times when Mrs. Oliver
would get down on her knees and intercede earnestly for
her “preacher boys.” Ruth would be next door and hear
Mrs. Oliver at prayer and simultaneously smell the beans
scorching on the stove. She would rush into the kitchen,
“Mrs. Oliver! Mrs. Oliver! The beans are burning!” “Oh,
Lord!” Mrs. Oliver would haul herself to her feet and
rescue the beans, her prayers set aside for the moment.
Ruth returned to India with J.T. after the war for another
two terms of missionary service. In 1959 she and J.T. and
their family came to Wilmore for what was supposed to be a
one-year furlough, but things turned out quite differently.
The illness of one of the children prevented the Seamands
family from returning to India in 1960, and suddenly J.T.
was unemployed. Dr. J. C. McPheeters, Asbury Seminary’s
second president, offered him a professorship teaching
missions, a position that J.T. held until his retirement in
1988. He was the founding director of the E. Stanley Jones
School of World Mission and Evangelism.
Ruth remembers Dr. McPheeters with fondness. When
asked who among the eight presidents was her favorite,
she thought briefly and named “Dr. Mac.” “He was a
wonderful man,” she says. He and Dr. E.A. Seamands,
J.T.’s father and himself a former missionary to India,
would meet on the street in Wilmore and simultaneously
break into their favorite hymn, “It is joy unspeakable and
full of glory, and the half has never yet been told.” She
remembers when “Dr. Mac” learned to waterski at 79
years of age and recalls affectionately his booming voice,
unexpected in such a small man. “Of course everyone
who knew him remembers his favorite saying,” she smiles,
“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice
and be glad in it.” It was Dr. McPheeters who gave Sam
Kamaleson a scholarship to come to Asbury Seminary
and take his B.D. degree (now the M.Div.), which prepared
him to become an evangelist to the pastors of the world.
J.T. Seamands had “discovered” Sam, who was at the time
a veterinarian with a glorious bass voice, living in Madras
(now Chennai), India. Kamaleson came to Asbury Seminary
to major in music, but while he was in school the Lord got
hold of his heart and called him to preach. Dr. McPheeters
was a frequent guest at the Seamands’ dinner table, as were
several of the Asbury Seminary presidents to follow.
Dr. Frank Bateman Stanger, Asbury Seminary’s third
president, graduated from Asbury College in 1934, the
same year that J. T. Seamands began his studies there. For a
year their paths crossed, while Dr. Stanger attended Asbury
Seminary, which at that time was located in Morrison
Hall on the Asbury College campus. Dr. Stanger then left
to attend Princeton Theological Seminary. J.T. was already
teaching at Asbury Seminary when Dr. Stanger became
president in 1962. Ruth remembers Frank and Mardelle
Stanger as friendly neighbors and people of deep prayer. “He
cared deeply about the Seminary,” she said.
While a student at Asbury Seminary, David McKenna, the
Seminary’s fourth president, came under conviction in a
chapel service under J.T. Seamands’ preaching and offered
himself completely to God, even as a missionary to India.
God honored that surrender but steered Dr. McKenna into
higher education instead, and in an interesting twist of
events he became J.T.’s president and boss. Ruth admits to
being a little intimidated by David McKenna. “He seemed
very young to be a seminary president. He was so smart,”
she says, smiling. “He scared me a little.” But she soon made
friends with him, especially since he had hired her daughter,
Sheila Lovell, as his administrative assistant. He, too, came
to dinner from time to time, especially if she were serving
Indian food. He loved her curry and rice.
Ruth met each of the other four presidents—Maxie
Dunnam, Jeff Greenway, Ellsworth Kalas, and
Timothy Tennent—especially because her daughter,
Sheila, worked for all of them. Each of these men
was a recipient of Ruth’s hospitality, and many
wide-ranging and inspiring conversations took place
around her capacious dining room table.
She marvels at the growth of the Seminary over the years
and remarks especially about the Beeson family. “We
met Ralph and Orlean and Dwight and Lucille Beeson
years and years ago,” she says. “They were very interested
in missions and of course J.T. headed up the missions
department. Ralph would give J.T. funds to take his
students on their mission studies during the January
term. We visited in their homes in Birmingham. We were
thrilled when he gave so much to the Seminary in his
will. And he gave the money to name academic chairs
after each of the Seamands boys – E.A., J.T. and David.”
Lucille and
Dwight Beeso
n
& Orlean an
d Ralph Beeso
n
(ordered lef
t to right)
Her mind wanders back over the years, beginning
in 1937, that she has been associated in one way or
another with Asbury Seminary. She has seen it advance
from a one-building site in Wilmore to the bustling
campus community it is today, growing then into a
second physical campus in Orlando, and around the
world on-line, and she smiles—remembering fondly
Mrs. Oliver and her burning beans.
Sheila Lovell, the daughter of J.T. and Ruth Seamands, came to Asbury Seminary in the
Sheila and Ruth, October 2013
summer of 1982, shortly after President David L. McKenna began his presidential duties.
As first Executive Assistant and now Special Assistant to the President, she has served
under the last five presidents. Her 31 years (and counting) on the staff have been made up
of reams of minutes, thousands of letters, phone calls, appointments made (and broken),
and hundreds of thousands of pages of presidential archives. In her current position within
the Advancement area, she continues to produce special letters and writing projects for
the President, as well as video scripts, press releases, articles, reports to foundations, and
anything else she is asked to write. “Asbury Seminary has been a huge part of my life, even
before I began working here, since my Dad was on the faculty here for 28 years,” she notes.
“And now I get to do much more writing than ever before, which I absolutely love to do.”
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T
he fact that Asbury Seminary
was born the same year as was Ira
Gallaway (1923) has not been lost
on either him or the Seminary. The lives of
the man and the institution have meshed
in remarkable ways, thanks to the grace
of God shed upon both. Dr. Gallaway has
been known to say that except for his work
in the pastoral ministry, he is most proud
of his involvement with Asbury Seminary.
In addition, Dr. Ira Gallaway has had
a profound effect upon the Church
in general and the United Methodist
Church in particular, as he has led or
been crucially involved in many of the
reform movements. for his church. His
ministry has impacted the world through
those he has helped put into positions of
responsibility and through at least two
organizations, the Mission Society for
United Methodists and the worldwide
Walk to Emmaus. Dr. Gallaway helped
establish the Mission Society, which today
has over 225 missionaries serving in 37
countries around the world. Its current
President and CEO, Dick McClain, is an
M.Div. graduate of Asbury Seminary.
Sally Gallaway, Ira’s wife, came to Christ
before her husband did and was a vital
part of his conversion. She was present
by his side while he was in the pastorate
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and in other leadership positions in the
church until her death in 2009.
After several years in the local church
pastorate in Texas, Dr. Gallaway was
invited to become the General Secretary
of the Board of Evangelism in Nashville,
TN. During his time there, he hired and
worked with several men who would go on
to become leaders in the United Methodist
Church. Among them was Maxie Dunnam,
who would lead the Walk to Emmaus
movement. Dr. Gallaway held the first
Protestant Cursillo at his church, First
United Methodist Church of Peoria, at the
invitation of Maxie Dunnam. The Cursillo
went on to become the Walk to Emmaus.
Dr. Gallaway was elected to the Asbury
Seminary Board of Trustees in 1971
and served as Board Chair from 1980
to 1986. He helped bring the E. Stanley
Jones name to Asbury Seminary’s School
of Mission and Evangelism, through his
friendship with Bishop James K. Mathews
and his wife, Eunice Jones Mathews. He
was instrumental in bringing David L.
McKenna to the presidency of Asbury
Seminary, where he served from 1982–
1994. In his 42 years of service on the
Board, Dr. Gallaway has worked with
six of the eight presidents of Asbury
Seminary, beginning with Dr. Frank B.
Stanger. In 1994, Maxie Dunnam, whom
Dr. Gallaway had hired at the Board of
Evangelism years before, became the fifth
president of Asbury Seminary.
While he was pastor at First Church Peoria,
Dr. Gallaway became acquainted with Luis
Palomo, a young evangelical leader from
Costa Rica. Dr. Gallaway arranged for
Asbury Seminary and First Church Peoria
to partner together for scholarship and
living expenses for the Palomos to come to
Asbury Seminary. Today, Luis Palomo serves
as the Bishop of the Methodist Church
in Costa Rica, He founded the Methodist
Seminary in Costa Rica and teaches there
as well. Asbury Seminary recently signed a
partnership memorandum of agreement
with that seminary. Luis is also one of
the three international members on the
Seminary’s Board of Trustees, where he
helps bring a worldwide perspective to the
deliberations.
Dr. Ira Gallaway’s wisdom, experience,
his service on the Board of Trustees, and
his heart for the Kingdom have been vital
to Asbury Seminary as it has grown and
expanded. We thank God for his long life of
influence upon the global Church in general,
the United Methodist Church in particular,
and especially Asbury Theological Seminary.
J
oan Gore Krupa was a parishioner at First United
Methodist Church, Peoria, Illinois, when a new
pastor, Dr. Ira Gallaway, came to her church. A
few years later, in 1977, she attended the first Upper
Room Cursillo pilot program that transitioned into
becoming the Walk to Emmaus movement. She did not
know at the time that she and Ira Gallaway would end
up serving together on the Board of Trustees of Asbury
Theological Seminary or that she would be elected the
first female Chair of the Board in the Seminary’s 90year history.
Mrs. Krupa earned degrees in education and counseling
from Bradley University. She has since served in many
leadership positions in organizations in Peoria, such as
a program for at-risk preschool children and as Director
of the Children’s Home Association of Illinois’ Good
Beginning program. Joan directed the GED program at
the Peoria County Jail before being elected to the Peoria
County Board for two terms. In 2009, she served briefly
as State Representative to the Illinois General Assembly.
She has also held many leadership positions in her church.
She and her husband, Ted, lived in Asia for nearly eight years,
during which time she was a deacon and elder at Union
Church in Hong Kong. She and Ted introduced the Walk
to Emmaus Movement to Hong Kong in 1996 with the help
of many Peorians (including Ira Gallaway) who served on
the first Hong Kong team. In Beijing, she held leadership
positions at the Congregation of the Good Shepherd.
Upon her return to the States, Mrs. Krupa became the CEO
of Heartland Community Health Clinic, which now serves
over 30,000 medically uninsured/underserved patients.
She is a founding member of the Peoria Riverfront
Museum Board of Trustees. Since her three adult sons
reside on three continents, she enjoys traveling overseas
and seeing her three grandchildren who live nearby. Mrs.
Krupa was first elected to the Asbury Seminary Board
of Trustees in 2003 and has served as secretary and Vice
Chairperson before her current term as Board Chair.
When asked about Ira Gallaway’s influence on her as a
Christian and as a person, she replied, “Ira led me into a
deeper relationship with God, since Jesus and the Bible
were at the forefront of his sermons. Sally Gallaway, an
accomplished scholar in her own right, was my adult
Sunday School teacher and dear friend. Ira introduced
me to Maxie Dunnam and many Asbury Seminary
‘stars’ who visited First Church over two decades.”
As to being elected Asbury Seminary’s first female
Board Chair, Mrs. Krupa said, “After much prayer and
consultation with Christian friends, I accepted with
great hopefulness and a few butterflies in my stomach,
but with a clear knowledge that the Holy Spirit would
guide the Board while I served in this unique position.
(Butterflies have been replaced by joy since my election!)”
“As long as we remain true to our mission and remain
a blessing to the whole world” Mrs. Krupa stated with
conviction when asked about the Seminary’s future,
“Asbury Seminary will continue to be blessed by God
in ways we can only begin to imagine. Under President
Tennent’s fine leadership, with our world class faculty,
dedicated staff, outstanding alumni, friends, donors,
and Board, our awesome students will continue to
bring honor to the Kingdom of God in Jesus’ name.”
Joan Krupa honoring Ira during the dedication
of Gallaway Village on November 13, 2012.
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A Glimpse at a Few of the Incredible Professors of Asbury Seminary
Asbury Theological Seminary is blessed with a truly world-class and internationally-known faculty, who strive
to make a difference in the Kingdom through their service in the classroom and to the global Church. While
the mission of Asbury Seminary—preparing men and women to take the Good News of Jesus Christ around the
world—does not change, methods and varieties of ministry continue to evolve. Our faculty members, from various
disciplines within theological education, are both teachers and learners in this great Kingdom enterprise. Those
who are highlighted here are representative of the 60 full-time faculty members of Asbury Seminary.
Dr. Douglas Matthews, Vice President of Academic
Affairs and Provost came to Asbury Seminary as a member of the
administrative team in 2012. His 25 years of experience in Christian higher
education includes a wide range of areas, from student development to nontraditional graduate education models, as well as teaching, for which he has
received many and various awards.
Dr. Jose Javier Sierra, a professional counselor and
family and marriage therapist in the Chicago area for several years, now holds
licenses in health counseling and marriage and family therapy in the state of
Florida. As Associate Professor of Counseling and Pastoral Care on the Florida
Dunnam Campus of Asbury Seminary, he uses his education, experience,
and commitment to the Latino church in the Orlando area to also provide
marriage enrichment and parenting workshops and seminars in various local
churches, as well as in other Latin countries. He is the 2010 recipient of the
Seminary’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring.
Dr. Anne Gatobu’s education and experience in the parish
ministry as well as in pastoral care and counseling have equipped her well for
her current role as Dean of the School of Practical Theology and Associate
Professor of Pastoral Counseling at Asbury Seminary. Her heart for her native
Kenya is evidenced by the organization FOWCUS-Kenya, which she founded
and established, and which is a non-profit U.S.-based ministry to orphaned
children and women in her homeland,. Her newest book is entitled Female
Identity Formation and Response to Intimate Violence.
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Dr. Kevin Kinghorn is Professor of Philosophy and was the
first full-time ExL professor at Asbury Seminary. He is published in books and
articles, where his writings have been about subjects as varied as superheroes, C.
S. Lewis, Alfred Hitchcock, and sports, as well as moral and theological subjects.
In 2008 he was elected to the Theology faculty at Oxford University.
Dr. Jeffrey Frymire spent many years in pastoral
ministry before earning his PhD in Practical Theology with an emphasis on
homiletics. He is Associate Professor of Homiletics on the Florida Dunnam
Campus, helping prepare students for the best use of their preaching skills to
the glory of God. He has served in leadership positions in his denomination,
the Church of God (Anderson), and holds preaching clinics at conferences
and ministerial gatherings on the principles of narrative preaching.
