BARRY W. HAMILTON

 

 

Experience in Education Ministry

 

2004 –                                   Theological Librarian and Associate Professor of Historical and Contemporary Theology

                                                Northeastern Seminary

 

2000 - 2004                          Theological Librarian and Assistant Professor of Historical and Contemporary Theology

Northeastern Seminary

2301 Westside Drive

                                Rochester, NY 14624

(585) 594-6893

 

                                                *Served as co-editor for the MSCHE Self-Study

                                                *Chaired the Educational Offerings (Standard 11) committee for the MSCHE Self-Study

                                                *Served on steering committee for ATS Self-Study .

                                                *Chaired the library subcommittee for the ATS Self-Study

                                                *Wrote the section “Library and Information Resources” for the ATS Self-Study.

                                                *Served as co-editor with the Academic Dean for the ATS Self-Study document

*Developed theological collections as a foundation for ATS accreditation.

*Served as Faculty Secretary (2001-2007) for NES

*Served on Library Committee (2000-present) and Academics Committee (2000-present)

*Served as Secretary for Academics Committee (2002-present) for NES

*NES Representative to the RWC Library Development Committee (2003-present)

*NES Representative to the RWC Human Diversity Council (2006-present)

*Served on DMIN Faculty Committee (2003-present) for NES

*Served as Secretary for DMIN Faculty Committee (2003-present) for NES

                                                *NES Representative to the RWC ADA Committee (2005-present)        

                                                *Served on Reaccreditation Steering Committee for NES Self-Study (2006-2007)

                                                *Served on Reaccreditation Subcommittee on Mission for NES Self-Study (2006-2007)

                                                *Served as co-editor of NYSED Self-Study document (2001-2002)

*Initiated, planned and implemented the Curriculum-Integrated Library Instruction Plan

*Provided reference services for college/seminary students/faculty.

*Co-founded LITANY—a regional theological library association for Upstate New York

*Supervised MLS practicum for SUNY/Buffalo graduate student.

*Served on the Golisano Library Advisory Task Force (2004-2006)

*Served as second reader for all Doctor of Ministry theses

*Institutional Representative/MSCHE Self-Study Institute (2005)

*Provided library orientation services for each Doctor of Ministry cohort

*Wrote “A Model for Globalization in Theological Education” for NES

*Wrote “A Model for Writing the Doctor of Ministry Thesis” for the DMIN Handbook

 *Wrote NES collection development policies across the curriculum

 

 

1995-2000                                            Assistant Librarian and Lecturer in Theological Bibliography

United Theological Seminary

1810 Harvard Blvd.

Dayton, OH 45406

 

*Served as assistant director of the library

*Served as Head Cataloger

*Served as the leading theological reference librarian on the staff

*Shared staff supervision responsibilities with the library director

*Taught church history and research methods

*Taught directed studies in theology

*Preached/led worship in chapel services

*Served as core faculty in the Doctor of Ministry program

*Served as an Outside Examiner in the Doctor of Ministry Program

*Served on the Quality Control Committee in the Doctor of Ministry Program

*Served as a reader for Doctor of Ministry theses

*Served as a faculty representative on Doctor of Ministry Examination Committees

*Served on campus technology planning committee.

*Served on OHIONET Telecommunications Council (1996-1997).

*Served as a researcher for the Center for the Evangelical United Brethren Heritage

 

 


Experience in Pastoral Ministry

 

 April-August 2000              Pastor, Richland-Crumley/Lumberton charge (2-point charge)

Wilmington District/West Ohio Conference

The United Methodist Church

 


1997-1999                            Pastor, Church of the Nazarene (Northwestern Ohio District)

Greenville, OH 45331

 

1987-1988                            Minister of Children

Church of the Nazarene (West Texas District)

Cisco, TX 76437

 

 1983-1987                           Pastor, Church of the Nazarene (San Antonio District)

Red Rock, TX 78662

 

 


Education

 

M.L.S., University of North Texas (Denton, TX)

 

Ph.D., Drew University (Madison, NJ

 

M.Phil., Drew University (Madison, NJ)

 

M.Div., Nazarene Theological Seminary (Kansas City, MO)

 

B.A., Southern Nazarene University (Bethany, OK)

 

 

Professional experience–Teaching

 

