2020 Commencement Program

asbury theological seminary

The Ninety-Seventh Commencement

Saturday, November 14, 2020

The Ninety-Seventh Commencement

November 14, 2020

Asbury Theological Seminary

The President’s Cabinet President Timothy C. Tennent, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Douglas K. Matthews, Ph.D. Associate Provost and Vice President of Enrollment Management and Student Services Kevin Bish, M.Ed. Vice President of Advancement Jay E. Mansur, C.F.S. Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer Bryan P. Blankenship, M.B.A. Vice President of Formation Donna Covington, M.A.C.L. Vice President of Seedbed John David Walt, J.D. Associate Vice President of the Florida Dunnam Campus R. Stephen Gober, D.Min. Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management and Operations of the Florida Dunnam Campus Eric Currie, M.Div.

Academic Officers Associate Provost Christine L. Johnson, Ph.D.

Dean of Advanced Research Programs Lalsangkima Pachuau, Ph.D.

Dean of the Beeson School of Practical Theology Dean of the School of Theology and Formation Thomas F. Tumblin, Ph.D. James R. Thobaben, Ph.D. Associate Provost and Dean of the Orlando School of Ministry Brian D. Russell, Ph.D.

Assistant Provost of Institutional Evaluation, Assessment and Academic Administration S. Brian Yeich, Ph.D.

Dean of the School of Biblical Interpretation David R. Bauer, Ph.D.

Dean of Library, Information, and Technology Services Paul A. Tippey, Ph.D.

Dean of the E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism Gregg A. Okesson, Ph.D.

The Ninety-Seventh Commencement Saturday, The Fourteenth of November Two Thousand Twenty Eleven o’clock in the morning

President Timothy C. Tennent, Presiding

Words of Welcome................................................................................ Dr. Timothy C. Tennent President, Asbury Theological Seminary Recognition of the Class of 2020.................................................... Dr. Douglas K. Matthews Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Invocation........................................................................................................... Dr. Ellen Marmon Professor of Christian Discipleship Scripture Reading. ...............................Philippians 2:5-11............................Dr. Anthony Headley Professor of Counseling Recognition Of Spouses, Families And Golden Graduates. .......................................................................Dr. Timothy C. Tennent Address.................................. “More Wag, Less Bark”........... Rev. Dr. H. Thomas Harrison, Jr.

Senior Pastor, Asbury United Methodist Church Tulsa, Oklahoma Presentation of Graduates...............................................................Reader, Dr. Jeffrey Frymire Associate Professor of Homiletics

Presenting

of

Certificates

Latino Ministry Formation Program Christian Studies Intercultural Studies Leadership Pastoral Care

Conferring of Academic Degrees Master of Arts Master of Divinity Master of Theology Doctor of Ministry Doctor of Philosophy

The Service of Consecration for the Class of 2020 Dr. Timothy C. Tennent

Presidential Charge to the Class of 2020 The Words of Affirmation and Commitment The Call to Ministry President:

Brothers and sisters of the 2020 graduating class of Asbury Theological Seminary, our call to discipleship is a call to transformational love.

Dami Adeliyi: Hear, O Israel! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.

President:

We are called by Christ to embody all of the realities of the inbreaking kingdom as we preach the gospel, serve the poor, and live in holiness.

Kaylyn Moran: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; He has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; and to comfort all who mourn.

President:

Though in Christ we are one body, we have many members, with gifts differing according to the grace given to us by the Holy Spirit.

Jessica Avery: The gifts the Lord gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the Body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.

President:

Graduates, do you affirm in the presence of this company that you have heard God’s call to a vocation of ministry; that you have tested that call in reflection and ministry; and that you now stand ready to take further steps of faithful service and mission?

Thomas Lyons and Dylan Zeigler: This we affirm.

President:

As our mission proclaims: “Asbury Theological Seminary is a community called to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world through the love of Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit, and to the glory of God the Father.” Are you prepared to go forth as ambassadors of this message?