Dr. Zaida Maldonado Pérez is Professor of
Church History and Theology on the Florida Dunnam Campus. She came
to Asbury Seminary after serving as director of the Hispanic Theological
Initiative at Princeton Theological Seminary. Her service to the global church
has included teaching at the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico as well as
other seminaries, and participation in seminars and speaking and teaching
engagements around the world.
Dr. Fred Long’s expertise ranges from classical and biblical
Greek to the Pauline Epistles to Greco-Roman society and culture. Besides his
teaching duties as Professor of New Testament on the Kentucky Campus, he is
an active presenter at the annual meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature
and has presented papers internationally. In addition, he is published widely
in the fields of biblical translation and analysis, having contributed essays
to several books and reference works. His most recent projects include
a handbook on the Greek text of 2 Corinthians and organizing a new
international Greek Honor Society (Gamma Rho Kappa).
Dr. Steve Offutt, one of the Seminary’s newest faculty
members, is Assistant Professor of Development Studies. As a sociologist of
religion, he prepares his students for ministry in the global Church through
studies in such issues as congregations and social change, new religious
movements, and contemporary cults. His strong interest in faith-based
international development has led to his work in Christian development and
missions organizations in Central America and Southern Africa.
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*All three of Asbury Seminary’s Kern cohorts posed for this picture. Missing Mark Matthews and Phil Carder.
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Andrea Abrahamson
Megan Byers
Cornerstone University;
Wesleyan;
Fall 2013 Cohort
Messiah College;
Brethren in Christ;
Fall 2013 Cohort
Mary Sullivan-Trent
Harrison Bell
Regent University;
United Methodist;
Fall 2013 Cohort
East Tennessee State University;
United Methodist;
Fall 2012 Cohort
Todd Ransom
Angela Shroeder
Kentucky Christian University;
Non-Denominational;
Fall 2012 Cohort
Bowling Green University;
United Methodist;
Fall 2012 Cohort
Ian Cole
Olivet Nazarene;
Church of the Nazarene;
Fall 2013 Cohort
Emily Bingham
Franklin and Marshall;
United Methodist;
Fall 2012 Cohort
Drew Baker
University of Southern Indiana;
Independent;
Fall 2011 Cohort
Evan Guse
Caitlin Martin
Purdue University;
United Methodist;
Fall 2013 Cohort
University of Georgia;
United Methodist;
Fall 2013 Cohort
Corey Burns
Johnathan Crabtree
Liberty University;
United Methodist;
Fall 2012 Cohort
Mississippi State University;
United Methodist;
Fall 2012 Cohort
Phil Carder
Stephen Fincher
Indiana Wesleyan University;
Wesleyan;
Fall 2011 Cohort
Auburn University;
United Methodist;
Fall 2011 Cohort
A
sbury Seminary welcomed the third cohort of Kern Scholars to
the Kentucky Campus in September, marking the Kern Scholars
Initiative’s third year. Funded by a $1.5 million grant from the
Kern Family Foundation, this initiative funds full-tuition scholarships
and a generous housing stipend to young, evangelical men and women
who are called to lifelong pastoral ministry in the United States. One of
just eight seminaries receiving this grant, Asbury Seminary was selected
in recognition of its M.Div. program of preparation through rigorous
scholarship in biblical studies, theological education, and practical
experience in a local church. With this third group in place, Asbury
Seminary’s Kern Scholars now number twenty-one, with a total of thirtyfive expected when the total of five cohorts is complete.
The Kern Scholars take most of their courses together. Each cohort
mentors the successive cohort of Kern Scholars. They also live in
community on the Kentucky Campus, intentionally clustered in housing.
This facilitates sharing of their faith and experiences and serves to
strengthen their commitment to their calling. In addition, they meet
as a monthly legacy group, led by Dr. Russell West, Associate Dean of
the Beeson Center for Biblical Preaching and Church Leadership and
Professor of Leadership Education.
Upon graduation and entering into pastoral ministry, the Kern Scholars
become Kern Pastors and are invited to participate in the Kern Pastors
Network, the Foundation’s postgraduate initiative. Studies show that the
greatest number of pastors leaves the ministry during their first five years.
The Kern Pastors Network seeks to alleviate the loneliness and isolation
such pastors may feel and encourages them to develop healthy, innovative
churches. The Kern Family Foundation also sponsors annual retreats
for Kern Scholars during and after their time in seminary. Relationships
fostered during their seminary studies are reinforced at the annual retreat
and will become an important pastoral network in ministry.
Seth Neckers
Kenneth Russell
Penn State, Behrend;
United Methodist;
Fall 2013 Cohort
Indiana Wesleyan University;
Wesleyan;
Fall 2013 Cohort
Mark Matthews
Alyssa Quade
Grove City College;
Christian & Missionary Alliance;
Fall 2012 Cohort
Jamestown College;
United Methodist;
Fall 2012 Cohort
In addition to their theological studies, the Kern Scholars, as well as all
M.Div. students, are encouraged to be involved in local churches. They are
also required to participate in the Mentored Ministries program, three
consecutive semesters in an approved church/ministry site. Students serve
ten hours a week at their approved site, interact two hours a week in a
Campus Reflection Group, and meet one hour a week with a mentor. This
combination of vocational tasks, instructive feedback, and theological
reflection prepares students for full-time ministry upon graduation.
Through the Beeson Center, Asbury Seminary is uniquely positioned to
provide world-class mentoring to these students. The group focuses on
gratitude and stewardship of opportunities, with the goal of developing
deep and abiding friendships to take with them into ministry. Kern
Scholars will join the Beeson Pastors on at least one international trip
during their time at Asbury Seminary. Last spring, the Scholars got to
visit KwangLim Church in Seoul, Korea.
Asbury Seminary has always emphasized students’ church and ministry
involvement throughout their theological preparation, which corresponds
with the Kern Family Foundation’s belief in the transformative power of
local churches. We are grateful to the Foundation for their funding of the
Kern Scholars Program.
Zachrey Fitzpatrick
Chris Peters
University of Georgia;
United Methodist;
Fall 2011 Cohort
University of the Cumberlands;
Baptist;
Fall 2011 Cohort
To learn more about opportunities through the Kern Scholarship Program,
please contact Asbury Seminary’s Admissions Office at 859.858.2211.
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Highlights from President Timothy C. Tennent’s Fifth Convocation Address
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B
en Meyer once wrote that, “Christianity has never
been more true to itself, more consistent with the
message of Jesus, or more evidently in route to its
own future than in the launching of the world mission of
the church.”1 From the dawn of the Abrahamic covenant
when God declared that in his seed “all nations would be
blessed,” to those falling tongues of fire which erupted into
global worship on the day of Pentecost, to that glorious day
on October 27, 1771 when Francis Asbury first stepped foot
onto this continent, to the Lausanne Global Leadership
Forum held in Bangalore, India this past summer, and
a thousand other examples which could be cited, the
Church, when true to itself, has always been about global
mission: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good
news!” (Isa. 52:7; Rom. 10:15). Asbury Seminary’s founding
motto, “the whole Bible for the whole world” reflects in seed
form this grand biblical vision. It is that vision which was
made command through our Risen Lord Jesus Christ when
he said, “make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:19). We
are the sent people of God—sent out as joyful participants
in God’s redemptive mission in the world. The difference
between a church which says to the world “come to church”
versus a church which says to its own members “go to the
world” is, perhaps, a more defining shift than has been fully
appreciated. That movement from an attractional model to
a missional model, from a seeker-sensitive model to postseeker model, from a programmatic model to a relational
model, from a Christendom to a post-Christendom model
is profound and, in the process, might help us to rediscover
the missional nature of the Church of Jesus Christ. Indeed,
the very phrase “missional church” is a grammatical
tautology, like the phrase, “a male man” or a “four cornered
square.” The Church is by nature and calling missional –
an outpost of the New Creation in Adam’s world.
The only true church is a missional church because
this is the route to our own future. Asbury Theological
Seminary’s 2023 vision of our own future, if it is to be
truly transformative for our students and our graduates,
must be tied to this great missional, redemptive plot
authored by God himself.
Francis Asbury “on Mission”
with God in the Frontier
This vision of a church on mission with the Triune
God is not alien to our own Wesleyan tradition.
Indeed, this is our truest identity. There has never
been a more successful church planting movement in
America than the story of the Methodist movement
which is still the only church planting movement
which planted a church in every county in the
country. This vision was inaugurated by none other
than Francis Asbury, one of the greatest pioneer
church planters in the history of the church and
from whom our seminary derives its name. Asbury
preached in taverns, he preached in court houses, he
preached in the public square, he preached in the
tobacco fields, he preached in homes, he preached
in prisons, he preached under shaded trees and
yes, he even preached in churches! If he had been
alive today you would have seen him on YouTube
and FaceBook. He would have been waiting in the
parking lot outside a Lady Gaga concert. Asbury
averaged 6,000 miles per year; traveled over 270,000
miles on horseback, and preached over 15,500
sermons (not counting exhortations). To read the
conference journals on the growth of the church is
inspiring. In the first year of ministry in the New
World Asbury and his preaching band had led almost
1,000 people to Jesus Christ. By 1775, there were
3,148 members reported. By 1777, 5,000 Methodists
were reported, and, four years later, almost 11,000.
By 1796, the church had over 70,000 members. One
year, 1801, saw over 14,000 new people brought
to Christ, bringing the overall number to 104,070
and, from there, the growth became exponential,
numbering eventually in the millions. Today there
are 80 distinct Methodist movements worldwide
comprising nearly 80 million people!
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Facing our Missional Frontier
We, like Francis Asbury over 240 years ago, face a
great missionary challenge, right here in North
America, as well as around the world. The challenge
to spread scriptural holiness is just as urgent today
as in his day. Asbury faced many dangers and
perils, and this seminary named in his honor has
experienced its own share of trials and difficulties.
Sometimes storms can serve to define us, even
shaping our destiny, for good or for ill.
Brothers and sisters of Asbury Theological Seminary…
we don’t need to be intimidated by the scholarship
of any other school or sector of evangelicalism. We
don’t need to waste our God-given energies criticizing
Pentecostals, or Reformed Christians or Baptists, or
any other group. We must sing the song that God has
given us to sing and allow our own God-given grand
vision of spreading scriptural holiness throughout the
world shine forth!
A whole new Christianity is being re-discovered
by the global Church—one that is more apostolic,
more missional, more prophetic. It will be a church
less domesticated than the one most of us have
known. If we are humble enough we just might see
how nominal we have become. There is a difference
between a post-Christian West and a post-Western
Christianity. The world is re-discovering a gospel,
which is beyond much of our experience of it,
and in the light of a re-energized apostolic faith,
we will come out of this better Wesleyans than we
are now. That is the amazing thing about global
Christianity—it breaks you of your parochialism,
but, in the process, returns to you an even better
particularity than you ever had!
Brothers and sisters, Asbury Seminary is well
positioned to negotiate these new realities. We will
lead in on-line Extended Learning. We will lead in
demonstrating how to unite sound learning and vital
piety. We will lead in living out the vital link between
soul care and creation care. We will lead with our
commitment to a residential renaissance. We will
lead in our faithfulness to biblical authority and
biblical preaching! We will lead with our Hispanic
initiatives on our Orlando campus. We will lead
the way in finding that important balance between
contextual sensitivity and prophetic clarity. We will
lead with our joyful engagement with the global
Church, not as Methodist Christians trying to extend
or aggrandize our own little groups, but as the people
of God who, by the way, happen to embody a joyful
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Wesleyan vision, who will join with Christians from
around the world in bearing witness to Christ and the
in-breaking New Creation. We will lead in training a
whole new generation of church planters. We cannot
afford to let this opportunity slip away from us. Like
Asbury of old, we are looking out on a whole new
frontier. It is a frontier which looks a lot different
from the one Asbury faced, but is no less daunting.
We must unleash new networks of church planting
movements. We will lead in the empowering of
women for ministry around the world; women who
are anointed by God and committed to historic faith.
We will lead in providing resources for the church
here and around the world. With our state-of-theart scanning technology, coupled with our Seedbed
platform and our global relationships fostered by
our global partnerships, as well as our budding
connections to the Lausanne movement, there is no
limit to what new horizons we can extend. This is the
future we are in route to. It is a missional vision,
with a global impact, in the Wesleyan spirit.
We are called to be the people of God on mission
with the Spirit in the world. Asbury Seminary
is on route to its own future. Our goal is not to
balance our budget, or to see men and women
walk across stages and receive degrees. Our goal
is not to plan the perfect curriculum, or to have
the most beautiful campus. None of those things
appear in our mission statement. Our goal is
always the training and sending forth of Spiritfilled and sanctified men and women into ministry.
The greatest hermeneutic of the gospel is the
community of believers themselves as we embody
the gospel in the midst of a fallen world. You are to
be outposts of the future in the present age. There
is no better hermeneutic of the gospel than that.
Ravi Zaccharias once said there are actually five
gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and the lives of
Christians, and most people will never read the first
four. This is our great calling: embodied holiness
on mission in the world. It is, therefore, in the end,
not about what we do, but about what He is doing
and our joyful participation in His mission. The
devil wants us to orient ourselves around what he
is doing in the world. The gospel calls us to orient
ourselves around what the Triune God is doing in
the world. That choice is before each of us this day.
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Chuck Van Engen, People on the Way
Dr. Tennent’s Convocation Address can be
found in its entirety at seedbed.com.
How lovely on the mountains
are the feet of him who brings good news,
who announces peace and brings good news
of happiness, who announces salvation, and
says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Isaiah 52:7
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A
nniversaries serve a dual
purpose—that of delving into
the past as well as anticipating
the future. Asbury Seminary’s 90th
anniversary is one of those times. This
issue of the Herald commemorates
our past, while looking forward to our
100th birthday. The 2023 Strategic
Plan, which was adopted last year, is
serving Asbury Seminary as our guide
into the future in several aspects of
the Seminary program.
One of the ten vision statements
for the Strategic Plan states that
“Asbury Theological Seminary will
be a wellspring of training and
collaboration for church renewal and
lay revitalization as well as the training
of church planters and the stimulation
of new church planting movements.”