United Theological Seminary (Dayton, OH)

*CHH 101–History of Christianity (Fall 1997)

*CHH 103–Christianity in the First Five Centuries (Fall 1996)

*CHH 106—Directed Study—Christology (Fall 1996)

*THB 102–Study and Research Skills for Theology and Ministry (Spring 1996-2000)

 

Nazarene Bible College–East Central Extension (Dayton, OH)

*Christian Apologetics (History of Christian Thought) (Summer 2000)

 

Nazarene Bible College–East Central Extension (Findlay, OH)

*Poetic and Wisdom Literature (Spring 1998)

 

Nazarene Bible College–Northeast Extension (Bronx/NYC)

*History and Manual of the Church of the Nazarene (Summer 1991)

 

God’s Bible School and College (Cincinnati, OH)

*History and Literature of the Holiness Movement (Spring 2000)

(taught jointly with Dr. William Kostlevy and Dr. Wallace Thornton, Jr.)

 

                Hope Africa University (Bujumbura, Burundi)

                                *RES 613—Research Methods (21-31 July 2008)

 

                Northeastern Seminary (Rochester, NY)

                                *MIN 790—M.Div. Integration Seminar (taught jointly with Dr. Darlene McCown) (Fall 2000)

                                *MIN 690—M.A. Research Seminar (Each semester, beginning with Spring 2001)

                                *THE 695NE—Independent Study—Charles Finney (Spring 2003)

                                *THE 695NE—Independent Study—History of the Church of God in Christ (Spring 2004)

                                *THE 695NE—Independent Study—The Evolution of Methodist Episcopacy (Spring 2003)

                                *THE 695NE—Independent Study—Publishing Roundtable (Summer 2003)

                                *THE 695NE—Independent Study—Theological Studies (Summer 2004)

                                *THE 728NE--The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition (Summer 2002)

                                *HST 728NE—Wesleyan Theology and Postmodernism (Summer 2004)

                                *Doctor of Ministry Seminar—Introduction to Ministry-Based Action Research (Summer 2004)

                                *Doctor of Ministry Seminar—Conducting the Literature Review (Spring 2005)

                                *Doctor of Ministry Seminar—Designing the Research Model (Summer 2005)

                                *Doctor of Ministry Seminar—Writing the Ministry Project (Spring 2006) 

 

                West Africa Theological Seminary (Lagos, Nigeria)

                                *RC 508—Research Methods/M.A. Module (February 4-24, 2002)

                                *RC 508—Research Methods/M.A. Module (February 4-24, 2003)

                                *RC 615—Research Methods/M.A. Module (February 24-March 5, 2004)

                                *RC 615—Research Methods/M.A. Module (March 8-25, 2005)

                                *RC 615—Research Methods/M.A. Module (March 20-30, 2007)

                                *RC 615—Research Methods/M.A. Module (March 25-April 5, 2008)

                                               

 

Professional experience—Consultancies

 

                Kenya Highlands Bible College (Kericho, Kenya), 2 – 19 August 2004.

 

West Africa Theological Seminary (Lagos, Nigeria), March 2002.

 

United Theological Seminary (Buffalo, NY), November 1997.

 

                 

Professional experience—Workshops and Guest Lectures

 

                “Introduction to Theological Reference Work,” workshop presented at the Annual Meeting, New York Library Association (Saratoga Springs, NY), 8 November 2008.

 

                “Library Resources for Biblical Exegesis.”  Guest lecture, New Testament Exegesis (Dr. Casey Davis, professor), Roberts Wesleyan College (Rochester, NY), 5 October 2006.

 

                “Foundations for Action Research in Theological Education.”  Faculty workshop, Northeastern Seminary (Rochester, NY), 7 December  2004.

 

                “Research Methods for Theology and Religion.”  Guest lecture, Introduction to Christian Doctrine (Dr. Wesley Vanderhoof, professor), Roberts Wesleyan College (Rochester, NY), 4 September 2003.

 

                Introduction to Theological Research.”  Unpublished lecture included in “Your Thesis or Senior Project from Start to Finish” [handbook], Emmanuel School of Religion (Johnson City, TN), 12 September 2002.

 

                A Model for Teaching Research Methods in Theological Education.”  Cultural Life Center, Roberts Wesleyan College (Rochester, NY), 14 November 2002.

