Wilmore Commencement Program Spring 2021

asbury theological seminary

The Ninety-Eighth Commencement

May 21-22, 2021 Wilmore, Kentucky

The Ninety-Eighth Commencement

May 21-22, 2021

Asbury Theological Seminary

The Sherman Thomas Student Center Wilmore, Kentucky

The President’s Cabinet President Timothy C. Tennent, Ph.D. Provost and Senior Vice President 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.

Academic Officers Associate Provost Christine 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.

Registrar Michael A. Salmeier, D.Phil.

Postgraduate Commencement Ceremony Friday, The Twenty-First of May Two Thousand Twenty One Two o’clock in the afternoon

Marshal of the Academic Procession Bill T. Arnold, Ph.D. Paul S. Amos Professor of Old Testament Interpretation

Student Marshals Robyn Florian Doctor of Ministry Student Chelcent Fuad Ph.D. Biblical Studies Student

The Crucifer James Bush Doctor of Ministry Student

Director of Music Rev. Daniel Key Adjunct Instructor

The Scripture Bearer David Chronic Ph.D. Intercultural Studies Student

Organist Albin C. Whitworth, D.Cm.

Assistant to the Marshal Michael A. Salmeier, D.Phil.

Registrar

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Seminary Singers Ensemble Accompanist Mrs. Julie Tennent Director Rev. Daniel Key Jay Endicott Mary Katherine Graetz Daniel Johnson Sarah Michel Elywyn Murray Sydney Nelson Rebecca Ray Abraham Ruffcorn

The Academic Procession The Crucifer The Scripture Bearer The Academic Marshal The Student Marshals The Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy The Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Ministry The Candidates for the Degree of Master of Theology The Faculty of the Seminary The Platform Party

Postgraduate Commencement Ceremony President Timothy C. Tennent, Presiding Prelude �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Dr. Albin Whitworth Organist Processional...........................................Rigaudon ����������������������������������������� Dr. Albin Whitworth

Campra Organist Words of Welcome................................................................................ Dr. Timothy C. Tennent President, Asbury Theological Seminary Invocation................................................................................................. Dr. Thomas F. Tumblin Dean of the Beeson School of Practical Theology Hymn of Praise.................................And Can It Be............................................... Rev. Daniel Key

Charles Wesley (SAGINA) Adjunct Instructor 1. And can it be that I should gain 3. Long my imprisoned spirit lay, An interest in the Saviour’s blood! Fast bound in sin and nature’s night; Died he for me? who caused his pain! Thine eye diffused a quickening ray; For me? who him to death pursued? I woke, the dungeon flamed with light; Amazing Love! How can it be My chains fell off, my heart was free, That thou, my God, I rose, went forth, Shouldst die for me? And followed thee.

2. He left his Father’s throne above 4. No condemnation now I dread; (So free, so infinite his grace!), Jesus and all in him is mine; Emptied himself of all but love, Alive in him, my living Head, And bled for Adam’s helpless race, And clothed in righteousness divine, ‘Tis mercy all, immense and free, Bold I approach th’ eternal throne, For O my God, And claim the crown through It found out me! Christ my own.

Recognition of Spouses and Families ................................................ Dr. Timothy C. Tennent Scripture Reading. ......................2 Corinthians 4:5-15........................ Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau Dean of Advanced Research Programs Anthem of Praise.........................Let it Be Said of Us ...........................Seminary Singers Ensemble

Arranged by: Mary McDonald Address........................... “We Minister in Our Weakness”........................... Dr. Daryl McCarthy

Director, European Leadership Forum Academic Network

Recognition of Honors....................................................................... Dr. Douglas K. Matthews Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs

Recognition of Honor Societies Graduating Members of the International Honor Society of Theta Phi Graduating Members of the Eta Beta Rho Hebrew Honor Society Graduating Members of Leitourgia et Homiletica Graduating Members of the Gamma Rho Kappa Honor Society Presentation of Graduates.............................................................................. Dr. Christine Pohl Professor Emerita

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

The Service of Consecration for the Class of 2021 Dr. Timothy C. Tennent

Presidential Charge to the Class of 2021 The Words of Affirmation and Commitment The Call to Ministry President:

Brothers and sisters of the 2021 graduating class of Asbury Theological Seminary, our call to discipleship is a call to transformational love.