A new degree, the Master of Arts in
Church Planting, launched this fall,
will train students in the theological,
theoretical, and practical literatures
of church planting. Students who
complete this course of study will
be equipped to plant churches in
whatever culture to which God calls
them. One of our newest professors,
Dr. W. Jay Moon, Associate Professor
of Church Planting and Evangelism,
is leading this emphasis.
Another one of our vision statements
declares that Asbury Seminary, which
is committed to “spread Scriptural
holiness throughout the world,” will
be globally positioned to equip, train,
serve, and support the world Christian
movement. In addition to the emphasis
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on church planting, the Seminary is
committed to ensuring that its faculty
members are conversant with trends
and emerging movements in global
Christianity and are fully capable of
teaching and training in cross-cultural
contexts. Partnerships and affiliate
relationships are being pursued with
a wide range of international training
institutions who share a common
vision. So far, the Seminary has signed
partnership agreements with nine
such institutions, with others under
development. These partnerships
allow for the two-way movement of
faculty, staff, students, and resources.
Institutions abroad, for instance,
have much to teach us about church
planting, while Asbury Seminary
can share its expertise in library
management and development, as
well as other aspects of theological
education. Such sharing among
institutions is a response to the Holy
Spirit’s movement around the world.
One of the goals in the 2023 Strategic
Plan is for Asbury Seminary to be
a leader in leadership-supported
lay ministry, as a well-trained lay
ministry is at the heart of any serious
commitment to church renewal,
member revitalization, and church
planting. The Seminary has developed
the Lay Mobilization Institute, a
discipleship strategy which facilitates
a congregational transformation
process, consisting of a four-part series
for pastors and key lay partners. Pastors
and lay teams who attend receive their
own congregation transformation
coach. In this way, Asbury Seminary
carries out its strong commitment
to resource churches into missional
centers of discipleship. The intent of
the Lay Mobilization Institute is to
mobilize the entire people of God as
disciple-making disciples in ministry
and mission within each local church
congregation in order to transform the
world around them.
A further initiative to impact the
global Church is Asbury Seminary’s
Seedbed.com. This initiative sows
the whole gospel into the whole world
by uniting voices around a shared
vision and publishing resources, both
electronic and print, to awaken the
Wesleyan movement for the 21stcentury Church. One of the most
popular Seedbed offerings is the SevenMinute Seminary video series, in which
today’s theological leaders give sevenminute talks on a range of relevant
topics. Seedbed’s most recent venture is a
state-of-the art “print local” technology
for international book distribution.
By maintaining a single print file in its
US-based host manufacturing center,
Seedbed’s offerings will be accessible
for its local printing sites around
the world. Currently the print local
network operates with plants in the
UK, Australia, and Singapore. India and
Brazil will soon be coming online.
Through these and other initiatives
and emphases, the future of Asbury
Seminary is indeed bright, through
the grace of God and the support of
our alumni and friends.
Below are the names of the individuals, corporations, trusts, foundations,
churches, and estates that have financially supported Asbury Theological Seminary
during the previous fiscal year (July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013). Each name represents a
person or institution that has sacrificially given to support the mission of Asbury Seminary.
By doing so, they have invested in Asbury Seminary so that we may invest in our
students and they can go out into the world to invest in Kingdom-work.
While every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy in the report,
we recognize errors are possible. Please forgive omissions and
call 859-858-2305 to make any corrections you find.
Dr. Graham Abbott
Dr. & Mrs. William Fraher Abernathy
ABR Construction Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. William James Abraham
Rev. & Mrs. Jorge Agustin Acevedo
Rev. & Mrs. George F. Adam, Sr.
Mr. David C. Adams
Dr. Evyn M. Adams
Mrs. Joyce Nordquest Adams
Miss Linda Gail Adams
Mrs. Marilyn J. Adams
Mrs. Nadine W. Adams
Ms. Zainab A. Adeniji-Reynolds
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Adkinson
Agape Counseling Services
AgMark, L.L.C.
Ms. Terra Aguirre
Rev. & Mrs. Charles R. Aigner
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Akahoshi
Rev. & Mrs. David Martin Albertson
Aldersgate United Methodist
Church of Dobb’s Ferry, NY
Rev. Eugenia Joyce Alexander
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Linley Alexander
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Allen
Dr. & Mrs. E. Drell Allen
Pastor & Mrs. James Douglas Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Allen
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas P. Allen
Rev. Ashlee Elaine Alley
Rev. & Mrs. Joseph W. Alley
Alliance Coal LLC
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Y. Allison
Alternative Power Solutions
Mr. & Mrs. David Altorfer
Amend Ministry, Inc.
American General Life Insurance Co.
Rev. & Mrs. A. Eugene Amerson
Rev. & Mrs. Guy Chetwood Ames, III
Rev. & Mrs. Daniel J. Amey
Mr. Brian Lee Amstutz
Mrs. Miriam Jean Amstutz
Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. John Anderson
Ms. June Anderson
Rev. & Mrs. Loren E. Anderson
Rev. & Mrs. Robert L. Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. Foy R. Andrews, Jr.
Dr. Leslie A. Andrews
Dr. & Mrs. Robert F. Andrews
Rev. Roger Lee Andrews
Anonymous
Mr. Michael & Mrs. Barbara Antrobus
Appalachian Ministries Educational
Resource Center
Mr. & Mrs. Turner Arant
Pastor & Mrs. Josue Requiao Araujo
Dr. & Mrs. Lewis Hunt Archer
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Armour
Mr. & Mrs. Wendel Blake Arms
Rev. Jason & Rev. Beth Armstrong
Dr. & Mrs. Bill T. Arnold
Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Arnold
Mr. & Mrs. John Douglas Arnold
Rev. & Mrs. Neil L. Arnold
Arthur Muselman Family Foundation
Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Emmanuel
Kwadwo Asare-Kusi
Asbury United Methodist Church
of Tulsa, OK
Asbury University
Mr. & Mrs. Shawn Rene Atchley
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Atherton
Rev. & Mrs. David L. Atkinson
ATS Korean Alumni
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Aubrey
Rev. & Mrs. Rurel R. Ausley, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Babby
Rev. Kenneth & Rev. Naomi Babcock
Rev. & Mrs. Ernest R. Babel
Dr. & Mrs. Paul M. Baddour
Rev. & Mrs. Robert M. Bailey
Mr. & Mrs. George Bailey
Rev. & Mrs. Maurice E. Bailey
Bainbridge Church of Christ
Dr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Baker
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Baker
Mr. & Mrs. William Edward Baldwin
Mr. James William Ballard
Chaplain & Mrs. David C. Ballew
Mr. & Mrs. Jose J. Banales
Bank of America Matching Gifts
Mr. Curtis A. Banker
Rev. & Mrs. H. Raymond Banks
Dr. & Mrs. Ray Gene Barber
Dr. & Mrs. Eugene P. Barbour
Rev. & Mrs. Danny M. Barfield
Mr. Mark Eric Barfield
Mrs. Ruby Katherine Barker
Rev. & Mrs. William R. Barlow
Barnard Law Office, PLLC
Rev. & Mrs. Kevin Bryan Barnes
Mr. & Mrs. William David Barnes, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Dennis G. Barnett
Mr. & Mrs. Vernie T. Barnett
Ms. Pshon Barrett
Rev. & Mrs. Jack M. Bartholomew
Rev. & Mrs. Alan E. Bartlett
Bishop & Mrs. Donald Bastian
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Mrs. Marcella R. Bateman
Dr. & Mrs. Gerald E. Bates
Dr. David R. Bauer
Rev. & Mrs. Vernon L. Bauer
Rev. & Mrs. Bruce Baumberger
Mr. James L. Baumgardner
Dr. & Mrs. Bruce E. Baxter
Rev. & Mrs. Charles E. Beahm
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas Bealmear
Rev. & Mrs. Steven Thomas Beam, Sr.
Rev. & Mrs. Reed E. Beard
Rev. & Mrs. Alan H. Beasley
Dr. & Mrs. G. Earl Beatty
Rev. & Mrs. Stan A. Beatty
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Standley Bebout
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Beck
Chaplain Major & Mrs. James W. Beckley
Ms. Lauren Bedevian
Rev. Bill C. Bedsole
Rev. & Mrs. Brian L. Beeks
Dr. & Mrs. John F. Beeson
Rev. & Mrs. Lucien E. Behar
Rev. & Mrs. Ben Belcher
Dr. James Allison Belcher
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bell
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bellman
Mr. A. Mark Bennett, III
Ms. Joy Bennett
Rev. & Mrs. Stephen L. Bennett
Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Bennett
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Payne Bennett
Rev. & Mrs. Ryan Palmer Bennett
Mrs. Jane P. Bennighof
Rev. James D. Benson
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas William Bentum, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. James Robert Beranek
Rev. & Mrs. Robert Berkebile
Rev. Charles W. Bertrand
Ms. Mary Betterton
Rev. & Mrs. Floyd W. B’Hymer
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas Emil Bias
Rev. & Mrs. Howard L. Biddulph
Bill & Carol Latimer Charitable
Foundation
Rev. & Mrs. Leland B. Billings
Mrs. Sara Marie Bird
Mr. & Mrs. James Birdwell
Mr. & Mrs. Randall P. Birdwell
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Bish
Rev. & Mrs. Harold R. Bishop
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon Lee Bishop
Mrs. Joyce B. Bittle
Rev. & Mrs. J. Allen Black, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. John Robert Black
Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. Black
Dr. & Mrs. David Wayne Blackmer
Rev. & Mrs. James A. Blaine
Rev. & Mrs. William Jay Blair
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Paul Blankenship
Blessed Earth, Inc.
Rev. Steven Allen Blest
Mr. Edward & Mrs. Debra Blews
Mr. & Mrs. Adam Michael Blincoe
Mr. Neal Bliven
Rev. & Mrs. Nelson R. Blount
Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Boadway
Ms. Sandra Boatright
Rev. & Mrs. James L. Bocian
Dr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Bodey, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. I. Howard Boeckner
Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Ronald Bogen
Rev. & Mrs. David R. Boger
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Pastor J. Robert Boggs, Jr.
Mrs. Jodie Boggs
Rev. Leon A. Boggs
Mr. Frank Boggus
Mr. & Mrs. Sonny Bolton
Rev. Dawn S. Bond
Rev. & Mrs. Merritt Franklin Bongard
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bonney
Rev. & Mrs. Harold Bonney
Dr. R. Brian Bonney
Rev. Curtis & Rev. Leslie Book
Mr. Jerry W. Boozer
Rev. & Mrs. Max W. Borah
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Borden
Dr. Clifton Jason Borders
Mr. & Mrs. Tristan Paul Borland
Dr. Charles L. Boss
Mr. & Mrs. R. Wiley Bourne, Jr.
Chaplain & Mrs. Curtis R. Bowers, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond A. Bowery
Mr. & Mrs. David Bowles
Rev. & Mrs. Allen J. Bowman
Rev. Jessica Lynne Box
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Llewellyn Boyd
Mr. & Mrs. Curt Brantingham
Mrs. Ellen Brantingham
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Brantley
Rev. & Mrs. Steven Mark Bray
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. David L. Brazelton
Bread for the World Institute
Rev. & Mrs. Kenneth John Bremer
Pastor & Mrs. Dewayne Lee Brewer
Rev. & Mrs. William P. Brigden
Pastor & Mrs. Barry Ryan Briggs
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Timothy B. Brittain
Broadhurst Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. David Bradon Brokaw
Rev. & Mrs. Boyce F. Brooks
Rev. & Mrs. Joshua David Brooks
Mrs. Martha Ann Brooks
Rev. Philip D. & Rev. Gloria Brooks
Rev. Lori Ann Broschat
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Bruce Brossman
Brosville Animal Clinic
Rev. Daniel Clark Brown
Dr. & Mrs. Danny Harris Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Brown
Rev. & Mrs. Jack M. Brown
Rev. & Mrs. Keith E. Brown
Pastor & Mrs. Mary Susan Brown
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas Elmer Brown
Mr. William Brown
Rev. & Mrs. David E. Brownlee
Mr. & Mrs. Gene Bruhn
Mr. & Mrs. James C. Brumfield
Mr. Richard & Rev. Rhoda Brumfield
Rev. & Mrs. J. Jamison Brunk
Rev. & Mrs. William F. Brunk
Mr. & Mrs. John Paul Brunstetter
Rev. & Mrs. D. Max Brunton
Ms. Karla L. Bryant
Mr. David & Mrs. Vickie Bryant
Mr. Walter Bryant
Mr. & Mrs. Burl Buchanan
Rev. & Mrs. David J. Buck
Rev. Scott P. & Rev. Pamela Buck
Ms. Dabney Buckingham
Rev. & Mrs. Jay P. Buckingham
Mrs. Dorothy H. Bullis
Rev. John R. & Rev. Ellen Bullock
Rev. Lori Leigh Bultemeier
Rev. & Mrs. Lloyd Bumpus
Rev.Salvatore & Mrs. Nancy Buonocore
Rev. & Mrs. James Duke Burdette
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Scott Burgess
Mrs. Marcia Kay Burgess
Rev. & Mrs. Lawrence D. Burke
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Burkhart
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Burkman
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Francis Burks
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey W. Burnell
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred H. Burns
Rev. Clifton L. & Rev. Leanne Burris
Rev. & Mrs. Robert L. Burtch
Rev. & Mrs. David L. Burton
Comr. & Mrs. John Busby
Mrs. June Inabnet Busby
Rev. & Mrs. Larry M. Bush
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Lee Busick
Rev. & Mrs. Benjamin Hartford Butler
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Butler
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Q. Butterworth, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. David P. Butts
Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Bynner
Rev. & Mrs. Lawrence Byrnes
Mrs. Luvenia A. Caister
Lt. Gen. William B. & Rev.
Stephanie Caldwell, IV
Dr. & Mrs. Wayne Caldwell
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Richard Guy Calhoun
Mr. Joel A. Calicott
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Andrew Calvert, Jr.