 

                Library Resources for Biblical Exegesis.” Guest lecture, Pentateuch (Dr. Richard Middleton, professor), Roberts Wesleyan College (Rochester, NY), 12 September 2002.

 

                “John Wesley’s Theology.” Guest lecture, CHT 513 The Era of Correction:  The Reformation and the Great Awakening; Reformation and Revival in the Church (Dr. Paul Livermore, professor), Northeastern Seminary (Rochester, NY), 13 February 2001.

 

                “Introduction to Theological Reference Work.” Pre-conference workshop, Annual Meeting, American Theological Library Association (Evanston, IL), 12 June 1999.

 

                “History of the Ecumenical Movement.” Guest lecture, CHH 102 History of Christianity II (Dr. James Nelson, professor), United Theological Seminary (Dayton, OH), 23 April 1998.

 

                “The Heritage of New Jersey Methodism,” Guest lecture, Mendham United Methodist Church (Mendham, NJ), October 1990.

 

 

Publications/Academic (Books)

 

                William Baxter Godbey: Itinerant Apostle of the Holiness Movement.  Studies in American

Religion 72.  Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2000.  306 pages. 

 

James L. Schwenk, Evangelical Journal 18:2 (Fall 2000), 94-95. [review]

William Kostlevy, Methodist History XXXIX, no. 4 (July 2001), 269-270. [review]

Randall J. Stephens, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society (Autumn 2001). [review]

 

                Apologist for Middle Methodism: Richard Watson and the Theological Institutes. [forthcoming]

 

 

Publications/Academic (Articles)

 

                “Action Research for Theological Librarians: A Bibliographic Essay.” Theological Librarianship 1:1 (2008), 54-59.

 

                The ‘Eternal Sonship’ Controversy in Early British Methodism.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 40:2 (Fall 2005), 220-238.

 

                The Corsicana Enthusiasts:  A Pre-Pentecostal Millennial Sect.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 39:1 (Spring 2004), 173-193.

 

                “A Model for Teaching Research Methods in Theological Education.” Summary of Proceedings, Fifty-seventh Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association, Portland, OR (26-28 June 2003), 154-174.

 

                The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia.  Bloomington, IN:  Indiana University Press, 2006.  s.v. “Charles Parham.”

 

                The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia.  Bloomington, IN:  Indiana University Press, 2006.  s.v. “Daniel S. Warner.”

 

                The Moral Philosophy of Asa Shinn.”  Methodist History XL:3 (April 2002), 168-181.

 

William Baxter Godbey:  Apostle of Holiness.”  Wesleyan Theological Journal 36:2 (Fall 2001), 144-163.

 

Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement, ed. William Kostlevy.  Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001.  s.v. “William Baxter Godbey.”

 

Introduction to Theological Reference Work.”  Summary of Proceedings, Fifty-third Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association, Loyola University/Lakeshore Campus, Chicago, IL (9-12 June 1999), 47-72.

 

“Preaching the ‘Narrow Way’: William B. Godbey’s Homiletical Agenda for the Early Holiness Movement.”  Methodist History XXXVIII, no. 1 (October 1999), 40-52.

 

 

 Publications/Academic (Book Reviews)

 

                Maher, Paul E. Donald G. Bloesch: A Research Bibliography. ATLA Publication Series, no. 3. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press and the American Theological Library Association, 2007. Reviewed in The Christian Librarian, forthcoming.

 

                Grace and Holiness in a Changing World: A Wesleyan Proposal for Postmodern Ministry. ed. Jeffrey E. Greenway and Joel B. Green. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2007. Reviewed in The Christian Librarian, forthcoming.

 

                Tyson, John R. Assist Me to Proclaim: The Life and Hymns of Charles Wesley. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2007. Reviewed in Choice 46:1 (September 2008), 116.

 

                Warner, Laceye C. Saving Women: Retrieving Evangelistic Theology and Practice. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2007. Reviewed in Choice 45:7 (March 2008), 1177-1178.

 

                Encyclopedia of Religious Revivals in America. ed. Michael McClymond. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2007. Reviewed in Choice 44:10 (June 2007), 1720.