Allison and Christian Clour: Trusting in the work of Christ, we are.

President:

Graduates, will you give yourself to a life of: earnest piety and community formation; prayer, the study of the scriptures, and all the means of grace; solidarity with the poor and marginalized, seeking

justice and offering mercy; lifelong learning; concern for the whole of God’s creation; and mission among those who have yet to call on the name of Jesus Christ?

Yakubu Jakada: We will, the Holy Spirit being our helper.

President:

Members of the faculty, members of the President’s Cabinet, and Trustees, you have heard our graduates affirm their call to active discipleship and ministry. Will you join me in their commission?

President, Faculty, President’s Cabinet and Trustees: Read by Dr. James Miller, Mr. Jay Mansur, Mrs. Karen Thomas and Bishop Al Gwinn

We commission you as servants of our Lord Jesus Christ to serve Christ in all the world, to know Him and to make Him known, to embody in your lives the good news of the Kingdom of God, to be the church in the world and to build up the body of those who call Him Lord. In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

President:

Let us pray. Almighty God, Father of all mercies, graciously behold these your servants. Without Your help, they are helpless. Empower them therefore with Your Holy Spirit, that they may be strong for the tasks which lie ahead; and in all their works may they glorify Your Holy Name, and advance Your blessed Kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Benediction.................................................................................................Rev. Donna Covington Vice President of Formation The Lord Bless You and Keep You ��������������������������������������������������������� The Singing Seminarians Directed by Rev. Daniel Key

All degrees granted based on the satisfactory completion of the student’s work.

Candidates for the Certificate of Latino Ministry Formation Program EDDY R. CARDENAS

ABNER PETER RODRIGUEZ

ANA MARIA MUNERA MENDOZA

ABNIER PETER RODRIGUEZ

LUZ ZENAIDA ORTIZ ARCE

JOSHUA SANTIAGO

Candidates for the Certificates

Anglican Studies

Pastoral Care

*NATHAN PAUL SHARP

VIRGINIA BERMEO

*LOGAN MCCLURE WEBER

HALLE JORDAN DEEMER BIGHAM KAREN EILEEN CASEY

Christian Studies

VICTORIA SUZANNE VITTITOW COX

MINNIE PEARL ANDERSON

PATRICIA ANN HENRY

BARBARA DIANE ROE

OXANA V. OGARA

JINCHAO ZHANG Intercultural Studies MARK GOMEZ Leadership MICHAEL ANTHONY BURGE GRACE ANNE MIYOKO ONO MATTHEW MONROE RUSSELL *Theta Phi