Mrs. Grace A. Cameron
Mr. & Mrs. Denny L. Camp
Rev. Donald L. & Rev. Dora Campbell
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. John Gary Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. John Richard Campbell
Rev. & Mrs. Michael Lee Canada
Ms. Laura Louise Canine
Rev. & Mrs. Steven G. Cann
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Cantrell
Mr. James E. Capin
Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Capin
Ms. Jonelle Marie Capitano
Mr. Brian & Mrs. Sheila Carlblom
Dr. & Mrs. Donald Carlson
Rev. & Mrs. E. Luke Carlson
Mr. & Mrs. John Carlson
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Carmack
Ms. Glenda M. Carpenter
Pastor & Mrs. Jon David Carrell
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Goforth Carson
Rev. & Mrs. Craig A. Carter
Dr. & Mrs. E. Earl Carver
Dr. Kimberly Fay Case
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Martin A. Case
Rev. & Mrs. Anthony Ray Casey
Rev. & Mrs. Joe Severo Castillo
Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Castle
Rev. & Mrs. John Edwin Casto
Caterpillar Foundation
Central United Methodist Church
of Fayetteville, AR
Ms. Tammy Lee Cessna
Mr. Gary Chamberlain
Dr. & Mrs. Curtis A. Chambers
Mr. Eugene Chambers
Mrs. Helen Chamness
Mrs. Yuen Shan Chan
Rev. & Mrs. John Edward Chandler
Ms. Joyce D. Chandler
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Chapman
Pastor & Mrs. Michael S. Chapman
Mr. & Mrs. R. Thomas Chapman
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Chase
Chatlos Foundation, Inc.
Ms. Karyn Chaudoin
Rev. & Mrs. Wade H. Childers
Rev. & Mrs. Mark A. Chow
Rev. & Mrs. W. Jing Chow
Mr. Wing Kong Chow
Christ United Methodist Church of
Memphis, TN
Christ United Methodist Church of
Hickory, NC
Christ Wesleyan Church of
Greensboro, NC
Rev. & Mrs. Donald E. Christensen
Christian Life Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Christian
Ms. Deborah Christie
Rev. & Mrs. Herbert E. Claar
Mr. & Mrs. David Claridge
Mrs. Carolyn Clayton
Ms. Catherine P. Clayton
Rev. & Mrs. John M. Clements
Rev. & Mrs. J. Fay Cleveland
Ms. Elizabeth Clevenger
Rev. & Mrs. Donald R. Cline
Mr. & Mrs. Cloyd Edwin Carlos
Mr. Robert S. Clyde
Rev. & Mrs. Gerald W. Coates
Rev. & Mrs. Robert Fred Coburn
The Coca-Cola Foundation
Rev. John H. Coffee, Jr.
Mrs. Olivia Miller Coffman
Mr. William James Cogswell
Mr. & Mrs. Gary M. Cole
Rev. & Mrs. Kay D. Cole
Ms. Edrel Coleman
Rev. & Mrs. Edward C. Coleman
Rev. & Mrs. Milan S. Coleman
Rev. & Mrs. Richard E. Coleson
Dr. & Mrs. Phillip Bruce Collier
Mr. & Mrs. William Collier
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Joseph Collins
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Collins
Ms. Patricia A. Collins
Mr. & Mrs. McGuire Conway Colliver
Rev. Donald R. Comer
Mrs. Ola Comer
Commerce First United Methodist
Church of Commerce, GA
Community Foundation of Louisville
Community Foundation of North Texas
Community Foundation of South Georgia
Community Foundation of Central Illinois
Community Foundation of South Alabama
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay
Community Foundation of the
Chattahoochee Valley
Rev. & Mrs. Jay A. Comstock
Mr. & Mrs. Ardis Conat
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer L. Congleton
Rev. Sandra Elder Conley
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Conner
Rev. David & Rev. Chris Cook
Dr. & Mrs. Dean Cook
Mr. & Mrs. James H. Cook
Rev. Wayne Patrick Cook
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cooke
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cooley
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Andrew James Cooney
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Alvin R. Cooper
Mrs. Jackie Cooper
Rev. & Mrs. Sterling H. Cooper
Rev. & Mrs. Delmas M. Copeland
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Copeland
Mr. Robert & Mrs. Rebecca Copeland
Dr. & Mrs. W. Joel Copeland, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. E. Halson Copley
Rev. Delvin Coppinger
Rev. & Mrs. Claude T. Corbett
Rev. & Mrs. Donald Burke Corbit
Mr. & Mrs. Olin B. Cosby
Ms. Anya Cost
Mr. & Mrs. Craig M. Cottrill
Rev. Marilyn Sue Couger
Mr. John A. Counter
Ms. Louise Courtelis
Dr. & Mrs. Glenn L. Courts
Covenant United Methodist
Church of Winterville, NC
Rev. Dr. Darrell K. & Rev. Pam T. Cowart
Mr. Randy & Mrs. Cheri Cowell
Dr. & Mrs. David L. Cowen
Mr. & Mrs. James T. Cox
Rev. & Mrs. Randall Allen Coy
Mrs. Rowean Crader
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Craig
Mr. & Mrs. Byron Crain
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Craine
Dr. & Mrs. Jack C. Cramer
Mr. & Mrs. J. Walter Cramer
Rev. & Mrs. Wallace Peter Crawford
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Crays
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Keith Cressman
Rev. Donald W. Crider
Mr. & Mrs. Johnny D. Crist
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Dean Crock
Rev. & Mrs. Steven Mark Croft
Mrs. Joyce Cromwell
Rev. & Mrs. Tom O. Crosby, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Tony Gary Crosby
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Crosby
Dr. J.B. & Dr. Bette Crouse
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Crouse
Rev. & Mrs. Greig Duane Crowder
Mr. Louis & Rev. Nancy Crowl
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Donny Lee Crowson
Dr. & Mrs. Noah Clayton Croy
Mrs. Grace Crum
Rev. Robert H. Crumbley
Rev. Michael David Crump
Mr. & Mrs. Clark Cryderman
Dr. Wayne & Rev. Dorothy Culp
Dr. & Mrs. T. Joe Culumber
Dr. & Mrs. Harold W. Custer
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Mark Dadisman
Rev. & Mrs. Danny Lee Dahl
Ms. Sherry L. Dame
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Albert Damkoehler
Mrs. Dorothy H. Daniel
Mr. Lowell K. Daniel
Rev. & Mrs. Paul Edwin Daniels
Dr. & Mrs. Jay Dargan
Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Dauenbaugh
Rev. & Mrs. Robert P. Daughenbaugh
Dr. & Mrs. Julian A. Davies
Rev. & Mrs. Brian S. Davis
Rev. & Mrs. Bruce K. Davis
Dr. & Mrs. Casey Wayne Davis
Rev. & Mrs. E. Parks Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Elvis Davis
Mr. John G. Davis
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Davis
Rev. & Mrs. Julian Lamar Davis, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. T. Edward Davis, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Talbot Alan Davis
Dr. Warner F. Davis
Dr. & Mrs. Woody D. Davis
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Donald Junior Davitz
Rev. & Mrs. Douglas James Dawson
DBA/By Divine Design
Mrs. Cynthia Goodyear Dean
Dr. & Mrs. Marcus Wesley Dean
Mrs. Ruth Ann Dean
Mr. & Mrs. Dale Dechenne
Rev. & Mrs. Frederick M Decker, Jr.
Chaplain & Mrs. David DeDonato
Ms. Dianne Deemer
Mr. Leonard A. Deets
Rev. & Mrs. Robert Lee Deich
Mr. George deJager
Delta Natural Gas Company
Rev. & Mrs. William DeMersseman
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. John Charles Dendiu, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Mark H. Denham
Rev. & Mrs. Gregory Joseph Denk
Rev. & Mrs. Doyle C. Dennings
Rev. Daniel L. Dennis
Rev. Curtis & Rev. Celestyne DeVance
Mrs. Marie Deviney
Dr. Marvin Lee Deviney, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Charles B. DeWitt
Rev. & Mrs. David A. Diamond
Rev. & Mrs. Barry D. Dickerson
Rev. & Mrs. Rusty Dickerson
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis E. Dickinson
Rev. & Mrs. Paul J. Dickinson
Rev. & Mrs. Douglas E. Diehl
Rev. & Mrs. David Bryan Dietzel
Rev. J. Roger Dill
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Dillon
Dr. & Mrs. Burrell D. Dinkins
Rev. & Mrs. Clarence Dinnen
Ms. Suzanne M. Dinwiddie
Rev. & Mrs. Clarence G. Dishman
Mr. & Mrs. Dale S. Ditto
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas W. Ditto
Mrs. Lila Clausen Dizon
Dr. & Mrs. Nolan B. Donald
Rev. & Mrs. Marc Blain Donaldson
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Dongell
Dr. & Mrs. Oliver Bryson Dongell
Rev. & Mrs. Lloyd J. Donnell
Dora Tes Basileas Foundation
Pastor & Mrs. W. Ernest Dorrell
Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Dorsett
Rev. & Mrs. William H. Doubblestein
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Eric Douglass
Cpt. John Dove
Rev. & Mrs. C. Leroy Doverspike
Mr. Andrew Dragos
Pastor & Mrs. Walter Kevin Drane
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Draper
Dream Maker Real Estate, LLC
Dr. & Mrs. Jay F. Dudley
Rev. & Mrs. Paul D. Duerksen
Mr. Jerry & Mrs. Nancy Dumas
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Hunt Dunagan
Mr. & Mrs. J. Henry Duncan
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Dunham
Mrs. Mary Dunham
Rev. Floyd R. Dunlap
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Dunn
Dr. Margaret Ann Dunn
Mr. & Mrs. Jarrell R. Dunson, III
Rev. Charles & Mrs. JoAnn Dupree
Rev. J. William Dupree
Mr. Stanley & Mrs. Pamela Durden
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip R. Durden
Dr. & Mrs. Phil Duvall
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas R. Dyer
Mr. & Mrs. Robert John Dykman
Rev. & Mrs. Martin Stanley Earl
Mr. & Mrs. Martha Easter
Rev. & Mrs. Emmitt W. Eccard, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Richard K. Eckley
Mrs. Ruth Eddins
Ms. Pennie Marie Eddy
Dr. & Mrs. Michael W. Eden
Mr. Ted Eden
Mr. & Mrs. Kirk Edens
Mrs. Patsy Edens
Educational Opportunities Tours
Mr. Edward Jones
Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Philip Edwards
Mr. Steve & Rev. June Edwards
Rev. Lewis B. Edwards
Rev. & Mrs. O. Kemp Edwards
Mr. Richard A. Edwards, J.D.
Rev. & Mrs. Walter D. Edwards
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Egan
Mr. & Mrs. Geoff Egbers
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt K. Eichorst
Rev. & Mrs. William D. Eisele
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Eisenhuth
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ekberg
Mr. Raja Elango
Mr. & Mrs. David C. Elliott
Rev. Dr. Stephen & Dr. Marilyn Elliott
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond W. Ellis
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. James Francis Ellison
Rev. & Mrs. Charles Hugh Ellison
Elroy & Vickie Wisian Ministries
Rev. Ann Elizabeth Emerson
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Conant Emery, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. James Nesbit Endicott, IV
Rev. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Engle
Mr. & Mrs. Shelby Ennis
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Evan Enns
The Hon. & Mrs. Ron Enns
Rev. & Mrs. Kurt F. Erhard
Rev. & Mrs. Michael K. Erickson
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph F. Ernst, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Erny
Rev. & Mrs. Robert E. Erny
Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Ervin, Jr.
Erwin T. Koch Charitable Trust
Mr. & Mrs. Tim Esau
Mrs. Bonny Jean Morton Eskew
Cdr. & Mrs. Otis D. Essex, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Terry A. Euper
Evans Investments, Ltd.
Mr. & Mrs. David Evans
Rev. Jual H. Evans
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Evans
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Everitt
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Evers
ExxonMobil Foundation
Rev. & Mrs. Lloyd R. Eyre
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Faber
Mr. Vincent P. & Mrs. Vadean E. Facione
Mr. & Mrs. C. D. Faggard, Jr.
Rev. Leonard & Dr. Lisa Fair
Dr. & Mrs. Leighton Fairbairn
Mr. & Mrs. James Farland
Dr. & Mrs. James J. Fason, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Fastenow
Rev. & Mrs. Harry W. Fegan
Mr. Fred & Rev. Cathy Felber
Rev. & Mrs. Douglas William Ferguson
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Nicholas Ferguson
Mr. & Mrs. Bob Ferns
Rev. & Mrs. Harley M. Fiddler
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Rev. W. Claude Fillingim
Ms. Rebecca Finan
Rev. James Orndorff Finch
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Finklea
Dr. & Mrs. Bradford L. Fipps
First Baptist Church of Garland, TX
First Southern National Bank
First United Methodist Church of
Tulsa, OK
Lexington, KY
Lancaster, PA
Niceville, FL
Cape May C.H., NJ
Birmingham, MI
Blackwell, OK
Anson, TX
Saint John, WA
Goldthwaite, TX
Ms. Barbara Moss Fisher
Rev. & Mrs. Fred Fischer
Mr. George Fisher
Rev. & Mrs. Kenneth P. Fisher
Rev. & Mrs. Robert T. Fisher
Mrs. Kathryn Ann Fanning
Rev. & Mrs. Dennis W. Flaugher
Mr. Paul & Mrs. Sara Fleming
Dr. Arthur Fleser
Mr. John Florek
The Florida United Methodist
Foundation, Inc
Mr. Robert & Rev. Barb Flory
Dr. Wilbur H. Foard
Mrs. Virginia E. Foley
Mr. & Mrs. Walter D. Folmar
Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Michael Foote
Rev. & Mrs. Milton H. Ford
Mrs. Patricia B. Fornash
Ms. Glynn Fort
Rev. & Mrs. L. Daniel Foster
Mrs. Velma Foster
Mr. & Mrs. Winfred A. Foster, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Floyd Fought
Foundation for Evangelism
Rev. & Mrs. Leon D. Fowler
Mr. Clifton & Rev. Susan Fox
Rev. & Mrs. Douglas G. Fraley
Rev. & Mrs. Albert Edward Franke, III
Ms. Ann Y. Franklin
Rev. James M. Frazier
Fred L. & Virginia Nelson Trust
Rev. & Mrs. Roger Frederick
Rev. & Mrs. Ronald G. Frederick
Free Methodist Church of North America
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. George H. Freeman
Dr. Elaine Friedrich
Friendship Bible Church of
Keystone Heights, FL
Mr. David Frieze
Mr. & Mrs. Scott William Frisbie
Rev. & Mrs. Robert E. Fritts, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Willard W. Frost
Rev. & Mrs. David L. Fruth
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas R. Fry
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Fryman
Mr. & Mrs. John Arthur Fugh, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. David Wayne Fuller
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. James Phillip Fuller
Mr. James & Mrs. Sherree Funk
Rev. & Mrs. Max W. Furman
Rev. Dr. Ben & Rev. Dr. Dora Gafford
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Jeff Gage
Rev. & Mrs. Edgar H. Gaines, III
Rev. & Mrs. Leonard W. Gamber
Mr. Robert & Rev. Carol Gander
Ms. Esther L. Gant
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Gantz
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Garman
Rev. & Mrs. Lanny Garner
Rev. & Mrs. William Reese Garrard, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Bradford Garrett
Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah Kirby Garrett
Mr. William N. Garrett
Rev. & Mrs. James F. Garrison
Dr. Anne Kiome Gatobu
Ms. Sue Ann Gauck
GE Foundation
Rev. & Mrs. Roy Wallace Gearhart
Rev. & Mrs. Raymond D. Gearing, Jr.