Graduates: 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.

Graduates: 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.

Graduates:

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?

Graduates: 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?

Graduates: 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?

Graduates: 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 by standing with them?

President, Faculty, President’s Cabinet and Trustees stand and say:

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.

The Hymn of Dedication................Facing a Task Unfinished.............................. Rev. Daniel Key Frank Houghton 1. Facing a task unfinished, that drives us 3. We bear the torch that, flaming, fell from the to our knees, a need that, undiminished, hands of those who gave their lives proclaiming rebukes our slothful ease. that Jesus died and rose.

We, who rejoice to know Thee, renew before Ours is the same commission, the same glad Thy throne the solemn pledge we owe Thee message ours; fired by the same ambition, to go and make Thee known. to Thee we yield our pow’rs.

2. Where other lords beside Thee hold their unhindered sway; where forces that defied Thee defy Thee still today.

With none to heed their crying for life, and love, and light, unnumbered souls are dying and pass into the night We go to all the world with kingdom hope unfurled. No other name has power to save but Jesus Christ, the Lord.

We go to all the world with kingdom hope unfurled. No other name has power to save but Jesus Christ, the Lord.

4.

O Father Who sustained them, O Spirit Who inspired, Saviour, Whose love constrained them to toil with zeal untired.

From cowardice defend us, from lethargy awake!

Forth on Thine errands send us to labour for Thy sake.

We go to all the world with kingdom hope unfurled. No other name has power to save but Jesus Christ, the Lord.

Benediction............................................................................................................. Dr. David Bauer Dean of the School of Biblical Interpretation Recessional..........................................Trumpet Tune in C.......................... Dr. Albin Whitworth Clarke All degrees granted based on the satisfactory completion of the student’s work.

Candidates for the Degree of Master of Theology Biblical Studies

Intercultural Studies

*◊^ALBERTO ISAAC BONILLA-GIOVANETTI

TAKANORI INOUE

*NOAH LEE CROMER

MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER MARESCO

◊^MARSHALL C. JOHNS

MOE MOE NYUNT

ELIA MESRICO ABDI KASIH

CHRISTOPHER EUGENE ROBERSHAW

RUBIN JAMES MCCLAIN

Theological Studies

*◊^MATTHEW KELLON ROBINSON

GRAHAM ANDERSON HOPPSTOCK-MATTSON

◊BRIANA LEIGH RUSSELL

*ROBERT THOMAS WILLIAMS, JR.

Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Ministry ANDRE ABA Dissertation Project: Looking in the Mirror: The Integrity of the Preacher Mentor: Dr. C. Milton Lowe

*†KAREN L. BRAY Dissertation Project: Contemplative Prayer and Meditation: Their Role in Spiritual Growth Mentor: Dr. Randall W. Jessen

CRISTINE CARNATE ATRERO Dissertation Project: Young Disciples in the Marketplace: A Marketplace-Based Discipleship Program of the United Methodist Young Adults of the Zambales District Mentor: Dr. Chris A. Kiesling

JEFF ROBINSON BROOKS Dissertation Project: Preaching the Gospel to Trauma Survivors: Special Considerations, Methods, and Techniques Mentor: Dr. Virginia Todd Holeman

MARK AARON BENJAMIN Dissertation Project: The Discipleship Band: Evaluating the Transformative Potential and Best Practices for Seedbed’s Model of Discipleship Bands Among Students at Asbury University Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon NOAH BOAHEN Dissertation Project: The Impact of Mentoring Young People Aged 18 - 35 Through Military Chaplaincy in Ghana Mentor: Dr. Jeff Hiatt *Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho

MICHAEL R. BURNETTE, JR. Dissertation Project: Parable Church: How the Teachings of Jesus Shape the Culture of Our Faith Mentor: Dr. Doug Oss MARK THOMAS CARTER Dissertation Project: Developing Healthy MBB Community: An Analysis of Relationships Between Muslim Background Believers Mentor: Dr. A. Sue Russell

†Leit. et. Hom.