 

                Wawrykow, Joseph P. The SCM Press A-Z of Thomas Aquinas. London: SCM Press, 2005. Reviewed in

Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 25:2 (Autumn 2007), 229-230.

 

                Cobb, Kelton.  The Blackwell Guide to Theology and Popular Culture.  Blackwell Guides to Theology.  Malden, MA:  Blackwell, 2005.  Reviewed in Choice 43:11/12 (July/August 2006), 2009.

 

                Szasz, Ferenc Morton. The Protestant Clergy in the Great Plains and Mountain West, 1865-1915. Reviewed in Religious Studies Review 32:2 (2006), 137.

 

                Rivers, Vickie.  The Branch Librarians’ Handbook.  Jefferson, NC:  McFarland, 2004.  Reviewed in Australian Library Journal, forthcoming.

 

                Moore, Mary Y.  The Successful Library Trustee Handbook.  Chicago, IL:  American Library Association, 2005.  Reviewed in Australian Library Journal, forthcoming.

 

                Lipinski, Tomas A.  Copyright Law and the Distance Education Classroom.  Lanham, MD:  Scarecrow, 2005.  Reviewed in Australian Library Journal 55:2 (May 2006), 177-178.

 

                Hempton, David.  Methodism:  Empire of the Spirit.  New Haven, CT:  Yale University Press, 2005.  Reviewed in Choice 43:2 (October 2005), 308.

 

                Collins, Kenneth J. The Evangelical Moment:  The Promise of an American Religion. Grand Rapids, MI:  Baker, 2005. Reviewed in Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 28:1 (Spring 2006), 148-150.

 

                Quanstrom, Mark R.  A Century of Holiness Theology:  The Doctrine of Entire Sanctification in the Church of the Nazarene, 1905-2004.  Kansas City, MO:  Beacon Hill, 2004.  Reviewed in Free Methodist Historical Society Newsletter, forthcoming. 

 

                North American Foreign Missions, 1810-1914:  Theology, Theory, and Policy.  ed. Wilbert R. Shenk, Brian Stanley and R. E. Frykenberg.  Grand Rapids, MI:  Eerdmans, 2004.  Reviewed in Religious Studies Review, forthcoming.

 

                Murray, Peter C.  Methodists and the Crucible of Race, 1930 – 1975.  Columbia, MO:  University of Missouri Press, 2004.  Reviewed in Methodist History XLIV:1 (October 2005), 60-61.

 

                Embodying the Spirit:  New Perspectives on North American Revivalism.  ed. Michael J. McClymond.  Baltimore, MD:  The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.  Reviewed in Choice 42:8 (April 2005), 1415-1416.

 

                Turner, Anne M.  It Comes with the Territory:  Handling Problem Situations in Libraries.  Jefferson, NC:  McFarland, 2004.  Reviewed in Australian Library Journal, forthcoming.

 

                Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J., Qun G. Jiao, and Sharon L. Bostick.  Library Anxiety:  Theory, Research, and Applications.  Research Methods in Library and Information Studies.  Lanham, MD:  Scarecrow, 2004.  Reviewed in Australian Library Journal, forthcoming.

 

                Lodahl, Michael.  God of Nature and of Grace:  Reading the World in a Wesleyan Way.  Nashville, TN:  Kingswood, 2003.  Reviewed in Evangelical Journal, forthcoming.

 

                Brown, Candy Gunther.  The Word in the World:  Evangelical Writing, Publishing, and Reading in America, 1789-1880.  Chapel Hill, NC:  University of North Carolina Press, 2004.  Reviewed in Choice, forthcoming.

 

                Kuhlthau, Carol Collier. Seeking Meaning:  A Process Approach to Library and Information Services. 2nd ed. (Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. Reviewed in Australian Library Journal 53:4 (November 2004), 415.

 

                Wolfram, Dietmar.  Applied Informetrics for Information Retrieval Research.  New Directions in Information Management 36.  Westport, CT:  Libraries Unlimited, 2003.  Reviewed in Australian Library Journal 53:3 (August 2004), 327-328.

 

                Online Collaborative Learning:  Theory and Practice, ed. Tim S. Roberts.  AAA, 2003.  Reviewed in LIBRES 14:2 (September 2004), available from http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres14n2/index.htm

 

                Holifield, E. Brooks.  Theology in America:  Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War.  New Haven, CT:  Yale University Press, 2003.  Reviewed in Choice 41:6 (February 2004), 1094.