Rev. Reginald E. Gentry
Mr. Ronald C. Gentry
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Gary George
Mrs. Mary George
Mr. Lowell K. Gerber
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Steven Anton Gerig
Rev. & Mrs. Michael L. Gibbons
Rev. & Mrs. C. Michael Gibson
Mrs. June T. Gibson
Rev. & Mrs. William Carey Gibson
Rev. & Mrs. Stan E. Gill
Pastor William D. Gillespie, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Edson G. Gilmore
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel K. Gilmore
Mr. & Mrs. Wylie Gilmore
Rev. & Mrs. Richard R. Givens, II
Giving Assets, Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Evans Gladding
Mr. & Mrs. Pete Glavas
Mr. William K. Glover, II
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Stephen Gober
Mr. & Mrs. Julian Goddard
Rev. & Mrs. John Albert Godissart
Rev. & Mrs. Gary R. Goettel
Mr. & Mrs. John Goff
Col. & Mrs. David O. Golden
Mr. & Mrs. Efraim Mark Goldstein
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Goodenough
Dr. & Mrs. James Goodman
Dr. & Mrs. David Goodnight
Dr. & Mrs. Norman Goodwin
Dr. & Mrs. William C. Goold
Mrs. Ruth D. Gordon
Dr. & Mrs. David Gorenz
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Neville Sterling Gosman
Rev. & Mrs. David Johnston Goss
Dr. & Mrs. Milton Gould
Rev. & Mrs. Richard A. Gould
Pastor Cynthia Hinson Graham
Ms. Doris J. Graham
Mrs. Summer Noel Graham
Rev. Dr. Walter D. Graham, III
Grand Prairie Evangelical Methodist
Church of Stuttgart, AR
Mr. & Mrs. Clair Gray
Mrs. Betty Green
Rev. Cecil Green, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Joseph S. Green
Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Eugene Green
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy L Green
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Green
Mr. Jaime S. Greene
Rev. & Mrs. Robert Denny Greene
Dr. & Mrs. J. Harold Greenlee
Miss Jill Ann Greenway
Rev. Paul R. Greenwell
Dr. Kyle R. & Dr. Karen Greenwood
Rev. & Mrs. Dwight Tilden Gregory
Dr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Greilich
Mr. & Mrs. Earl B. Griffin
Mr. Brad & Mrs. Melisaa Griffin
Pastor & Mrs. Claude E. Griffith
Mr. A. C. Griggs
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Grimmer
Mr. & Mrs. George C. Grisaffe, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Grisham
Mrs. Janie Grout
Rev. Alison Wolff Grove
Pastor & Mrs. George H. Groves
Mr. & Mrs. Vern Roy Groves
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas L. Gruver
Mr. Robert Edward Guyton
Bishop & Mrs. Alfred W. Gwinn, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Gyorffy
Mr. & Mrs. J. David Haas
Ms. Kathy A. Haas
Mr. Alfred Herman Haase
Mr. Owen & Mrs. Barbara Haase
Rev. & Mrs. Earl L. Habecker, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Harold Hagglund
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Scott Hagood
Rev. & Mrs. Raymond J. Hahn
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lowell Haines
Rev. & Mrs. Daniel C. Hair
Rev. & Mrs. Ronald L. Haithcock
The Halbrook Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Halbrook
Mr. & Mrs. James Christopher Hale
Mr. John & Mrs. Mary Haley
Mr. & Mrs. Donald F. Hall
Mr. Ed Hall
Rev. & Mrs. Harold B. Hall, Jr.
Mrs. Stephanie Pittman Hall
Rev. & Mrs. Loney J. Hallberg
Ms. Tanya W. Hallmon
Rev. Bobby Ray Hallyburton
Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Hamilton
Mr. J. Kern Hamilton
Rev. & Mrs. James E. Hamlin
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Hammerbacher
Rev. & Mrs. Edward Kimberly
Hamshar
Dr. James Han
Mr. & Mrs. Don Haney
Rev. & Mrs. N. Stan Hankins
Chaplain & Mrs. Harold M. Hannum
Rev. & Mrs. Robert W. Hannum
Rev. Derek Gerald Hansen
Ms. Kristine M. Hansen
Pastor Myron Keith Harden
Mr. Jerry Hardesty
Pastor & Mrs. Joseph Harding, Jr.
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Harned United Methodist Church
of Harned, KS
Mrs. Helen Harness
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. James A. Harnish
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. John E. Harnish
Rev. & Mrs. John C. Harp, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Steve Harper
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Harrington
Mr. Doyle Geoffrey Harris
Rev. & Mrs. Frank S. Harris, III
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Harris
Rev. & Mrs. Lawrence Hoover Harris
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Harris
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. H. Thomas Harrison, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Mason W. Harrod
Rev. & Mrs. Joel R. Harshberger
Rev. B. Gerald Hartman
Rev. Raymond T. Hartman, Jr.
Mrs. Ruth Hartman
Harvest Church United Methodist
of Dothan, AL
The Harvey-McNairy Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory K. Haseloff
Mrs. Patricia M. Haswell
Dr. Melanie Rachel Hauser
Rev. & Mrs. John B. Hawbaker
Dr. & Mrs. Lewis D. Hawk, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Hayes
Bishop & Mrs. Robert E. Hayes, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Fred Haywood
Dr. & Mrs. Van B. Haywood
Dr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Headley
Dr. & Mrs. Wylie Hearn
Rev. & Mrs. David Anthony Hedeen
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Ray Heemstra
Dr. & Mrs. James V. Heidinger, II
Rev. & Mrs. David G. Heistand
Rev. Dr. & Ms. Steve Duane Heitkamp
Ms. Jennifer Lyn Helms
Rev. & Mrs. Lauren Lamar Helveston
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas S. Helvey
Ms. Alexandra Henchy
Mr. John & Dr. Kathryn Hendershot
Mr. & Mrs. James Henderson
Rev. Hugh Edward Hendrickson
Ms. Marylin Henegar
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Henrichs
The Henry Luce Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. David H. Henry
Chaplain & Mrs. Myron B. Henry
Mr. Forrest Henson, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Benjamin W. Herlong
Mr. & Mrs. Jose Carlos Hernandez, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Joel Alan Heron
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Herr
Chaplain & Mrs. Robert D. Hershberger
Rev. J. Wesley Hertel
Rev. & Mrs. Dillon L. Hess
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy James Hibschman
Rev. & Mrs. John L. Hickman, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Wayne D. Hickman
Mrs. Elouise Higgins
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. David Andrew Higle
Dr. & Mrs. Darold Lee Hill
Rev. & Mrs. David Clarence Hill
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Hill
Rev. & Mrs. Benny L. Hillard
Hillside United Methodist Church
of Woodstock, GA
Rev. Harold E. Himes
Mrs. Lilly Himes
Dr. Andrew H. Hines, Jr.
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Rev. & Mrs. Robert W. Hinkle
Dr. & Mrs. Lewis James Hiserote
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Hoag
Mr. & Mrs. Fred D. Hobson
Dr. & Mrs. Steven J. Hodge
Rev. & Mrs. A. Donald Hodges
Rev. & Mrs. George L. Hodgkins, Jr.
Mr. Scot Douglas & Rev. Patricia
Hoeksema
Mr. & Mrs. David B. Hoffman
Rev. & Mrs. Wilbert S. Hoffman
Mr. Elmo Rogers Hoffman
Rev. & Mrs. Philip A. Hoffman
Mr. Nelson M. Hoffman, III
Ms. Tammy Jane Hogan
Lt. Col. & Mrs. William Edward Hogan
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Leighton Hogg
Rev. & Mrs. Clarke A. Hogue, III
Dr. Virginia Holeman
Chaplain James W. Holiday
Rev. & Mrs. J. Anthony Holifield
Mr. Gregory O’Brient Hollingsworth
Dr. James W. & Dr. Barbara Holsinger, Jr.
Mrs. Alita Holt
Ms. Kimberly Susan Holt
Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Edward Hom
Ms. Esther Louise Hood
Hope Christian Community
Foundation of Memphis, TN
Dr. Michael K. & Rev. Ferris R. Hoppe
Mr. & Mrs. Isaac Noel Hopper
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Horn
Mr. & Mrs. Neil DeWayne Horner
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Horsburgh
Rev. & Mrs. Eugene L. Horton
Rev. & Mrs. James N. Hosey, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. James Eugene Hossler
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Ronald A. Houk
Chaplain Kevin Michael & Rev.
Heidi Hovan
Rev. & Mrs. Bruce T. Howard
Mr. & Mrs. Burton Howard
Rev. & Mrs. Jack T. Howard
Dr. & Mrs. John Franklin Howard
Rev. & Mrs. W. Dewey Howard
Mr. Roger & Rev. Kathy Howell
Rev. L. Glenn Howell
Rev. & Mrs. Charles Hubbard, Jr.
Mr. Paul & Mrs. Janice Huber
Rev. & Mrs. Laurence E. Hubley
Rev. Robert L. & Dr. Susan Huckaby
Rev. Claire E. Huestis
Rev. & Mrs. Monroe Hughbanks
Ms. Holly Hughes
Rev. Walter C. Hughley
Ms. Melinda Huisenga
Mr. & Mrs. Beau Hummel
Rev. & Mrs. Gordon T. Humphreys
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Hundley
Mr. & Mrs. Marcus Andrew Hunt
Mrs. Clarence V. Hunter
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Hunter
Rev. Brian Thomas Hurley
Rev. & Mrs. Joel W. Hurley
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Riley Hurst
Mr. William & Mrs. Karen Hussar
Rev. & Mrs. Travis L. Hutchison
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Hutt
Dr. Roger K. & Mrs. Carol Iddings
Mr. Roger & Mrs. Joy Iddings
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Charles Illi
International Focus Ministries
International Ministerial Fellowship
Rev. & Mrs. Scott Emerson Ireland
Dr. & Mrs. Donald Irwin
Dr. Eunice Irwin
Mr. & Mrs. Keith M. Irwin
Dr. George F. Isham
Pastor Tamara Isidore
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey L. Israel
J Barrett & Co.
Ms. Sara Ann Jackson
Mr. Joseph & Mrs. Tammy Jackson
Rev. & Mrs. Charles R. Jacobs
Rev. J. Larry Jacobson
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Miles Jaeckle
Ms. Barbara Ann Jaeger
Mrs. Peggy Jakway
James W. Potts Architects
Dr. & Mrs. Mark James
Dr. & Mrs. Philip Daniel Jamieson
Chaplain & Mrs. Roger F. Jamieson
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Jamieson
Rev. Lee R. Jamison
Mrs. Anupa Jenkin
Rev. & Mrs. Corey Charles Jenkins
Rev. & Mrs. William E. Jenkins
Rev. Greer G. Jensen
Dr. & Mrs. Randall William Jessen
Lt. Col. & Mrs. Vernon W. Jewett
Chaplain & Mrs. Scott Jimenez
Rev. & Mrs. Henry G. Jinnette
John and Polly Sparks Foundation
Pastor Kamala M. John
Mr. & Mrs. William H. John
Johnson Charitable Gift Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Thomas Johnson
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Dan G. Johnson
Mrs. Dorothy Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Earl Johnson
Rev. & Mrs. Edward H. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Johnson
Dr. & Mrs. Larry E. Johnson
Rev. & Mrs. Mark Gregory Johnson
Ms. Marvel Johnson
Rev. Michael & Bishop Peggy Johnson
Rev. & Mrs. Roger Alan Johnson
Rev. & Mrs. Theodore H. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Alan Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. William M. Johnson
Rev. & Mrs. Paul G. Johnston
Mr. Trevor G. & Mrs. Leah Johnston
Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Joiner
Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Jolley
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. C. David Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Corey Antoine Jones
Rev. & Mrs. Craig D. Jones
Rev. & Mrs. Daniel R. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Keith Jones
Rev. Harris C. Jones, III
Rev. Hughey L. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Stewart Jones
Dr. & Mrs. Kelvin S. Jones
Rev. & Mrs. LeRoy V. Jones
Mrs. Myrtle Jones
Rev. & Mrs. Rodney L. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie Jones
Mrs. Lynda Milligan Jordan
Miss Nelda Jordan
Rev. & Mrs. Sushil Joseph
Mr. & Mrs. Derek Raymond Joyce
Rev. & Mrs. Matthew Robert Judd
Mr. & Mrs. Justin James Jump
Junction Management, LLC
Dr. Chaneung Jung & Mrs.
Yunjeong Kim
Rev. & Mrs. Paul D. Juvinall
Mr. & Mrs. Milton D. Kaiser
Dr. & Mrs. Larry R. Kalajainen
Dr. J. Ellsworth & Mrs. Janet Kalas
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Kandlbinder
Dr. & Mrs. Harold Karnes
Miss Wilma V. Kasten
Kathryn C. Harrison Living Trust
Ms. Clair M. Kaufman
Mr. John Raymond Kavanaugh, Jr.