^Gamma Rho Kappa

EDNEY JOAQUIM Dissertation Project: Fruitfulness and Ordination: Ministry Effectiveness as a Prerequisite for Ordination Mentor: Dr. C. Milton Lowe

MARK JOHN CHEETHAM Dissertation Project: Development and Evaluation of a Wesleyan Internship Model: Creating a Discipleship, Renewal, and Lay Leadership Training Pathway Mentor: Dr. Brian D. Russell CHRISTOPHER CHISALE Dissertation Project: The Impact of a BiVocational Pastor: A Comparative Study on Church Health Mentor: Dr. Tapiwa Mucherera

JOHN NJOROGE KAREITHI Dissertation Project: Determining Best Practices for Stopping and Reversing Widespread Exit of 15-19-Year-Olds From Glory Outreach Assembly Congregations Mentor: Dr. James C. Miller

DERRICK LAWRENCE DOHERTY Dissertation Project: Faith Perspective of First Responders: The Impact of a Faith Community on First Responders Pertaining to Trauma Mentor: Dr. Anthony J. Headley

WADE THOMAS KILLOUGH Dissertation Project: Seasons of Change: Navigating New Beginnings and Endings Within the United Methodist Church Mentor: Dr. Bryan Collier

PATRICK SUGUNAKAR DOMMATI Dissertation Project: Survey of the Missional Methods Modelled for Church Planting in the City of Hyderabad in Order to Determine Effective Methods for Planting Healthy Churches in the Region Mentor: Dr. Bryan Collier

MICHAEL KOJO LARBI Dissertation Project: 21st Century Class Meeting: Wesleyan Discipleship with Software Facilitated Blended Learning Mentor: Dr. Paul A. Tippey

JAIME ABRAHAM FABERLLE Dissertation Project: The Man Up Retreat: An Instrument of Defense Against Absentee Fatherhood Mentor: Dr. C. Milton Lowe ANDREW BARNES YANTIS HARGROVE Dissertation Project: Clergy CompensationSetting Practices: Review of Practices in the Great Plains Conference of the United Methodist Church Mentor: Dr. Thomas F. Tumblin SITHEMBISO HLOPHE Dissertation Project: Ministry Formation of Emerging Christian Leaders: Equipping Emerging Leaders to Minister Among the Marginalized Mentor: Dr. Thomas F. Tumblin ERIK L. IRELAND Dissertation Project: Competency-Based Education for Ministers in the Wesleyan Church: Best Practices for Educators Mentor: Dr. C. Milton Lowe

*Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho

PAUL JAY MARZAHN Dissertation Project: Church Planting Pastors: Identifying, Assessing, and Recruiting Potential Church Planting Leadership Mentor: Dr. Bryan Collier SARAH JANE FUTCHER MCDONALD Dissertation Project: Growing Female Leaders: Best Practices in Identifying and Mentoring in the HTB Network Mentor: Dr. Stacy R. Minger LEIGHTON ST. AUBIN MCFARLANE Dissertation Project: Discipling with Purpose: Best Practices in Light of God’s Telos for Discipleship Mentor: Dr. Barbara Dobson LALIT KUMAR NAYAK Dissertation Project: Kandhamal Riot 2008: Its Impact on Current and Future Christian Community Mentor: Dr. Lalsangkima Pachuau JAMES TODD NELSON Dissertation Project: The Impact of Calling on Discipleship Mentor: Dr. Russell West

†Leit. et. Hom.