 

                Jenkins, Alan, Rosanna Breen, Roger Lindsay, and Angela Brew.  Reshaping Teaching in Higher Education:  A Guide to Linking Teaching with Research.  Stylus Publishing, 2003.  Reviewed in Teaching Theology and Religion (April 2004).

 

                Olson, Hope A.  The Power to Name:  Locating the Limits of Subject Representation in Libraries.  Dordrecht, NL:  Kluwer Academic, 2002.  Reviewed in Australian Library Journal 53:2 (May 2004), 223-224.

 

                Kent, John.  Wesley and the Wesleyans:  Religion in Eighteenth-Century Britain.  Cambridge, UK:  Cambridge University Press, 2002.  Reviewed in Trinity Journal 25NS:2 (Fall 2004), 280-282.

 

                Collins, Kenneth J.  John Wesley:  A Theological Journey.  Nashville, TN:  Abingdon, 2003.  Reviewed in Evangelical Journal 22:2 (Fall 2004), 92-95.

 

                Smith, Abby.  New-Model Scholarship:  How Will It Survive?  Washington, DC:  Council on Library and Information Resources, 2003.  Reviewed in Australian Library Journal 53:4 (November 2004), 426-427.

 

                Juster, Susan.  Doomsayers:  Anglo-American Prophecy in the Age of Revolution.  Philadelphia, PA:  University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003.  Reviewed in Choice 41:5 (January 2004) 926.

 

                Christian Clergy in American Politics, ed. Sue E. S. Crawford and Laura R. Olson.  Baltimore, MD:  The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.  Reviewed in Religious Studies Review 30:1 (January 2004), 96.

 

                Mulder, Philip N.  A Controversial Spirit:  Evangelical Awakenings in the South.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 2002.  Reviewed in Journal of Southern Religion 6 (2003), available from http://jsr.as.wvu.edu/2003/Reviews/Hamilton.htm

 

                Gorman, Michael.  The Enduring Library:  Technology, Tradition and the Quest for Balance.  Chicago, IL:  American Library Association, 2003.  Reviewed in LIBRES 13:2 (September 2003), available from http://libres.curtin.edu.au/libres13n2/reviews.htm#3

 

                Whitsel, Bradley C.  The Church Universal and Triumphant:  Elizabeth Clare Prophet’s Apocalyptic Movement.  Syracuse, NY:  Syracuse University Press, 2003.  Reviewed in Choice 41:2 (October 2003), 357.

 

                Karl Barth, Protestant Theology in the Nineteenth Century, new ed.  Grand Rapids, MI:  Eerdmans, 2002.  H-Amrel, H-Net Reviews (March 2003), available from http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=188051051523103

 

                Tyron L. Inbody, The Many Faces of Christology.  Nashville, TN:  Abingdon, 2002.  Reviewed in The Christian Librarian 46:3, 113.

 

                Barry L. Callen, Authentic Spirituality:  Moving Beyond Mere Religion.  Grand Rapids, MI:  Baker, 2001.  Reviewed in The Christian Librarian 46:3, 112-113.

 

                Dean Grodzins, American Heretic:  Theodore Parker and Transcendentalism.  Chapel Hill and London:  University of North Carolina Press, 2002.  Reviewed in Choice 40:9 (May 2003), 1567.

 

                Methodism and the Shaping of American Culture.  Nathan O. Hatch and John H. Wigger, eds.  Nashville, TN:  Kingswood, 2001.  Reviewed in Free Methodist Historical Society Newsletter 4:1 (Summer/Fall 2003), 4.

 

                Ruth Murray Brown, For a “Christian America”:  A History of the Religious Right.  Amherst, NY:  Prometheus, 2002.  Reviewed in Choice 40:5  (January 2003), 840.

 

                A Dictionary of Asian Christianity, ed. Scott W. Sunquist.  Grand Rapids, MI:  Eerdmans, 2001.  Reviewed in ATLA Newsletter 50:1 (November 2002), 22-23.  Posted 30 August 2002 on ATLANTIS [listserv].