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Claude Jackson Kayler
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Alfred Kaylor
Rev. Dr. Jessie Coles Keaton
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas F. Keef
Mr. Patrick & Mrs. Leslie Keely
Rev. & Mrs. Adrian Serounian Keir
Chaplain & Mrs. Lenne L. Keithley, II
Rev. & Mrs. Roger B. Keller
Rev. & Mrs. Dean J. Kelly
Rev. Larry D. Kennard
Rev. & Mrs. Charles O. Kent
Kentucky Bank
Kentucky United Methodist Foundation
Pastor & Mrs. Wayne E. Kenyon
Mr. & Mrs. John Keown
Mr. Curtis E. & Rev. Connie Keplinger
The Kern Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald B. Kersey
Mrs. Lovell Kesner
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron B. Kesson
Rev. & Mrs. Fred M. Ketner
Rev. Daniel J. & Rev. Kris Key
Dr. & Mrs. Jack Key
Dr. & Mrs. William R. Key
Dr. & Mrs. Chris Alan Kiesling
Ms. Cassandra Lynn Kile
Rev. & Mrs. Mark E. Killam
Mr. & Mrs. Joe W. Kilpatrick
Rev. & Mrs. Chung Suk Kim
Rev. & Mrs. Haksop Kim
Rev. Isaac E. Kim
Bishop & Mrs. Sundo Kim
Mrs. Joan Kinde
Rev. Kurtis & Mrs. Anne King
Dr. & Mrs. Carroll Wesley King, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. John C. King
Rev. Jack T. King
Rev. & Mrs. Stephen E. King
Mr. & Mrs. Verlin W. King
Rev. Susan Marie Kingsley
Mr. Bob & Mrs. Vivian Kinnear
Rev. & Mrs. Charles Kinsley
Pastor Tim Bradley Kirkes
Mr. John & Mrs. Peggy Kirkpatrick
Rev. & Mrs. Virgil Eugene Kirkpatrick
Rev. & Mrs. Donald William Kirsch
Rev. & Mrs. J. W. Leonard Kiser
Mr. & Mrs. Leo Kleysteuber
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Adam Knight
Ms. Linda Knight
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Knopf
Pastor & Mrs. Donald T. Knott
Rev. & Mrs. Donavon Lee Koehn
Mr. & Mrs. Eric James Kohler
Ms. Margaret H. Kohlhase
Ms. Carol Koons
Rev. & Mrs. William G. Kope
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. David Paul Koppel
Rev. & Mrs. Keith A. Koteskey
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Kotke
Rev. & Mrs. Brian L. Kottas
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Kramer
Mr. & Mrs. Carlon C. Kress
Rev. & Mrs. Richard F. Kriesch
Pastor & Mrs. Leslie L. Krober
Dr. & Mrs. Kent Kroehler
Rev. Mark E. Kroehler
Rev. Stephen & Mrs. Jayne Kroh
Mr. Ted & Mrs. Joan Krupa
Rev. & Mrs. Ken Kubichek
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Kusche
Ms. Evelyn F. Kuttler, J.D.
Dr. Kiem-Kiok Kwa
Kwanglim Methodist Church of
Seoul, Korea
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Clinton Kyker
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Kyle
Rev. Dr. Mark La Branche
Chaplain & Mrs. Donald E. LaFaber
Mr. James R. LaGrone
Rev. & Mrs. Robert Epps Laidlaw
Mr. & Mrs. James Lail
Dr. & Mrs. Donald Eugene Lain
Mrs. Emma Laine
Dr. & Mrs. Charles C. Lake
Ms. Cheryl Lamastra
Chaplain & Mrs. Eugene V. Lamb
Mr. Jonathan Jennings Lamb
Ms. Addie Lamberth
Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Landrebe
Miss Anna Bell Lane
Dr. & Mrs. Dewey Lane
Mrs. Tina Sue Lane
Miss Kelly Marie Langdoc
Rev. & Mrs. Charles R. Langford
Dr. & Mrs. John W. Langley
Mrs. Billie Langston
Rev. & Mrs. Richard E. Lanning
Dr. & Mrs. Leon Lantz
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Larson
Mrs. Jean Larson
Mr. Doug Latimer
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Latimer, III
Rev. & Mrs. Paul K. Lattimer
Mr. & Mrs. James Lavy
Miss Helen Law
Rev. & Mrs. Cheney Paul Lawler
Rev. Sandra Gene Lawrence
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Barry G. Lawson
Mr. & Mrs. John Gabriel Lawson
Dr. & Mrs. Fred D. Layman
Mr. Charles W. Lazenby
Rev. John Harvey Lea, III
Rev. & Ms. Arthur Stevens Leach
Rev. & Mrs. Keith E. Leap
Mr. Jeffrey & Mrs. Diane LeBlanc
Lee United Methodist Church of Lee, FL
Rev. W. Keith & Mrs. Coralie Lee
Mr. & Mrs. David William Lee
Rev. & Mrs. Elden W. Lee
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Lee
Mr. & Mrs. John Lefferdink
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Lehman-Schletewitz
Rev. & Mrs. Lewis Leih
Leipsic United Methodist Church
of Leipsic, OH
Rev. & Mrs. James E. LeMaster, Jr.
Chaplain & Mrs. Clarence LeMasters
Rev. & Mrs. Dannel F. Lemons
Rev. & Mrs. James Orville Leonard
The LeRoy Jones Evangelistic
Ministries, Inc.
Rev. & Mrs. Eldon F. LeRoy
Mr. & Mrs. Sonny Lescalleet
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Lester
Dr. & Mrs. Ray Lewandowski
Mrs. Erma Lewis
Rev. George Henry Lewis
Rev. & Mrs. Gerald D. Lewis
Mrs. Margie M. Lewis
Rev. & Mrs. Roger Lewis
Mr. Samuel F. Lewis
Rev. & Mrs. Stanley R. Lewis
Pastor & Mrs. Joseph Gilson Liddick
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Joseph Liederbach
Lillian United Methodist Church
of Lillian, AL
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Rev. Kerry E. Lilly
Mr. & Mrs. David Lindquist
Dr. & Mrs. Mark Alan Lindstrom
Mr. Ron & Mrs. Sandra Lindy
Ms. Lois C. Linfield
Rev. & Mrs. Dale H. Linhart
Dr. & Mrs. Eugene L. Lintemuth
Rev. & Mrs. Raymond E. Linza
Rev. & Mrs. Hong-Fu Liu
Lockheed Martin
Dr. & Mrs. W. Richard Loerke
Rev. & Mrs. James Layfette Loftin
Rev. & Mrs. Jack Asbury Logan
Mrs. Rosebud Logan
Rev. & Mrs. Donald E. Logue
Dr. & Mrs. Fredrick James Long
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Long
Mr. John Alden Long
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Long, III
Bishop & Mrs. João Carlos Lopes
Rev. & Mrs. Alan C. Lott
Mr. Thomas R. Lougheed
Mr. Covert N. Lounsbury
Rev. James & Rev. Edna Love
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Andrew Love
Mrs. Sheila S. Lovell
Dr. Milton & Dr. Verna Lowe
Mr. & Mrs. James Lowe
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. James Hughes
Lowry, Jr.
LPL Financial
Rev. Barry A. Lucas
Rev. & Mrs. Jay F. Lucas
Miss Sarah Louise Luce
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Robert Luchetti
Rev. & Mrs. J. David Luckert
Mrs. Mary Ludwick
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Aaron Ludwig
Mr. Patric D. Lummuka
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Christopher Luper
Mr. & Mrs. William Lux
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Rev. & Mrs. J. Louie Mabrey
Rev. & Mrs. Robert J. Mackmer
Dr. & Mrs. Ian J. Maddock
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas D. Maddrey
Magee Christian Education Foundation
Ms. Melissa Amy Maher
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Andrew Major
Rev. & Mrs. Charles A. Mallory
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Lynn Malone, Jr.
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Robert L. Mangum
Rev. & Mrs. Michael L. Manning
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Mansfield
Rev. Joni Sue Manson
Mr. & Mrs. Jay E. Mansur
Mr. Robert W. Mansur
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Mantle
Ms. Renee Marchant
Rev. & Mrs. Jerald Marcoe
Rev. David Durell Marcy
Dr. Ellen Louise Marmon
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Roy Martin, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. B. R. Martin
Rev. & Mrs. G. Thomas Martin, III
Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Dale Martin
Ms. Mary Lou Martin
Mr. Ryan Samuel Martin
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen L. Martyn
Rev. & Mrs. Leonard T. Martz
Mr. C. Gregory Maske
Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy L. Maske
Mr. & Mrs. Ellsworth Mason
Rev. & Mrs. Frank M. Mason, II
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Mason
Rev. James L. Mason
Pastor & Mrs. James William Mason
Rev. & Mrs. Frank C. Masserano, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Herbert E. Massey
Rev. Jonathan W. Massey
Mr. & Mrs. Duane Alan Mathias
Chaplain Rick D. Mathis
Dr. & Mrs. Michael David Matlock
Mrs. Esther M. Matson
Dr. Douglas & Dr. Carol Matthews
Dr. & Mrs. Harold Matthews
Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Ronald Maxwell
Pastor & Mrs. Michael Maxwell
Rev. & Mrs. Phillip May
Mr. David Chadwick Maynard
Rev. Ronald Brent Mays
Dr. & Mrs. David P. McBeth
Mr. & Mrs. James D. McBrayer
Mrs. Doris McCall
Pastor & Mrs. David J. McCarthy
Mr. & Mrs. Gene McCartney
Mrs. Janis McCartney-Truelove
Dr. & Mrs. Mac McCastlain
Mr. & Mrs. E. Delos McCauley
Mrs. Katie Rose McClendon
Rev. & Mrs. Donald G. McCoun
Mrs. Yvonne C. McCrary
McCreless Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen McDaniel
Rev. & Mrs. Robert McDowell
Mr. & Mrs. Robert McElroy
Rev. & Mrs. Gregory McGarvey
Rev. Benjamin & Mrs. Alisa McGehee
Dr. & Mrs. Terry L. McGuire
Rev. & Mrs. David W. McIlvaine
Dr. & Mrs. Robert McIntyre
Mr. & Mrs. R. Scott McKay
Major Pamela Kay McKee
McKendree United Methodist
Church of Danville, AL
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. David L. McKenna
Ms. Margie Ann McKinley
Rev. Linda Carol McKnight
Dr. & Mrs. Jesse Stuart McLain, II
Mr. & Mrs. William J. McLaughlin
Ms. Isabel McLeod
Rev. & Mrs. Robert A. McMillen
Mr. I. Louis McMurray
Mr. & Mrs. John O. McNairy
Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Gene McPhee
Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm J. McVeigh
Ms. Melia Marie Mehlhorn
Rev. & Mrs. Dwight L. Meier
Dr. & Mrs. Mark W. Meier
Dr.Nantachai & Dr. Ubolwan Mejudhon
Pastor & Mrs. W. Brian Mercer
Rev. & Mrs. James L. Meredith
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Wesley Merricks, II
Dr. & Mrs. Millard Mershon
Rev. & Mrs. Paul Edmond Mertz
Dr. & Mrs. John J. Merwin
Mr. Andrew & Mrs. Laura Messamore
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Messer
Mr. Brian Richard Messman
Mr. & Mrs. Arvid R. Metcalf
Rev. & Mrs. Ralph R. Metheny
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Metsker
Ms. Kari Jo Meyer
Mike & Susan Burkhart Foundation
Mr. Stephen & Mrs. Kathy Milans
Mildred Hoggard Endowment Fund
Milford United Methodist Church
of Somerset, PA
Miller Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Rev. Floyd L. Miller
Dr. & Mrs. Gerald C. Miller
Dr. & Mrs. James Cooper Miller
Mr. & Mrs. John Miller
Rev. & Mrs. Keith Allen Miller
Mrs. Leslie K. Miller
Ms. Mary Katherine Miller
Mr. Max Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Maynard Miller
Mr. Jesse & Mrs. Norma Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Miller
Rev. & Mrs. William Thomas Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin T. Milliron, Jr.
Mrs. Audrey H. Millsaps
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Milone
Mr. & Mrs. R. Carlisle Minter
Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell Alan Mishoe
Mississippi United Methodist Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Thomas Mitchell
Rev. & Mrs. Richard Stephen Mitchell
Dr. & Mrs. James Mizell
Rev. Matthew Alan Mobley
Mr. & Mrs. Steven K. Mobley
Mr. D. Joe Moder
Rev. & Mrs. Konrad C. Modschiedler
Mrs. Martha Williamson Moe
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan James Moehlig
Mrs. Dorothy Moffet
Dr. & Mrs. Michael David Mohr
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Monica
Mr. John & Mrs. Lydia Monroe
Mr. C. S. Montgomery
Mrs. Emmie Montgomery
Dr. & Mrs. Bob Mark Moon
Rev. Colin Craig Moore
Mr. Daniel & Mrs. Marilyn Moore
Mrs. Evelyn Moore
Mrs. Frances Kinlaw Moore
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Howard W. Moore
Ms. Katherine Margaret Moore
Rev. Lynn Ellen Ward Moore
Mr. Raymond E. Moore
Dr. & Mrs. Robert R. Moore
Mr. Steven & Rev. Carolyn Moore
Dr. & Mrs. Steven G. W. Moore
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Byron Moreheart
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Rev. Oyer C. Morgan
Rev. & Mrs. Shirley E. Morgan
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Dale Morris
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Morris
Rev. Rebecca Kay Morrison
Mr. Brooks St. Clair Morton
Mrs. Ann Mountz
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Allen Mouttet
Rev. & Mrs. James Michael Mozley
Dr. & Mrs. M. Robert Mulholland
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Mullen
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Mumford
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Alan Munn
Dr. & Mrs. E. Harold Munn, Jr.