^Gamma Rho Kappa

AYOBAMIJI JOSEPH OLUWAGUNNA Dissertation Project: Now, Tomorrow is Leaving Yesterday: Departure of Campus Youths from Church Mentor: Dr. Jeff Hiatt JOHNSON CHIBUEZE ONUOHA Dissertation Project: A Biblically-Based Parenting Style in Anglican Church Arochukwu Mentor: Dr. Jeff Hiatt SAMUEL OSAM-DUODU Dissertation Project: U.S.-Based Ghanaian Methodist Young People: Improving Their Participation in and Commitment to Church Mentor: Dr. C. Milton Lowe THAKUR PRASAD PAUDEL Dissertation Project: The Importance of Faith and Works in Major Christian Communities of Kathmandu Valley Mentor: Dr. Thomas F. Tumblin CARLOS DARIO PERALTA Dissertation Project: The Latino Church Planting Challenge: Factors That Impact Latino Church Planting in Orlando, Florida, Within the Encuentro Ministries Network Mentor: Dr. Iosmar Alvarez

JANNETTE WAY RUDOLPH Dissertation Project: Adult Suicide: Church Awareness, Support, and Prevention Education Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon RICHARD MATTHEW SCHELL Dissertation Project: Faith And Work Pedagogy for the 21st Century: A Consultation of the Curriculum of 210 Leaders Mentor: Dr. Walter Jay Moon *MATTHEW THOMAS SEEL Dissertation Project: Lay Leadership Collaboration, Communication, and Succession Among the Baby Boomer, Generation X, and Millennial Generational Cohorts Mentor: Dr. Thomas F. Tumblin SAMMY NGANGA WAINAINA Dissertation Project: Leadership Transition Test in the Church: Leadership Transition Test in the Anglican Church of Kenya Mentor: Dr. James C. Miller GEORGE DEHKONTEE WILSON, JR. Dissertation Project: Equipping for Ministry: Training Rural Pastors to Preach Evangelism and Discipleship in Liberia Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon

JOSE WILFREDO PIMENTEL MILLAN Dissertation Project: Engaging with New Generations: Integration Among Young EnglishSpeaking Hispanic Congregation Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon

TODD A. WILSON Dissertation Project: Missionary Training Best Practices: Equipping Church Members to Be Effective Missionaries in Their Own Contexts Mentor: Dr. Scott Nelson

PAUL MARSDEN RISLER Dissertation Project: Homiletics: Strengthening Preaching Through a Community of Practice Model Mentor: Dr. Ellen Marmon

NEGA MEAZA ZELEKE Dissertation Project: Welcoming Vulnerable Children Who Need Help from Today’s Church Mentor: Dr. Jeff Hiatt

*Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho

†Leit. et. Hom.

^Gamma Rho Kappa

Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy DONALD MURRAY VASSER Dissertation Project: Slaves in the Christian Household: The Colossian and Ephesian Haustafeln in Context Mentor: Dr. Ben Witherington III

Biblical Studies LINDSAY DACOSTA ARTHUR Dissertation Project: The Meaning of Μαθητεύσατε in the Broader Context of the Gospel of Matthew Mentor: Dr. David R. Bauer ◊^GARRETT EVAN BEST Dissertation Project: Imitatio Ezechielis: The Irregular Grammar of Revelation Reconsidered Mentor: Dr. Frederick J. Long 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 ◊ALISON KAY HAWANCHAK Dissertation Project: The Hero and His Temptress: A Re-Analysis of the Ancient Near Eastern Expression of the K2111 “Potiphar’s Wife Motif” in Light of Judges 16 Mentor: Dr. John A. Cook *◊^KEI HIRAMATSU Dissertation Project: The Structure of Second Corinthians: Paul’s Theology of Ministry Mentor: Dr. David R. Bauer THOMAS MICHAEL LYONS Dissertation Project: Revisiting the Riddle in Samaria: A Social-Scientific Investigation of Spirit Reception in Luke-Acts in Historical Perspective Mentor: Dr. Craig S. Keener *Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho

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 ◊BENJAMIN WIGGERSHAUS Dissertation Project: The Man of Opened Eye: Ancient Near Eastern Revelatory Convention and the Balaam Cycle (Numbers 22-24) Mentor: Dr. Bill T. Arnold 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 DANIEL RICHARD HUNTER Dissertation Project: Emerging Dimensions of Mission in a Global Body: Tracking and Evaluating Partnerships between American Congregations and their Global Counterparts Mentor: Dr. Stephen W. Offutt YAKUBU TANKO JAKADA Dissertation Project: Early Christian Responses to Persecution and Their Implications for Christians in Northern Nigeria Mentor: Dr. A. Sue Russell *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

†Leit. et. Hom.

