Upcoming Events, November 2012
Alumni Council Update
Dear Alumni, Our Alumni Council met at the Wilmore campus October 16-17th. There were twenty-five members present from six countries. As always it was a blessing and joy to see them again and celebrate Asbury’s growth since we last met. Hearing about their ministries through their various callings gives us a snapshot of all that […]
Obituaries, November 2012
PIEHL – Grant (1969 MDiv), age 69, went to be with his Lord on Sept. 29, 2012, at his home. His final resting place will be Casselton Cemetery. Grant John Piehl was born April 15, 1943, in Gaylord, Minn., to Lester and Olive (West) Piehl. He grew up in the Hector, Minn., area and graduated […]
Alumni Updates, November 2012
Lucas Rees (2009, MDiv) Lucas and Deanna (Ingerham) Rees were married in Bradenton, Florida on June 9, 2012. Asbury Theological Seminary Alumni participants included Ben Howard, Kyle Hazen, and Dan Bellinger. The couple currently resides in Fort Polk, Louisiana, where Lucas serves as an Army Chaplain. David Fenrick (1996, MDiv; 2007 PhD) […]
Alumni Publications, November 2012
CAPTURED, An Atheist’s Journey with God By Anna D. Gulick (MDiv, 1983) Dear Friends across the years, A Couple of years ago my friends Rev. Robert and Monica Magoola brought an African couple to visit me. As Robert plied me with questions about God’s leading in my life, Moses listened intently, sitting on the very […]
New Tools for Alumni
by Jo Brosius, Director of Communications, Wilmore Campus New tools for Alumni are on their way from the Communications department at the Seminary, and they need your help. Work is underway to create an interactive “Ministry Map” that will display different colored pins identifying the different work Alumni are doing around the globe. Whether counseling, […]
Living a Legacy of Biblical Preaching
by Heidi E. Heater Although most students’ dissertations collect dust on a shelf, Larry Teasley, M.Div. ’87 and D.Min. ’00, uses his research daily. As a D.Min. student, Teasley focused his studies on biblical preaching. In his dissertation, he sought to define excellent biblical preaching by studying ministers such as John Wesley and Charles Spurgeon, […]
Ken Collins’ New Book
Power, Politics, and the Fragmentation of Evangelicalism- From the Scopes Trial to the Obama Administration by Kenneth J. Collins (MDiv, 1979) Kenneth Collins narrates the turbulent history of American evangelical engagement in national life since the 1920s. In the process, he argues, evangelicals on both sides of the liberal-conservative debates have unintentionally reduced the richness […]
The People Called Methodists
by Rev Ivan Tan (MDiv, 2006) John Wesley wrote “A Plain Account of the People Called Methodists” (PA) to give a detailed account of the practices of the early Methodists. The term was derogatory, and referred to their systematic approach of meeting to help one another grow in grace, and serving those who are at the […]
Wesleyan Studies Summer Seminar 2013
Asbury Theological Seminary and Asbury University announce their third annual Wesleyan Studies Summer Seminar to be held in June 2013. This seminar has been established to develop and support research, writing and publication in the broad field of Wesleyan studies. The seminar will promote the work of serious researchers in the following […]