Rev. Michael & Rev. Claire Murdoch
Dr. & Mrs. Jon Tal Murphree
Murphy Oil Corporation
Rev. & Mrs. Herschel E. Murray
Ms. Robin W. Murray
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Travis Todd Muse
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Muselman
Ms. Brenda K. Myers
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Lewis Myers, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. James W. Myers, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. Larry E. Myers
Ms. Lettie A. Myers
Mr. Jeffrey & Mrs. Cynthia Nash
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas Russell Nason
National Christian Foundation of Kentucky
National Christian Foundation of Georgia
Rev. & Mrs. Donald D. Nations
Rev. & Mrs. Wiley L. Neal
Rev. & Mrs. David Kent Neckers
Rev. & Mrs. Bradley K. Neel
Rev. & Mrs. Robert C. Neel, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Blake J. Neff
Dr. & Mrs. Amirtharaj Nelson
Rev. Carolyn Jean Nelson
Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Nelson
Rev. & Mrs. Harold E. Nelson
Ms. Karen A. Nelson
Ms. Karen Peterson Nelson
Rev. Lowell E. Nelson
Mr. Michael Logan Nelson
Mr. Thad & Mrs. Abigail Nelson
Rev. & Mrs. Larry Nemitz
Rev. Jonathan K. & Rev. Carolyn
D. Nettles
Rev. & Mrs. Bruce Lee Nettleton
New Hope Foundation
Rev. & Mrs. E. Allen Newby
Rev. Dr. Deron Scott Newman
Dr. & Mrs. Larry S. Nichols
Rev. & Mrs. Richard W. Nichols
Mrs. Pat D. Nickels
Rev. & Mrs. Mark Eugene Nikont
Mr. Jacob & Mrs. Carrie Nimrod
Ninde Funeral Directors
Dr. & Mrs. Melvin Ray Noah
Rev. & Mrs. Raymond E. Noah
Miss Georgia M. Noble
Dr. & Mrs. Stuart Lee Noell
Rev. & Mrs. Frank C. Norris
Mr. Sidney & Mrs. Sue North
Mrs. Dorothy Northern
Dr. & Mrs. Gordon Norton
Nubar Yacoubian Jewelers
Ms. Marie L. Nudi
Dr. & Mrs. James Gregg Nunn
Rev. & Mrs. Leigh F. Nygard
Mr. & Mrs. Frank C. Oakman
Mr. Garmon & Mrs. Mitzi Oates
Mr. & Mrs. William R. O’Brien
Rev. Wesley & Mrs. Cynthia Oden
Rev. & Mrs. Jeffrey V. Odom
Mr. & Mrs. Brad Ogletree
Dr. & Mrs. Gregg A. Okesson
Oklahoma United Methodist Foundation
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Babatunde Enoch
Oladimeji
Dr. & Mrs. David M. Oliver
Mr. & Mrs. Joel Oliver
Mr. & Mrs. Rudy Jacob Olivo
Dr. Kent & Rev. Beth Olney
Mr. Kyle Robert Olney
Mr. & Mrs. John Olson
Dr. J. Steven & Dr. Angeline O’Malley
Mr. James & Rev. Martha O’Reilly
Mrs. Doris M. Orr
Rev. & Mrs. Herbert R. Osborne
Rev. & Mrs. Theodore J. Osgood
Rev. Mark L. O’Shields
Pastor & Mrs. Theodore Osler
Dr. & Mrs. John N. Oswalt
Rev. & Mrs. Teyrl Tucker Otto
Mr. & Mrs. William Overmyer
Rev. & Mrs. David Owen
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Stephen Owen
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Owens
Mr. & Mrs. Ned Owens
Rev. Daniel & Mrs.Hope Owsley
Mr. Randy Scott Ozan
Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau
Dr. & Mrs. Jerry Lee Page
Mr. & Mrs. David E. Palm
Rev. & Mrs. Stephen L. Palmer
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Palmer
Rev. & Mrs. Thomas O. Palmer
Bishop & Mrs. Luis F. Palomo
Rev. & Mrs. Wade S. Panse
Mr. Martin Andrew Paparo
Mr. Robert L. Parker
Ms. Harriet L. Parks
Mrs. Lucine Parks
Rev. & Mrs. J. Gregory Parris
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Parrish
Rev. & Mrs. David Ronald Parry
Rev. & Mrs. Norman Parsons
Dr. & Mrs. R. Wade Paschal
Rev. & Mrs. Elwyn E. Patrick
Mrs. June Ward Patrick
Dr. & Mrs. William J. Patrick
Rev. & Mrs. Derrell W. Patterson
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Paul
Dr. & Mrs. Carl E. Pavey
Rev. & Mrs. John J. A. Pawelski
Pastor & Mrs. David Erich Payne
Rev. & Mrs. David S. Payne
Rev. & Mrs. James Sterling Payne, II
Rev. & Mrs. Leslie D. Payton
Rev. & Mrs. Timothy Harold Pearce
Rev. & Mrs. Luke Pederson
Mr. & Mrs. James Lorin Pedigo
Rev. Luis & Dr. Zaida Perez
Ms. Jean H. Perriman
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Perry
Rev. & Mrs. Lynton N. Perry
Pershing LLC
Mr. & Mrs. Leroy Peters
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Peters
Dr. & Mrs. Roger Kent Peters
Dr. Russel & Dr. Margaret Peters
Ms. Ann Lauren Peterson
Mrs. Betty L. Peterson
Rev. & Mrs. Kirk Peterson
Dr. Michael L. Peterson
Dr. Michael & Rev. Rebecca Peterson
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Rev. & Mrs. Dallas Vernon Peyton, Sr.
Pharmacia Foundation
Rev. & Mrs. Timothy D. Phelps
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew S. Phillips
Rev. & Mrs. Robert J. Phillips
Rev. & Mrs. Rosario Picardo
Dr. & Mrs. D. Eugene Pickard
Dr. & Mrs. Earle Pickens
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Matthew D. Pickering
Dr. & Mrs. Mitchell Craig Pierce
Mr. & Mrs. Wendell D. Pinkerton
Rev. & Mrs. H. Thomas Pitcher
Rev. Leroy Pittman
Pleasant Run United Church of
Christ of Indianapolis, IN
Rev. & Mrs. Troy Bonner Poff
Dr. Christine Pohl
Rev. & Mrs. Patrick Charles Polis
Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Donald Matthew Poole
Rev. & Mrs. Jimmy L. Poole
Rev. Lewis Carroll Pope, Jr.
Rev. & Mrs. William M. Pope
Mr. & Mrs. Dexter W. Porter
Rev. & Mrs. James G. Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Andrew Powers
Pastor & Mrs. David J. Powless
Chaplain & Mrs. John L. Prater
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Preslan
Mr. & Mrs. Carlton Presley, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. David Price
Dr. Fred W. & Dr. Elaine Price
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Price
Rev. & Mrs. Kenneth Duane Price
Mr. Philip James Price
Dr. Joseph W. Pridgen
Mr. & Mrs. Claude Priest
Rev. & Mrs. Terry Clayton Priest
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Prigge
Prince Oil Company
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Prince
Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Prince
Mr. Philip & Dr. Valeria Prince
Dr. & Mrs. Duane W. Priset
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Kevin Pruitt
Mr. & Mrs. Max Prusak
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Ray Puckett
Mrs. Connie Pullen
Rev. & Mrs. Edward D. Purkey
Charles and Kathryn Purser Trust
Rev. & Mrs. George William Pursley
Dr. & Mrs. Tommy Gerald Purvis
Rev. Jane Marie Pykus
Rev. & Mrs. Jimmie D. Pyles
Rev. & Mrs. Richard H. Quackenbush
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Quick
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Quick
Rev. & Mrs. Walter A. Quigg
Mr. & Mrs. Randall Steven Race
Mr. & Mrs. Walter J. Rackley
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Rademacher
Rev. & Mrs. Charles A. Rader
Lt. Col. & Mrs. Lyell M. Rader, Jr.
Gen. Paul & Comr. Kay Rader
Dr. & Mrs. Roger L. Rambaud
Rev. & Mrs. W. Marshall Rampey, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Ramsay
Rev. & Mrs. Victor Eugene Ramsey, II
Pastor Douglas Warren Ranck
Rev. & Mrs. P. David Randall
Miss Margaret Randerson
Rev. Judith Lynn Ransbottom-Stallons
Rev. & Mrs. Robert L. Ransom
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Rev. & Mrs. Eugene M. Rasmussen
Pastor Stephen Nicholas Rath
Rev. Nelson L. & Rev. Rochelle I. Ray
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Read
Rev. & Mrs. John E. Reasons
Rev. Thomas Bingham Reaves
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Rebstock
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Reddick
Rev. & Mrs. Lyle Aaron Reece
Dr. & Mrs. David G. Reese
Dr. Ruth Anne Reese
Dr. & Mrs. Dan Reinhardt
Rev. & Mrs. John W. Reinmuth
Dr. & Mrs. Clarence Erland Rempel
Rev. & Mrs. A. Merlyn Rensberry
Rev. & Mrs. John C. Rentz
Mr. & Mrs. Myron P. Reth
Pastor Beth Ann Reum
Mrs. Diane F. Reynolds
Rev. & Mrs. Michael Bruce Reynolds
Rev. & Mrs. R. David Reynolds
Dr. & Major John R. Rhemick
Rev. & Mrs. Charles Rhoads
Dr. & Mrs. Michael Rice
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estates
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By Rev. Dr. Mark La Branche
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By Asbury United Methodist
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Mrs. Kari Lewis Howard
By Dr. John Franklin Howard
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By Rev. Robert & Dr. Susan
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By Rev. & Mrs. Mark E. Killam
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Dr. & Mrs. Ben Witherington
By Trailblazers Sunday School
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in memory of
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By Mrs. Miriam Jean Amstutz
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By Lt. Gen. William B. and
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Marian Chamberlain
By Mr. Gary Chamberlain
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2013 Faculty Publications
asbury seminary has a world-renowned faculty.
Bauer, David R. “Perfection of
Disciples in Matthew’s Gospel:
An Examination of a Central
Concept in Matthean Kingdom
Ethics.” Kingdom Rhetoric: New
Testament Explorations in Honor of Ben
Witherington III. Eugene, OR. Wipf & Stock
Pub (pp. 3-20)
Bauer, David R. “Genealogy.” In Dictionary
of Jesus and the Gospels. 2nd ed. Ed. Joel
B. Green, Jeannine K. Brown, and Nicholas
Perrin. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity,
Oct. 2013
Collins, Kenneth J. and Jason
Vickers. The Sermons of John
Wesley: A Collection for the
Christian Journey. Nashville, TN.
Abingdon Press. 2013
Cook, John A. “Actionality
(aktionsart): Pre-modern
Hebrew”. In Encyclopedia of Hebrew
Language and Linguistics, ed.
Geoffrey Khan. Leiden: Brill. 2013
Cook, John A. “Aspect: Pre-modern Hebrew”. In
Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics,
ed. Geoffrey Khan. Leiden: Brill. 2013
Cook, John A. “Verb.” In Encyclopedia of
Hebrew Language and Linguistics, ed. Geoffrey
Khan. Leiden: Brill. 2013
Cook, John A., and Robert D. Holmstedt.
Beginning Biblical Hebrew: a Grammar and
Illustrated Reader. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker
Academic. 2013
Danielson, Robert
“Independent Indigenous Mega
Churches in El Salvador”.
Missiology: An International
Review, 41 (3)
Dongell, Joseph R. “The
Puzzle of ‘Earthly Things’ in John
3:12” Kingdom Rhetoric: New
Testament Explorations in Honor
of Ben Witherington III. Eugene,
OR. Wipf & Stock Pub.
Edgar, Brian G. God is
Friendship: A Theology of
Spirituality, Community and
Society. Franklin, Tennessee:
Seedbed Publishing. 2013
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Edgar, Brian G. “Invasion Theology: Asylum
Seekers, Aborigines, ANZACS and Australian
Identity.” Zadok Papers No. 198 (Winter
2013) 9-16. 2013
Edgar, Brian G. “A Tale of Two Cities:
understanding the relationship between
Christ and culture.” Zadok Paper No. 199
(Spring 2013) 1-8; Also published in
abbreviated form in ACCatalyst: Assembly
of Congregation within the Uniting Church,
7(2), 7-9. 2013
(Kiome)—Gatobu, Anne K.
Female Identity Formation and
Response to Intimate Trauma,
Eugene, OR: Pickwick
Publications. 2013
Gatobu, Anne K. “Pastoral Implications:
“The Shrewd Manager” (Luke 16:1-13)” in
Lectionary Homiletics, Proper 20. September
22, 2013
Humility and Engagement with the
Marginalized. (Luke 14:1, 7-14)” in
1, 2013
Gatobu, Anne K. “Pastoral Implications: If
my People Turn and Pray (Exodus 32:7-14)”
15, 2013
Bridging the Gaps (Luke 16:19-31)” in
29, 2013
Henchy, Alexandra M. “The
Benefits of Participating in
Campus Recreation Programs
and Facilities: A Comparison
Between Undergraduate and
Graduate Students.” Recreational Sports
Journal 37 (2013), 97-105
Hiatt, R. J. “John Wesley’s
Approach to Mission” Asbury
Journal 68:1. Spring 2013
Johnson-Miller, Beverly.
Guest Editor/Special Focus of
the Christian Education Journal.
Fall 2013
Johnson-Miller, Beverly. “Conversational
Teaching and Christian Transformation”
Christian Education Journal, Fall 2013
asbury.to/faculty .
Johnson-Miller, Beverly. Editorial,
“Transfiguring Transformational Teaching”
Christian Education Journal, Fall 2013
Johnson-Miller, Beverly. (editor)
1. Stop, Look, Listen: Contemplative Teaching
and Learning by E. Byron Anderson
2. Transformational Teaching Insights from
Neuroscience by Dean Blevins
3. Transformed by the Transfiguration:
Reflections on a Biblical Understanding
of Transformation and its Implications for
Christian Education by S. Steve Kang and
Michael Feldman
4. The Christian Story and Our Stories:
Narrative Pedagogy in Congregational Life by
Benjamin D. Espinoza
5. Transformative Learning Theory: Possibilities
for Christian Education by Ellen L. Marmon
Johnson-Miller, Beverly. (Consulting Editor)
The Encyclopedia of Christian Education (In Press
January 2014) Authored: “Transformation”,
“Quaker Education”, “Sophia Fahs”, “Iris Cully”,
“Mary Elizabeth Moore”, “The Educational
Mission of the Church”, “Uniform Lesson Series”
Johnson-Miller, Beverly. (Co-Authored)
“Catechesis, Developmental Theory, and
a Fresh Vision for Christian Education”,
Christian Education Journal, Spring 2014.
Keener, Craig S. Vol. 2 of
Acts: An Exegetical Commentary. 4
vols. Grand Rapids: Baker
Academic, 2012-2014. Vol. 2
(1152 pages). 2013
Keener, Craig S. “Jesus and Parallel Jewish
and Greco-Roman Figures.” Pages 85111 in Christian Origins and Greco-Roman
Culture: Social and Literary Contexts for the
New Testament. Edited by Stanley Porter and
Andrew W. Pitts. Vol. 1 of Early Christianity in its
Hellenistic Context. Vol. 9 in Texts and Editions for
New Testament Study. Leiden: Brill, 2013.