^Gamma Rho Kappa

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

SAMUEL AYOTOLA ODUBENA Dissertation Project: 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 GEORGE NDUATI WOKI Dissertation Project: Spiritual Metrics: Accounting for Spiritual Transformation in International Development Mentor: Dr. Gregg A. Okesson

ZONIA LUANN MITCHELL Dissertation Project: Giftive Mission Lives: Verbeck, Judson, Ricci, and Timothy I Mentor: Dr. Art McPhee

*Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho

†Leit. et. Hom.

^Gamma Rho Kappa

Graduate Commencement Ceremony Saturday, The Twenty-Second of May Two Thousand Twenty One Eleven o’clock in the morning Sherman Thomas Student Center

Marshal of the Academic Procession Dr. Stephen Stratton, Ph.D. Professor of Counseling

Student Marshals Mara Vetters Master of Divinity Student

The Crucifer Kunal Onkar Master of Divinity Student

Melissa Wagner Master of Mental Health Counseling and Master of Theological Studies Student

The Scripture Bearer Raheel Dhingra Master of Mental Health Counseling Student

Director of Music Rev. Daniel Key Adjunct Instructor Organist Albin Whitworth, D.Cm.

Assistant to the Marshal Michael A. Salmeier, D.Phil.

Registrar

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Seminary Singers Ensemble Accompanist Mrs. Julie Tennent Director Rev. Daniel Key Jay Endicott Mary Katherine Graetz Daniel Johnson Sarah Michel Elywyn Murray Sydney Nelson Rebecca Ray Abraham Ruffcorn

The Academic Procession The Crucifer The Scripture Bearer The Academic Marshal The Faculty of the Seminary The Platform Party

Graduate Commencement Ceremony President Timothy C. Tennent, Presiding Prelude........................................................................................................................... Dr. Albin Whitworth

Processional........................................... Rigaudon................................................. Dr. Albin Whitworth

Campra Words of Welcome................................................................................ Dr. Timothy C. Tennent President, Asbury Theological Seminary Invocation.......................................................................................................Dr. Michael Matlock Professor of Inductive Biblical Studies, Old Testament and Early Judaism Hymn of Praise.................................And Can It Be............................................... Rev. Daniel Key

Charles Wesley (SAGINA) Adjunct Instructor 1. And can it be that I should gain 3. Long my imprisoned spirit lay, An interest in the Saviour’s blood! Fast bound in sin and nature’s night; Died he for me? who caused his pain! Thine eye diffused a quickening ray; For me? who him to death pursued? I woke, the dungeon flamed with light; Amazing Love! How can it be My chains fell off, my heart was free, That thou, my God, I rose, went forth, Shouldst die for me? And followed thee.

2. He left his Father’s throne above 4. No condemnation now I dread; (So free, so infinite his grace!), Jesus and all in him is mine; Emptied himself of all but love, Alive in him, my living Head, And bled for Adam’s helpless race, And clothed in righteousness divine, ‘Tis mercy all, immense and free, Bold I approach th’ eternal throne, For O my God, And claim the crown through It found out me! Christ my own.

Recognition Of Spouses and Families ............................................... Dr. Timothy C. Tennent Scripture Reading. ........................2 Corinthians 4:5-15............................. Dr. Kenneth J. Collins Professor of Historical Theology and Wesley Studies Anthem of Praise......................... Let it Be Said of Us .............................Seminary Singers Ensemble

Arranged by: Mary McDonald

Address........................... “We Minister in Our Weakness”........................... Dr. Daryl McCarthy

Director, European Leadership Forum Academic Network

Recognition of Honors ���������������������������������������������������������������������� Dr. Douglas K. Matthews Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs

Recognition of Honor Societies Graduating Members of the International Honor Society of Theta Phi Graduating Members of the Eta Beta Rho Hebrew Honor Society Graduating Members of the Gamma Rho Kappa Honor Society Presentation of Graduates.............................................................................. Dr. Ellen Marmon Professor of Christian Discipleship

Presenting of Certificates Conferring of Academic Degrees Master of Arts Master of Divinity

The Service of Consecration for the Class of 2021 Dr. Timothy C. Tennent

Presidential Charge to the Class of 2021 The Words of Affirmation and Commitment The Call to Ministry President:

Brothers and sisters of the 2021 graduating class of Asbury Theological Seminary, our call to discipleship is a call to transformational love.