â—ŠEta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

Candidates for the Degree of Master of Arts Biblical Studies

Intercultural Studies

DAVID ALLAN CLAYTON

REBEKAH MADISON FORTNEY BAXTER

ESTHER JANE STOCKDILL COY

*BEN WILTON BRINKERHOFF

◊KELLY JACQUELINE DANIELSON

MARK ALLEN BRUNER

◊JOSHUA JAMES GRUBBS

CAESAR FREDERICO CHAVEZ

*ANIEDI EFFIONG INYANG

STANDIA CIVIL

HYUNG JU LEE

KERRY ANDREW DORRELL

ALEXIS RAMOS

MARY MARGARET FINCH

CARY CATHERINE SOLIMA

*SABRINA ANITA HINDS

DANIEL CODY STANLEY

JENIFER LYNN JONES

ZACHARY VAN BUREN

NELSON KALOMBO NGOY

CYNTHIA LEE WORLEY

JULENE KILIS KELSEY REBEKAH LANE

Christian Ministries

TIMOTHY RYAN PARKER GENNIE RUTH CHANDLER

*TRENTON JOHN PENNER

DENNISE ISABEL COLLAZO

MIRIAM PERALTA DE GARCIA

RAUL DOMINGUEZ FLORES

JONATHAN MOORE RAMSAY

KEVIN DEAN DRAPER EVERS

MEGAN BETH RUSSELL

SARAH LORRAINE FREEMAN JOAN WILLIAMS FRYMIRE

Leadership

WON DONG KIM

JOHN HAROLD BARTLETT

MELISSA RENKEMA

*NAOMI BIVINS

HARVEY DALE TAYLOR

DANIEL LEE BREEDEN

RYAN STEPHEN TRUSHENSKI

*VALERIE NICHOLE CARR

MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN

JOHN WESLEY DUFF

*Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

WILLIAM FRANCIS CHARLES FURMAN

HEIDE ELIZABETH FORRISTER

GEORGE THOMAS JONES

CLAUDIA GONZALEZ

YOUNGDUK KIM

ROSELINA STELLA GUERRA

CHRISTINE NOEL MORETZ

LILLIAN KRISTIAN HIGGS

*KRISTINA FAITH OSBORN

JENNIFER MICHELLE LOFTUS

JUNE CLARE PILCHER

*SHANNON SUE MASSEY

JOSEPH WILLIAM POWERS

MILENA RUBY MCMURRIN

DANIEL ERIC PROUT

MICHAEL THOMAS NEUBERT

LEANNE CHRISTINE PROUT

HANNAH WAIRIMU NG’ANG’A

KIMBERLY ANN RENKEMA

SHANNON DELANEY PRICE

SHARON DENEEN SMITH

EMILY MARIE SACK KELLY MARGARET SANTOS-PETERSON

Marriage and Family Counseling

ABIGAIL FAITH SIPE

CECILIA DENISE LYNCH

JESSICA MORGAN TAYLOR

*^JULIE ANN MARCHMAN

FRANKIE LEE TER KEURST

HANNAH CHRISTINE PENALVA NICHOLAS TODD PORRITT

*RACHEL PAIGE WILLIAMS LAUREL OLIVIA YODER

Mental Health Counseling

Ministry

VANETTE AUGUSTIN

REMINGTON JERALD DYAS

*THEODORE HASTINGS BALL

*LAUREL JOYCE GRIFFITH

MALLORY MARIE BITTERMAN

KELSEY REBEKAH LANE

LISA ANNE BRENNEMAN

*MARY ELIZABETH LYTLE

CADDEN JOHN CHRISTIE

RACHEL LESLIE NELSON

BENJAMIN DANIEL CLARK

SARAH DELANEY NEUBERT

NATASHA PAVITHRI CLEMENTS

ERIC JOSEPH NEUHART

KATRINA LEE COWEN

KARA DEANNE PHILLIPPI

*Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

BABITA SINGH

JOEL THOMAS OVERTON

LAUREN FRANCES SLEDGE

ERIN MARIE ROBINSON

RACHEL ALICE SMITH

CYNTHIA JEAN SHIELS

HANNAH ELIZABETH WITTENBERG

JANE ELLEN SHOEMAKER CHANDRA DENISE SNELL

Pastoral Counseling JEFFREY THOMAS WUCHICH

Spiritual Formation SHERI LYNN DODGE *CHYRELENA LYNN PEYTON

ERIC M. SNYDER LOGAN ZACHARIAH SPURGEON DAVID LUKE WHITEHEAD HANNAH ELIZABETH WITTENBERG MARGOT JALIL YOUSSEF DAVID E. ZAYAS

MEAGAN LEE STONE

Theological Studies DAVID L. BARNHART THOMAS MICHAEL BROSIUS AARON LON BUBERT MEGAN MASSEY CLARK *ELIJAH IRVIN DALLY DEREK DALE HARVEY JASON DAVID HEES DONALD JOSEPH HETZER DRAKE TYLER HOLDERMAN GEOFFREY MURITHI IRINGO JOSHUA DANIEL MAHONEY *WAYMAN SPENCER MING RYAN JAMES MOLINE ANDREW JAKE MORGENSEN *Theta Phi