Keener, Craig S. “John, Gospel of.” In
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels. 2nd ed.
Ed. Joel B. Green, Jeannine K. Brown, and
Nicholas Perrin. 12,350 words. Downers
Grove, IL: InterVarsity, Oct. 2013 419-436
Keener, Craig S. “An Immigration
Story.”Huffington Post (May 2013). http://
www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-s-keener/animmigration-story_b_3246868.html
Keener, Craig S. “My Friend the Refugee.”
Huffington Post (June 30, 2013). http://www.
huffingtonpost.com/craig-s-keener/myfriend-the-refugee_b_3512851.html
Keener, Craig S. “Love Which Enemies?”
Prism 20 (2, March 2013): 30-32.
Keener, Craig S. “An Immigration Story.”
Prism 20 (Summer 2013): 9.
Keener, Craig S. “Biblical Fidelity as an
Evangelical Commitment.” Pp. 29-41 in
Following Jesus: Journeys in Radical Discipleship.
Essays in Honor of Ronald J. Sider. Edited by
Paul Alexander and Al Tizon. Regnum Studies
in Global Christianity. Oxford: Regnum, 2013.
Keener, Craig S. “Interdependence and
Mutual Blessing in the Church.” 187-95 in
Introduction to Messianic Judaism: Its Ecclesial
Context and Biblical Foundations. Edited
by David Rudolph and Joel Willitts. Grand
Rapids: Zondervan, 2013.
Keener, Craig S. “Is the Bible Reliable?”
Explore God website, 2013. http://www.
exploregod.com/is-the-bible-reliable-paper
Long, Fred J. “Paul’s
Prophesying Isa 28:11 in Context:
The Signs of Unbelievers and
Believers in 1 Corinthians 14.”
Kingdom Rhetoric: New Testament
Explorations in Honor of Ben Witherington III.
Edited by T. Michael W. Halcomb. Eugene,
Oreg.: Wipf & Stock, 2013.
Long, Fred J. “Lectionary Exegesis of Luke
14:1, 7-14 Year C.” Lectionary Homiletics
24.5 (2013): 33-34.
16:1-13 Year C.” Lectionary Homiletics 24.5
(2013): 56-57.
16:19-31 Year C.” Lectionary Homiletics 24.5
(2013): 64-65.
Long, Fred J. (co-edit) with M.W. Halcomb.
800 Words and Images: A New Testament Greek
Vocabulary Builder. Accessible Greek Resources and
Online Studies. Ed. Fredrick J. Long and T. Michael
W. Halcomb. Wilmore, Ky.: GlossaHouse, 2013.
Long, Fred J. (co-edit) with M.W. Halcomb.
A Handbook of Ancient Greek Grammatical
Terms: Greek-English and English-Greek.
Accessible Greek Resources and Online
Studies. Wilmore, Ky.: GlossaHouse, 2013.
Long, Fred J. (co-edit) with M.W. Halcomb,
and J. Day. The Path to Learning Greek.
Accessible Greek Resources and Online
Long, Fred J. (co-edit) with M.W. Halcomb, J. Klay,
and Chad M. Foster, eds. 1-3 John: A General
Reader. Accessible Greek Resources and Online
Maldonado Pérez, Zaida
“Justo: His Legacy of Forming
Hispanic/Latina-o Leaders” in A
Legacy of Fifity Years: The Life
and Work of Justo González
edited by Stan Perea. Nashville, TN:
Abingdon, 2013. (The same book is both
in English and Spanish).
Marmon, Ellen L.
“Transformative Learning
Theory: Connections with
Christian Adult Education”
Christian Education Journal,
Series 3, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Fall 2013). Ed.
Beverly Johnson-Miller
Marmon, Ellen L. “Teaching Through
the Lenses of Orality and Literacy: One
Professor’s Journey” Religious Education
Journal, Vol. 108, No. 3 (June 2013). Ed.
Jack Seymour
Moon, W. Jay “Teaching Oral
Learners in Institutional
Settings.” In Beyond Literate
Western Models: Contextualizing
Theological Education in Oral
Contexts. Samuel Chiang and Grant Lovejoy,
eds. Hong Kong: International Orality
Network. 2013
Moon, W. Jay “Encouraging Ducks to Swim:
Suggestions for Seminary Professors
Teaching Oral Learners,” William Carey
International Development Journal 2013
2(2):3-10.
Moon, W. Jay “Using Rituals to Disciple
Oral Learners: Part 1.” Orality Journal 2013
2(1):43-63.
Okesson, Gregg A. (contributor)
The Cape Town Commitment: A
Confession of Faith, A Call to Action
edited by Darrell Bock. Eugene, OR:
Wipf & Stock, 2013.
Pasquarello III, Michael “God
Our Teacher: a Wesleyan Vision of
Theological Education”, Wesleyan
Theological Journal, Fall 2013
Peterson, Michael L.
Philosophy of Religion: Selected
Readings, 5th edition (Oxford
University Press, to be released
mid-January 2014
Peterson, Michael L. “Evolution and Christianity:
The Power of a Worldview” in Personal Journeys
into Evolution by Evangelical Thinkers (John
Templeton Foundation Press, 2013)
Peterson, Michael L. “The Problem of Evil” in The
Oxford Handbook of Atheism edited by Stephen
Bullivant (Oxford University Press, 2013)
Peterson, Michael L. “The Encounter between
Atheistic Naturalism and Christian Theism”
in Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings,
5th edition, ed. by Michael Peterson, et al.
(Oxford University Press, 2014).
Seamands, Stephen A.
Preparing for Ordination: A Guide
for Preparing Written Materials for
United Methodist Probationary
Members and Meeting with Your
Board of Ordained Ministry (Asbury
Seedbed). Published June 2014.
Smith, Daryl. Radical Journey:
A Discipling Immersion with Jesus
in the Sermon on the Mount. Lulu
Ent. 2013
Stratton, Stephen P. (2013).
Thinking ahead: The
neuroscience of Wesley’s
dispositional love. In A. J.
Headley’s Getting It Right:
Christian Perfection and Wesley’s Purposeful List
(pp. 171-178). Lexington, KY: Emeth Press.
Tennent, Timothy C. “Why I
am an Evangelical and a
Methodist”, Why We Belong, ed.
by Anthony L. Chute. Wheaton,
IL. Crossway. 2013.
Tippey, Paul A. Bartholomew, J.,
and Veldheer, K. “Supporting Online
Education: Provision & Assessment
of Resources and Services.” American
Theological Library Association,
Summary Of Proceedings, 66. June 2013
Voigts, Michael C. Letters of
Ascent: Spiritual Direction in the
letters of Bernard of Clairvaux,
Eugene OR. Pickwick Pub. 2013
Witherington III, Ben and K.
Yamazaki-Ransom “Lord.” In
Dictionary of Jesus and the
Gospels. 2nd ed. Ed. Joel B.
Green, Jeannine K. Brown, and
Nicholas Perrin. Downers Grove, IL:
InterVarsity, Oct. 2013 526-535
Ybarrola, Steven J.
“Diasporas and Multiculturalism:
Social Ideologies, Liminality, and
Cultural Identity.” In The Human
Tidal Wave: Global Migration,
Megacities, Multiculturalism, Pluralism,
Diaspora Missiology, ed. Sadiri Joy Tira.
LifeChange Publishing, 2013.
Ybarrola, Steven J. “The Jesus Network.” In
Revitalization Amid Diaspora, ed. J. Steven O’Malley.
Lexington, KY: Emeth Press, 79-95, 2013.
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News
Dr. Ben Witherington invited to Speak
at Ratzinger Foundation Historical Jesus
Symposium
Dr. Ben Witherington III, Jean R. Amos Professor of New
Testament for Doctoral Studies, travelled to Rome October
24-26, 2013 for a symposium entitled The Gospels. Historical
and Christological Research sponsored by the Joseph Ratzinger
Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation. While the symposium was
led by members of the Roman Catholic Church, scholars from
around the world were invited to speak. Dr. Witherington was
one of only a handful of Protestant scholars who presented,
and the only New Testament scholar in the United States
invited to speak at this prestigious event.
90 Minute Debate Hosted on Christian
Theism vs. Atheist Naturalism
Professor of Philosophy and Religion Dr. Michael Peterson held
a debate on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 with Dr. Michael
Ruse, Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida
State University. This 90 minute Christian Theism versus
Atheist Naturalism debate covered questions such as: Does
science disprove faith? Is it more rational to be an atheist than
to believe in God? Does science contradict the Bible? Battles
between “Science and Religion” and “Atheism and Faith”
continue in American society. Asbury Theological Seminary
is committed to excellence in theological education; this
commitment includes engagement with important intellectual
and cultural issues on behalf of Christian faith.
The Center for the Study of World
Christian Revitalization Movements cosponsored Consultation in Nairobi, Kenya
The Center for the Study of World Christian Revitalization
Movements co-sponsored a Consultation in Nairobi, Kenya,
on July 18–21, 2013. Entitled, “New Cities, New Jerusalems:
Emerging Patterns of Christian Identity in Urban East Africa,” the
Consultation opened with a lecture by Emeritus Professor
Paul Gifford of the Center for Oriental and African Studies
at the University of London. The heart of the Consultation
consisted of two days of intensive work by international,
interdisciplinary teams of scholars and practitioners who
examined five case studies on current renewal movements in
Nairobi (Kenya), Kampala (Uganda), and Bunia (Democratic
Republic of Congo). The Center for World Christianity at
Africa International University (AIU) in Nairobi was the
co-sponsor of the event. AIU is a strategic global partner
institution with Asbury Theological Seminary.
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Funded by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation,
this Consultation was the first of four such research/
consultation projects conducted by the Revitalization
Center in non-Western regions of the world. The Center
will conduct a similar project in northern India in 2014, the
Philippines (2015), and Costa Rica/Latin America (2016).
Jim Miller, Professor of Inductive Biblical Studies and New
Testament and Director of the Revitalization Center, serves
as the Director for the Luce grant project.
Asbury Theological Seminary and
the South Asia Institute of Advanced
Christian Studies Form New Partnership
On June 24th, 2013 Asbury Theological Seminary and
the South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies
(SAIACS) entered a multi-faceted cooperative affiliation,
providing a structure for bilateral faculty and student
exchange, team-teaching, joint research and publication
projects, cooperative mission ventures, and digital resource
sharing. This is the seventh such international partnership
Asbury has formed in the last two years, and the second
in India. The roots of the Asbury linkage with SAIACS are
deep, extending to Methodist missionaries of previous
generations such as J.T. Seamands for whom one of their
buildings is named. Since its founding thirty-one years ago
several Asbury faculty have taught at SAIACS, including
veteran professors John Oswalt and Robert Coleman.
Announcing the Winner of the 2013
Distinguished Alumni Award
“The Award Committee is pleased to announce that
the winner of the 2013 Asbury Theological Seminary
Distinguished Alumni Award is Dr. Steven G. W. Moore. After
much consideration by the selection committee, it became
clear that Steve Moore should be the recipient. Steve has a
distinguished career in higher education as well as deep roots
at Asbury Theological Seminary. He graduated with a M.Div.
in 1980 and then returned to be the Senior Vice President
from 2001–2006. He continues to serve the Seminary as a
current member of the Board of Trustees. Congratulations
Steve!” said Tammy Cessna, Director of Alumni Relations.
Dr. Tennent comments on this great achievement, “Steve
brings such a diverse background and experience to Asbury
Seminary, for which I am so grateful. His love for students and
student formation is legendary. I have met people all across
the country who were either discipled by him or were part
of a Wesley Fellowship which he helped to organize. Steve
understands the multiplication inherent in discipleship and
forming new leaders for the church!”
Lay Mobilization e-Luncheons
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The intent of the Lay Mobilization Institute is to mobilize
the entire people of God as disciple-making disciples in
ministry and mission within each congregation in order to
transform the world around them.
This event will last an hour or less. During the session, you will:
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Learn about the unique aspects of Asbury
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Chat with the director, Dr. Bryan Sims
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Learn how to build a clergy-lay ministry team
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Get a $50 registration fee waiver!
Register today at asbury.to/lmipreview.
Please join President Timothy C. Tennent
as he shares the Asbury Seminary vision
in your area. Tennent Tours are well under
way, so mark your calendar now! At each
of his stops, Dr. Tennent is honored to be
speaking at various Saturday evening and
Sunday morning services.
2014 Dates:
January 31 – February 2
Christ UMC
Memphis, Tennessee
February 7–9
Killearn UMC
Tallahassee, Florida
March 7–9
New Covenant UMC
The Villages, Florida
April 4–6
First Methodist Houston
Houston, Texas
September 12–14
Asbury UMC/First UMC
Tulsa, Oklahoma
November 14–16
Parker UMC
Denver, Colorado
For event schedule, reservations, and
information, please contact Major Events
by phone, 877.PRAY.ATS (772.9287) or
email, major.events@asburyseminary.edu.
Doctor of Ministry e-Luncheons
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God is still making masterpieces, one life at a time, one
leader at a time. The Asbury Seminary Doctor of Ministry
Program is designed for academically serious, mid-career
congregational leaders who qualify to immerse themselves
in a program of renewing, retooling and refueling. We
invite you to look over our program’s key features at
asbury.to/dmin. The D.Min. program may be just the right
experience that God will use to further shape you.
Get more information today at asbury.to/eluncheon.
You will see information about the
2014 Ministry Conference on the back cover.
Here is an additional invitation for you!
We invite you to join Dr. Ben Witherington III
for an exclusive book reading and signing on the
Kentucky Campus during Ministry Conference.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
A Week in the Life of Corinth (Published 2013)
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Strengthening clergy and other caregivers for ministry with those facing
aging, death and dying, disability, and birth technology issues.
FEBRUARY 4–6, 2014
The Bioethics Conference at Asbury Seminary provides
a distinctive biblical word about prevalent cultural issues
regarding the status and worth of humanity. These issues include
death and dying, disability and sickness, health care and reproductive
technologies. This conference will not only discuss these issues, providing
space for thoughtful discussion, but also offer a theological framework
for reflection to ensure that beliefs and actions align.
Speakers include keynote, Dr. John Kilner; special guest
Dr. James Holsinger; and Asbury Seminary faculty
who are experts in the field.
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