Graduates: 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.

Graduates: 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.

Graduates:

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?

Graduates: 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?

Graduates: 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?

Graduates: 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 by standing with them?

President, Faculty, President’s Cabinet and Trustees stand and say:

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.

The Hymn of Dedication................Facing a Task Unfinished.............................. Rev. Daniel Key Frank Houghton 1. Facing a task unfinished, that drives us 3. We bear the torch that, flaming, fell from the to our knees, a need that, undiminished, hands of those who gave their lives proclaiming rebukes our slothful ease. that Jesus died and rose.

We, who rejoice to know Thee, renew before Ours is the same commission, the same glad Thy throne the solemn pledge we owe Thee message ours; fired by the same ambition, to go and make Thee known. to Thee we yield our pow’rs.

2. Where other lords beside Thee hold their unhindered sway; where forces that defied Thee defy Thee still today.

With none to heed their crying for life, and love, and light, unnumbered souls are dying and pass into the night We go to all the world with kingdom hope unfurled. No other name has power to save but Jesus Christ, the Lord.

We go to all the world with kingdom hope unfurled. No other name has power to save but Jesus Christ, the Lord.

4.

O Father Who sustained them, O Spirit Who inspired, Saviour, Whose love constrained them to toil with zeal untired.

From cowardice defend us, from lethargy awake!

Forth on Thine errands send us to labour for Thy sake.

We go to all the world with kingdom hope unfurled. No other name has power to save but Jesus Christ, the Lord.

Benediction................................................................................................. Dr. Stephen L. Martyn Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation Recessional..........................................Trumpet Tune in C.......................... Dr. Albin Whitworth Clarke All degrees based on the satisfactory completion of the student’s work.

Candidates for the Certificates Aging and Spirituality

SHANE CORY BRITT

SARAH RUTH PERRY

SANTOSH SHARMA

Christian Education

Pastoral Care

BARNABAS KYUNGHWAN KIM

SPENCER CHARLES KRENKE CORIN ANDREW MCDONALD

Intercultural Studies SETH J. MYERS

Youth and Family Ministry

HANNAH JUBILEE PACKARD

JACOB ELLIOTT HINZE

Leadership DAVID LORING ADAMSON

Candidates for the Degree of Master of Arts Biblical Studies

◊DAVID WESLEY MASON

IAN THOMAS BARKER

◊STACY LYNN MCNEIL

*◊^ALBERTO ISAAC BONILLA-GIOVANETTI

*◊^MATTHEW KELLON ROBINSON

*NOAH LEE CROMER

AUSTIN DANIEL RUCKER

LINDSEY LEIGH CROSTON

Christian Ministries

RAFAEL GUSTAVO DE ALMEIDA VIANA ◊AUSTIN SCOTT HERBERT *HANNAH LYNN HOPKINSON SERGO LALANNE JONATHAN BENAIAH LEWIS YEE NGE LIN *Theta Phi

JULIA ELIZABETH HOLLAND MICHAEL PAUL MAYEAUX KAREN BOWEN RODEN SARAH ELIZABETH SEIBER TIMOTHY MATTHEW WISE

◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

Intercultural Studies

Leadership

CHRISTINE OKIYA AGINA

CHARLOTTE ANNE ABEL

MEICA BENJAMIN CAMPBELL

APOORVA PRASHANT BHOPE

MANIK ANTHONY GEORGE COREA

SYDNIE ANN FRAUSTRO

COURTNEY ANN DUNN

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER GODBEY

JANGA LAL MAGAR

JARRETT HARDEE HOWARD

MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER MARESCO

SARAH MICHELLE JOHNSON

RUDY F. MARTE

STONEY DEMITRI JOHNSON, JR.