â—ŠEta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

Candidates for the Degree of Master of Divinity *◊^BENJAMIN JAMES AICH

NATHAN CHRISTOPHER FIELDS

MANUEL ANTHONY ALAMO

JOSE ANGEL FLORES

STEVEN N. ANDERSON

LINDA E. FOS

DAVID NORMAN AUMACK

JOSHUA ALLEN GARNER

JEREMY CHRISTIAN BASS

DANIEL FORREST GIBBENS-RICKMAN

LUANN BENGE

KATHERINE MARIE GIEDD

ROBERT THOMAS BEVERLY

STEPHANIA ANN GILKEY

HALLE JORDAN DEEMER BIGHAM

CHRISTOPHER SEAN GLENN

DAVID WARREN BRANT

*JOSEPH WILLIAM GROM

MICHAEL ANTHONY BURGE

TARA LENORE HALL

MARGARET ROSA CANTEY

DAVID TYLER HARTING

MASON HEYWARD CANTEY

*◊MATTHEW TIMOTHY HAUGEN

JOSEPH ISAAC CARTER

REBEKAH ELAINE HILL

*◊SHISHOU CHEN

RANDALL LEE HODGKINSON

JONATHAN LLOYD CLARK

GRAHAM ANDERSON HOPPSTOCK-MATTSON

CHAPPELL LOCKLAIR CLAXTON

SAMUEL JACKSON HUBBARD

ALLISON TAYLOR NORMAN CLOUR

TAMARA LYNN HUMPHRIES

CHRISTIAN NATHANIEL CLOUR

GENE ANN JIMMERSON

*WILLIAM DAVID COLLETTE

TRENT LEE JONES

DANIEL SEAN DARLING

PAUL EDWARD KISNER

NATHAN EDGAR DICKENS

JENNIFER MICHELLE KNOX

AMANDA NICOLE DRAUGHN

STACIE LYNN LEE

JOHN WESLEY DUFF

KIMBERLY HERRING LOCHNER

*CALEB AARON DUNN

NICOLE DEANNE LOGAN

*Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

ALEXANDRA SARAH DALE MAHAFFEY

TOMMY LEROY SKEEN

SEAN PATRICK MCINTYRE

WALT WILSON SMITH

KENDALL THOMAS MCKEE

TERENCE IRVIN SQUIRES

MICHAEL D. MCLEAN

JACOB EARL TENNEY

BRANDON CHARLES JAMES MCRAE

PATRICIA JOAN THUE

DUSTIN EPHRAIM MILLER

NICHOLAS W. TRAEGLER

KAYLYN JOY MORAN

STEVEN MATTHEW TURNER

JAMIE LEE MOSLEY

TIMOTHY ANDREW TURNER

*JAMES H. NELSON

EZEQUIEL M. VASQUEZ

WILSON EMBREE NEWELL

*ANDREA K. SIMMONS WALLACE

*KRISTINA FAITH OSBORN

PATRICK WAYNE WALLACE

ANDREW CLARK OSWALT

WILLIAM LLOYD WALLEY

JASON WESLEY OWENS

*LOGAN MCCLURE WEBER

BRADEN TAYLOR PARKS

ERIC D. WESTON

DAVID WILLIAM PAYNE

TIMOTHY MAX WHEATON

CARLOS JUAN PEREZ-LOPEZ

*MICHAL GRACE WHITE

DAVID JUSTIN PRESTON

RACHEL SUSANNAH WIDDOWSON

KAYLA RENEE PRICHARD

LAWRENCE EDWARD WIGGINS

*NATHAN JOHN RAMLER

ERNEST DEAN WILCHER

BENJAMIN ROBINSON

AVIAN JANEEN WISE

LINELL ROBINSON

BROWNING MONTGOMERY WOOD

WHITNEY LEE DRISKELL ROCA

*DUSTIN RYAN WOODS

JORGE LUIS RODRIGUEZ

CHRISTIAN MICHAEL WRIGHT

ALISSA CATHERINE ROTHSCHILD

RYAN NATHANIEL ZAFIROFF

MICHAEL JOHN SCHLATT

*DYLAN QUINN ZIEGLER

JACOB MARTIN SCHNEIDER *NATHAN PAUL SHARP *Theta Phi

â—ŠEta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

Candidates for the Degree of Master of Theology Biblical Studies

Intercultural Studies

OLAMIJI SAMUEL AKIBU

*CHRISTIAN JAMES ANDERSON

TUCK-SEON CHUNG

*◊MATTHEW TIMOTHY HAUGEN MICHAEL JOHN SCHLATT

Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Ministry ALEXANDER MAWO GAMBO ABAFI Dissertation Project: Effects of Pastors’ Lifestyle on Church Members: Case Study of Gyel Local Church Council of Evangelical Church Winning All Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon *OLUDAMILOHUN ADEDILEMU ADELIYI Dissertation Project: More Than a Means to an End: The Practice of Bi-Vocational Ministry Among Missionaries in Northern Nigeria Mentor: Dr. Walter Jay Moon JESSICA LAUREN AVERY Dissertation Project: Developmental Networks: Influencing the Early Career Choices of Emerging Adults Serving in Campus Ministry Mentor: Dr. Marilyn Elliott TYLER MICHAEL BENBOW Dissertation Project: When Students Follow Jesus: Toward A Basic Christian Doctrine Mentor: Dr. Brian Russell CYNTHIA MARIE BREWER Dissertation Project: Unguarded: Freedom from Shame for Expat Women Mentor: Dr. Marilyn Elliott

*Theta Phi

TIMOTHY LEE BREWER Dissertation Project: Discipleship Camp: A Model for Developing and Making Disciples Mentor: Dr. John Hatton *ROBERT DEAN CHARTRAND Dissertation Project: Spiritual Formation of Millennials: An Exploration of Best Practices for Crosspoint Church Mentor: Dr. Chris A. Kiesling STEVEN LYLE CLASPELL Dissertation Project: The 3W’s Project Mentor: Dr. C. Milton Lowe STEVEN CHRISTOPHER COSSLETT Dissertation Project: Missional Readiness Among Christian Men: How a Study on John 13-17 Can Impact Missional Readiness Mentor: Dr. Eric Flood MARY VIRGINIA UIBLE CROWSON Dissertation Project: Relational Investments: Robust Practices for Staff Ministry Mentor: Dr. Thomas F. Tumblin SHAWN LAMONT DANDRIDGE Dissertation Project: The Abandonment of the Church: A Study of Church Membership Decline Mentor: Dr. Thomas F. Tumblin

◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

CLARA JOYCE DANQUAH Dissertation Project: Leadership Imagery: Developing People with the Right Passion, Attitudes, and Knowledge for Effective Christian Leadership Mentor: Dr. Woody Davis BRANDON WILSON DASINGER Dissertation Project: Grace That Goes Before: John Wesley’s Doctrine of Prevenient Grace and Its Significance for Youth Ministry Mentor: Dr. Jason Vickers PAUL RICHARD DREESSEN Dissertation Project: The International Church Experience: How English-Speaking International Churches Reach, Disciple, and Minister to Their Target Audience Mentor: Dr. Jeff Hiatt

JEFFREY ALLEN HORSMAN Dissertation Project: Recruiting and Funding Church Planters: Best Practices for Planting Networks Mentor: Dr. Bryan Collier CHRISTOPHER MARK JOHNSON Dissertation Project: 4D’s of Spiritual Growth: The Local Church’s Role in Spiritual Growth and Discipleship Mentor: Dr. Stephen L. Martyn SOO YOUNG LEE Dissertation Project: A Basis for Continuing Homiletical Education: The Development of a Preaching Training Program for Lay Pastors in the Province of Cebu, Philippines Mentor: Dr Randall W. Jessen

