Armando Zuniga (MACM, 2013) from EvanTell taught evangelistic methods to pastors in China. This was the first time they heard a Spanish teacher. His teachings included using the multicolored bracelets to share the gospel story. Richard Morris (ThM, 2014) serves in a management position with Teach for America in Indianapolis, Indiana. Bethany Moss (MABC, 2014) received her LPC this year and now works with trauma clients at the counseling center at First Baptist Richardson in Richardson, Texas. She is also pursuing certification in play therapy. As president of the Jarwludo International Training Institute Inc., Charles Z. Barwon (ThM, 2015) and his team work with different churches to train pastors. In the future, Jarwludo’s target is to train 300 pastors in Liberia and Nigeria. When Buddhists in the Yazajo village of Myanmar objected to a small church project, God opened another door this year for Saung Khen Pau (STM, 2015) and his team at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Myanmar to build a church in the Kyigone village and Zolen villages. Annette Zampatti (MAMC, 2015) recently published, The Gospel and Womanhood (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform). The twelve-week Bible study reflects the heart of Christianity’s relational God in the daily life of the believer. As a strategic life and leadership coach with Loving All Peoples, Jeremy Patty (MACS, 2016) works among the poor, marginalized subgroups, refugees, and internationals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He loves to encourage and equip other missionaries and has led or participated in several short-term mission trips around the globe, including Africa, Cuba, and Haiti.
Pictured above, Heather Zimmerman (ThM, 2016) and thirteen alumni represented DTS at the Evangelical Homiletics Society (EHS) conference in Boston, Massachusetts, including four faculty members: Vic Anderson (ThM, 1986), Bruce Fong (ThM, 1978), Abe Kuruvilla (ThM, 2002), and Timothy Warren (ThM, 1977). Heather received the Keith Willhite Award for best paper, “No Longer Second-Class Sermons: Redeeming the Topical Sermon’s Reputation through Application” presented at the twentieth annual meeting of EHS. The award recognizes an outstanding paper reflecting the highest of standards in research, analysis, insight, critical thinking, passion, and professional standards in evangelical homiletics.
New Ministries Leland Smith (ThM, 1974), pastor, Grace Evangelical Free Church, Elkader, Iowa Lanny Tanton (ThM, 1985), senior pastor, Bible Church of the Lakes, Horseshoe Bay, Texas Michael Fen (ThM, 1989), lead pastor, ChristLife Community Church, Denver, Colorado Craig Schoenberger (ThM, 1990), senior pastor, Maranatha Bible Church, Salisbury, North Carolina David Sherwood (MACE, MABS, 1995), lead pastor, Cornerstone Christian Church, Duncannon, Pennsylvania Nick Boeke (DMin, 2001), senior pastor, First Baptist Church of Durand, Durand, Michigan Michael Goacher (MACE, 2002), senior pastor, Oak Hill Bible Church, Austin, Texas
Matthew Meister (ThM, 2004), associate pastor of youth and family, Ainsworth Evangelical Free Church, Ainsworth, Nebraska
Seth Ross (MABS, 2014), senior pastor, Park Hill Baptist Church, Parkville, Missouri
Cord Miller (MABS, 2005; ThM, 2016), senior pastor, Crossroads Bible Church, Talty, Texas
Jon Webster (ThM, 2014), worship pastor, Brentwood Bible Church, Austin, Texas
Dustin Yonkovich (ThM, 2005), children’s pastor, Lakeview Bible Church, Nampa, Idaho
Jake Wulbecker (ThM, 2014), associate pastor, Le Mars Bible Church, Le Mars, Iowa
Jason Anderson (MACE, 2006), youth pastor, Lakeview Bible Church, Nampa, Idaho
Jeremy Closs (ThM, 2015), associate pastor of youth and children, Kingston Alliance Church, Kingston, New York
Aaron Williams (ThM, 2006), discipleship pastor, University Presbyterian Church, Las Cruces, New Mexico Jason Peters (DMin, 2007), executive director, The Hope Haven Charitable Trust, Sedalia, Colorado Pablo Monroy (MACE, 2008), Spanish pastor, Second Baptist Church, Houston, Texas John DeSario (ThM, 2009), youth and children’s pastor, Rosemont Baptist Church, Montrose, Colorado Michael Crosswhite (ThM, 2010), senior pastor, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Jarod Walston (ThM, 2010), senior pastor, Chesterfield Bible Church, Chesterfield, Illinois Michael Breznau (ThM, 2011), lead pastor, Mayfair Bible Church in Flushing, Michigan Travis Hart (ThM, 2011), lead pastor, The Lakes Church, Sachse, Texas John Magnus (ThM, 2011), youth pastor, Elk Ridge Baptist Church, Stephenville, Texas Nika Spaulding (ThM, 2013), resident theologian, St Jude Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas Byron Bradshaw (ThM, 2014), senior pastor, Calvary Bible Church, Huntsville, Alabama
Elizabeth Jessen (MACE, MACM, 2015), director of children’s ministry, Trinity Bible Church, Richardson, Texas Clement Woo (ThM, 2015), Cantonese pastor, Frisco Chinese Bible Church, Frisco, Texas Blaine Hooper (ThM, 2016), associate pastor for small groups, Grace Bible Church, Houston, Texas Kyle Boone (ThM, 2017), senior pastor, Hambden Congregational Church, Chardon, Ohio Tsuan-Le Chu (MACS, 2017), Mandarin pastor, Fort Bend Community Church, Missouri City, Texas Seth Gheen (ThM, 2017), associate pastor for discipleship, Community Bible Church, Omaha, Nebraska Todd Kinzer (PhD, 2017), dean of students and assistant professor of Bible, Word of Life Bible Institute, Pottersville, New York Todd Linquist (ThM, 2017), manager of career placement, For the Nations: Refugee Outreach, Dallas, Texas Dane Miodov (ThM, 2017), student pastor, LifePoint Church, Plano, Texas Nikolas Schatz (ThM, 2017), executive pastor, Hershey Free Church, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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