ZACHARY MICHAEL MEERKREEBS

CHANDLER CALEB LANDIS

JOHN MONGER

VICTORIA SHADDOX MANN

TUL BAHADUR MONGER

MASON ALLYSE MILES

*CIRO MORAES COSTA DE CASTRO

COLETTE LANI PATTON

ALEX JESUS NUNEZ

*STEPHEN MATTHEW PENNY

PADAM LAL POUDEL

IVAN RAMIREZ

BHADRA RAI

DEBORAH ROBINSON

RAHAR MAN RAI

JOSIAH MICHAEL ROLOSON

TARA B. RAI

SARAH ELIZABETH SEIBER

SAMANTHA JO ROUNDTREE

LAURA NICOLE STEAGER

LINDSEY NICOLE RUSSELL ANUGRAHA SHARMA SANTOSH SHARMA

Marriage and Family Counseling EARL LAMONTEZE JOHNSON MAMI TSUTADA

LAURA NICOLE STEAGER AARAN MAURICE TAYLOR

Mental Health Counseling

JOSEPH RYAN TUCK

ELZABA ANDERSON

NEGGA ABAY WOLDESEMAIT

KACIE DAWN BLEDSOE HANNAH E. COWEN JANINE LOUISE DAMRAN

*Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

SARAH YU-KYUNG HAN

Spiritual Formation

RICHARD AUSTIN HUNTER

JANA MARIE APPLIN

RACHEL MARIA JOYNER

TRACY JEAN MOORE

CRAIG MATTHEW LADWIG Theological Studies

CALEB STEVEN MACKEY ZACH KEITH MONROE

MARGARET FRANCES ANDREWS

EMMA FAITH MORGAN

GABRIELLE DEANNA CAJA

SHELBY RHEA PARRISH

QUINNE ALEXANDRA CULLINS

CAROLYN MARIE SAAD

EVAN BLAKE DRYSDALE

RACHAEL ELIZABETH SHANNON

LAUREN NICOLE EDGELL

*JODI DIANE SHEFFIELD

GERREN THOMAS FISH

JOY JEMIMA SINGH

BENJAMIN DANIEL FOSS

YAGANA YAKUBU

*LAURA CATHERINE DAHL GARVERICK

*AIMEE MARIE ZIEGLER

*NICHOLAS SCOTT GROUNDS DYLAN MICHAEL JEFFERY

Ministry

JOSHUA HANKYUL LEE

JUNE CRISTY ANDERSON DORSEY

REBECCA JULIE ELISABETH MARCH

DARRYL LORENZO BURRUS

SARAH KATHLEEN MCGINNIS

*FRANCES CATRON CADLE

LOGAN DEREK MILLER

TABITHA RACHEL HEATHCOTE

SUSANNAH ELISE SEARLS

JONATHAN LEVI HUNDLEY

*DAN EVAN STOLLDORF

STEVEN VAN PELT MANN

*LUKE CHARLES STRASSER

JONNAH DEE POPEK

VINCENT ANDREW SULLIVAN

IVAN RAMIREZ

LISA MICHELLE VANDENBERGE

DYLAN MICHAEL WILSON

*YING WANG

Pastoral Counseling

*ROBERT THOMAS WILLIAMS, JR.