JOSHUA LEE DUCKWORTH Dissertation Project: The Best of All, God is With Us: A Wesleyan Approach to Funeral Preaching Mentor: Dr. Leonard Luchetti

AUSTIN DANIEL MAXHEIMER Dissertation Project: Church Engagement in Neighborhood Revitalization: Mobilizing and Sustaining Disciples in Ministry to Marginalized Neighbors Mentor: Mr. Scott Lewis

*JON NICHOLAS FERGUSON Dissertation Project: Disruptive Innovation in the Church: Lead Pastors’ Qualities That Change the World Mentor: Dr. Verna J. Lowe

FERNANDO MORALES Dissertation Project: New Church Planting and Stress: A Look at the Florida Region of The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mentor: Dr. Winfield Bevins

*JESSICA ELIZABETH FLECK Dissertation Project: Team Leadership: Core Competencies in Children’s Ministries Mentor: Dr. Catherine Stonehouse

BABATUNDE FADEFOLUWA OGUNBANWO Dissertation Project: Contextual Preaching: A Model for Effective Impact on The SocioCultural Living of Christians in the Anglican Diocese of Ijebu South-West, Nigeria Mentor: Dr. Jeff Hiatt

VICTORIA HUGHES HARRISON Dissertation Project: Best Practices for Local Mission Work: Developing Healthy and Effective Mission in the Church Mentor: Mr. Scott Lewis WAYNE MURRAY HILSDEN Dissertation Project: Engaging in God’s Redemptive Purposes for Israel: Impact of the Jerusalem Encounter Tour and Conference on Evangelical Leaders Mentor: Dr. Joseph R. Dongell

*Theta Phi

JOHN OPPONG-YEBOAH Dissertation Project: The Effects of Pastoral Leadership Practices on Church Growth in Churches in the Nkawkaw Diocese of the Methodist Church, Ghana Mentor: Dr. Craig Taylor *DENISE ROSE PAGE Dissertation Project: Black Protestant Millenials: Attracting, Engaging, Discipling, and Retaining the Next Generation Mentor: Dr. Chris A. Kiesling

◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

CHRISTOPHER JUSTIN PALMER Dissertation Project: Practicing Prayer and Attachment to God: A Study of Emerging Adult Spiritual Formation Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon

*CHARLES ALLEN SHOEMAKER Dissertation Project: What Are You Doing Here, Elijah: The Influence of Mentoring Relationships on Clergy Satisfaction Mentor: Dr. Anthony J. Headley

DELVIN JEVON PIKES Dissertation Project: Every Campus: Best Practices for Starting New Campus Ministries Mentor: Dr. Ken Nash

*THOMAS CHARLES TANNER Dissertation Project: Healthy Church Planting: Using Spiritual Disciplines in Training Church Planters Mentor: Dr. Winfield Bevins

TIMOTHY SCOTT RAWLINGS Dissertation Project: Missionally Engaging Our Neighbors: Equipping Christians to Reach Their Neighbors for Christ Mentor: Dr. Scott Nelson

RICHARD CHARLES THORPE Dissertation Project: City-Centre Resource Churches: Training to Enable Church Planting Mentor: Dr. Winfield Bevins

ROBERT ELIAS RODRIGUEZ Dissertation Project: Reclaiming This Generation for Christ: Why Do Latino Pentecostal Youth Abandon Their Faith After High School?

Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon

JOHN HARVEY VALENTINE Dissertation Project: Theology That Actually Works: An Analysis of Those Aspects of Theological Formation Which Best Equip Church Planters for Their Work Mentor: Dr. Winfield Bevins

JOSEPH JAYAKUMAR SANTHAPPAN Dissertation Project: Evangelization Through Deeds of Compassion: Developing Best Practices for Successful Evangelization Among Pentecostal Churches in the District of Tiruchirapalli Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon

ABUKARI SAYIBU YAKUBU Dissertation Project: The Role Leadership Can Play in Consolidating Relationships for Peace-Building: Building a Healthy Relationship Between the Abudu and the Andani Royal Families of Dagbon Traditional Area, Ghana Mentor: Dr. Wes Griffin

CAMERON JOEL SCALERA Dissertation Project: A Theology of Romance for Married Couples Mentor: Dr. Chris A. Kiesling *CHRISTIAN NATHAN SELVARATNAM Dissertation Project: The Craft of Church Planting: Guild Training Models for Apprenticing Church Planters Mentor: Dr. Winfield Bevins JOSEPH JAMES SHIMKO Dissertation Project: Evaluating the Recalibrate Initiative of the Free Methodist Church: Impact of Coaching the Pastors and Churches Through The 2017 Cohort Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon

*Theta Phi

â—ŠEta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Biblical Studies TAD CARL BLACKETER Dissertation Project: An Abundance of Good Things: Paul Ricoeur’s Cultural Imagination and a Phenomenology of Deuteronomism Mentor: Dr. Bill T. Arnold *◊^KEVIN BRIAN BURR Dissertation Project: Incomparable?

Authenticating Criteria in Historical Jesus Scholarship and General Historical Methodology Mentor: Dr. Craig S. Keener ^RYAN KRISTOPHER GIFFIN Dissertation Project: The Justification Clause of Phil 3:12: A Textual, Transcriptional, and Exegetical Analysis Mentor: Dr. Fredrick J. Long THOMAS MICHAEL LYONS Dissertation Project: Revisiting the Riddle in Samaria: A Social-Scientific Investigation of Spirit Reception in Luke-Acts Mentor: Dr. Craig S. Keener JOY L. VAUGHAN Dissertation Project: Spirit Possession in Luke-Acts and Modern Eyewitnesses: An Analysis of Anthropological Accounts as Evidence for the Plausibility for the Lukan Accounts Mentor: Dr. Craig S. Keener Intercultural Studies BAN SEOK CHO Dissertation Project: Being Missional, Becoming Missional: A Biblical-Theological Study of the Missional Conversion of the Church Mentor: Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau YAKUBU TANKO JAKADA Dissertation Project: Early Christian Responses to Persecution and Their Implications for Christians in Northern Nigeria Mentor: Dr. A. Sue Russell *Theta Phi

*IRENE MAONEI KABETE Dissertation Project: Reframing and [Re] Presenting Evangelism in Oral Cultures: A Case Study of the Harare West (MUMC) VABVUWI Choir in Zimbabwe Mentor: Dr. Walter Jay Moon SHIVRAJ KUMAR MAHENDRA Dissertation Project: Church Planting, Humanitarian Services, and Christian Holiness in Central India: A Study of the Life and Mission of Ernest and Phebe Ward Mentor: Dr. Timothy C. Tennent SHERYL ANN MARKS-WILLIAMS Dissertation Project: Ascertaining Factors Affecting Church Congregational Affiliation Among Anglophone-Caribbean Immigrants in South Florida Mentor: Dr. Steven J. Ybarrola ANDREW DAVID MCFARLAND Dissertation Project: William Carey’s Expectation for Missionary Cooperation: An Inquiry into the Significance of Interdependence in the Missionary Partnerships and Collaborative Efforts of the First Baptist Mission in India Mentor: Dr. Art McPhee ZONIA LUANN MITCHELL Dissertation Project: Giftive Mission Lives: Verbeck, Judson, Ricci and Timothy I Mentor: Dr. Art McPhee SAMUEL AYOTOLA ODUBENA Dissertation Project: The Migration of the Communicants from Anglicanism to Pentecostalism in Nigeria Mentor: Dr. Philip Meadows SUSANGELINE YALILI PATRICK Dissertation Project: Art as A Pathway to God: A Historical-Theological Study of the Jesuit Mission to China in the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties (1552-1773) Mentor: Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau

◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

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