JAMIE RYAN SVEC *Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

Candidates for the Degree of Master of Divinity GRACE BELLE ABBOTT

DAVID LEE DAIRE

WILLIAM TRAVIS ABERCROMBIE

JAMES RYAN FORD

DAVID KWAME ABUBEKR

NIKOLAS ANTONIO FRAUSTRO

DAVID LORING ADAMSON

NILSE FURTADO-GILLIAM

*SHAWN EMRY ALLEN

JOHN J. GARGIS

STEPHEN JAY ANDREWS

NATHANAEL SCOTT GIBBONS II

KAITLIN ELIZABETH BABINGTON

M’KENNA LEIGH SINCLAIR GILLESPIE

RYAN KEITH BACHUSS

JORGE SAMUEL GONZALEZ

BRIAN DAVID BALLINGER

JOSHUA DAVID GORCZYCA

JORDAN CHASE BARRIOS

JOSHUA TYLER GROCE

CONNOR MICHAEL BERG

CONNOR MATTHEW GUERZINI

^NICKOLAS DEAN BETTIS

ANDREW JOHN HAMMER

DAVID RUSSELL BLANCHARD

BROOKE HARROWER HARTMAN

PHILIP ALLEN BLAND

EDWARD ROSSWELL HELM

SHANE CORY BRITT

JACOB ELLIOTT HINZE

MEGHAN ALISON BURRIS

MEGAN KATHLEEN HOENIG

STEVEN WAYNE CARR

SAMUEL SLADE HOGAN

PAUL LEVANT CASZATT

SHELBY LYNN HOOD

BRIAN CHANGHOON CHOI

MATTHEW FRANCIS HOWE

GLENN A. COLE

BRIAN HAGEN JACKSON

GRAEME DAVID COLLETT

◊YOUNGWOOK JEON

LINDA LOU COOTS

◊^MARSHALL C. JOHNS

BRIAN ERIC COPLIN

TEKILA SUS’ANNE MARIE JOHNSON

RANDALL NATHAN CUPP

MICHAEL VASIL KELINGOS

*Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

JESSICA KATERI KENNEDY

SARAH GRACE PHILLIPS

COLE MICHAEL KESSINGER

WESLEY CARROLL PHILLIPS

JAMES MICHAEL KING

RUSSELL EDWARD POORE III

MARVIN OTIS KING, JR.

JULIE HELEN RARIDAN

ZACHARY ADAM KRATZER

DAVID JEREMIAH RAY

SPENCER CHARLES KRENKE

MICHAEL LEWIS REXROAD

ROBIN RENEE KYEK

DONNA GAIL REYNOLDS

JAMES AARON LAIBEN

JEMMIE DALE REYNOLDS

DEAN WILLIAM LANE

STEVEN BRIAN RING

BRYAN KEITH LASSITER

CHRISTOPHER EUGENE ROBERSHAW

DO HEE LEE

TIMOTHY JOHN ROBINSON

AVERY RAE LINN-AUTHENREITH

SARAH ELIZABETH ROCHTE

KATHRYN MICHELLE MASTERS

◊BRIANA LEIGH RUSSELL

VICTORIA LEA MCCLARY

SADIE VIRGINIA SASSER

CORIN ANDREW MCDONALD

*MATTHEW CRAIG SCANDRETT

NOAH WOODROW MCGEE III

JOHN ALBERT SCHNEIDER

AMY ELIZABETH MITCHELL

SETH MATTHEW SCHUTTE

SEAN MONAGHAN

*◊^MICHAEL THOMAS SCHWIND

CAMERON HALL MOORE

REEVE RUSSELL SEGREST

TINA LOUISE MORGAN

*◊^SETH ALAN SHIPMAN

*^JAY GREGORY MUELLER

NICHOLAS ALEXANDER SMITH

CODY ALLAN NEAL

RACHEL ELIZABETH SMITH

EVAN CHASE NESTER

CHLOE SPECHT

ROBERT LEE OAKLEY, JR.

*JEREMY WILSON STEWART

HANNAH JUBILEE PACKARD

MASON PATRICK STEWART

JAMES ALAN PEICH

*LUKE CHARLES STRASSER

*STEPHEN MATTHEW PENNY

JAMIE RYAN SVEC

*Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa

DONALD JOHNSON TERRY THOMAS PACE TOOLE LEAH RENEE TRAHAN JULIE MARIE TRUHLAR JOSE JACO VIEIRA, JR. MICHAELA CAITLYN WALLEY PHILIP NATHANAEL WEBSTER LEEANN MARIE WENDELL STEPHANIE MICHELLE WILLIAMS REBECCA GRIFFITH WIMBERLY CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL WISE JAE HYUNG YOON

*Theta Phi

◊Eta Beta Rho ^Gamma Rho Kappa