 

                Douglas Russell Cullum, “Gospel Simplicity:  Rhythms of Faith and Life Among Free Methodists in Victorian America.”  Ph.D. diss., Drew University, 2002.  Reviewed in Free Methodist Historical Society Newsletter 3:2 (Winter 2002), 4.

 

                Sally G. McMillen, To Raise Up the South:  Sunday Schools in Black and White Churches, 1865-1915.

Baton Rouge, LA:  Louisiana State University Press, 2001.  Reviewed in Choice 40:2 (October 2002), 296.

 

                Joseph B. Tamney, The Resilience of Conservative Religion:  The Case of Popular, Conservative

Protestant Congregations.  Cambridge and New York:  Cambridge University Press, 2002.  Reviewed in Choice 40:1 (September 2002), 122.

 

                Diane Leclerc, Singleness of Heart:  Gender, Sin, and Holiness in Historical Perspective. Pietist and

Wesleyan Studies 13.  Lanham, MD:  Scarecrow, 2001.  Reviewed in Methodist History XLI:2 (January 2003), 73-74.

 

                Steven Fanning, Mystics of the Christian Tradition.  London and New York:  Routledge, 2001.  Reviewed in Asbury Theological Journal 57:2 (Fall 2002/Spring 2003), 231-232.

 

                Lesley Ellen Harris, Licensing Digital Content:  A Practical Guide for Librarians.  Chicago and London:  American Library Association, 2002.  Reviewed in Journal of Academic Librarianship 28:5 (September 2002), 338-339.  Available from ScienceDirect [database]

 

                The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought.  ed. Adrian Hastings.  New York and Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 2000.  Reviewed in ATLA Newsletter 49:2 (February 2002), 33-35.  Posted 17 December 2001 on ATLANTIS [listserv].

 

                Thomas R. Schreiner and Ardel B. Caneday, The Race Set Before Us:  A Biblical Theology of Perseverance & Assurance.  Downers Grove, IL:  InterVarsity, 2001.  Reviewed in Religious Studies Review 28:3 (July 2002), 236. 

 

                H. D. (Sandy) Ayer, The Christian and Missionary Alliance:  An Annotated Bibliography of Textual Sources.  ATLA Bibliography Series, no. 45.  Lanham, MD:  Scarecrow, 2001.  Reviewed in Religious Studies Review, 28:1 (January 2002), 87-88. 

 

Briane K. Turley, A Wheel Within A Wheel: American Methodism and the Georgia Holiness Association.  Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1999.  Reviewed in Religious Studies Review 26:3 (July 2000), 295-296.

 

Lester D. Stephens, Science, Race and Religion in the American South: John Bachman and the Charleston Circle of Naturalists, 1815-1895.  Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.  Reviewed in Religious Studies Review 26:4 (October 2000), 402.

 

 

Publications/Church (Articles)

 

                Holiness Churches:  Remembering Who We Are.” God’s Revivalist and Bible Advocate, October 2002.

 

                 

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

 

                “Wesleyan Theology and Middle Methodism: Richard Watson’s Theological Institutes,” paper presented to the Wesleyan Theological Society (Anderson, IN), 5-7 March 2009.

 

                “Defending Methodism in the Age of Reason: Richard Watson and the Eternal Sonship,” paper presented to the Manchester Wesley Research Centre/Nazarene Theological College (Manchester, UK), 8 August 2008.

 

                “The Eternal Sonship Controversy in Early British Methodism:  Richard Watson’s Defense of Scriptural Revelation,” paper presented to the Wesley Centre/Oxford Brooks University (Oxford, UK), 10 March 2004.

 

                “A Model for Teaching Research Methods in Theological Education,” paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Theological Library Association (Portland, OR), 25-28 June 2003.

 

                “The Corsicana Enthusiasts:  A Pre-Pentecostal Millennial Sect,” paper presented to the Joint Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies and the Wesleyan Theological Society (Wilmore, KY), 20-22 March 2003.

  

                “Rhetorical Foundations of Holiness-Pentecostal Theology,” paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society (Hobe Sound, FL), 1-2 March 2002.

 

“Wesleyan Realism: The Moral Philosophy of Asa Shinn,” paper presented to the Wesleyan Studies Group at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (Nashville, TN), 17-21 November 2000.

 


“A Postmodern Critique of Holiness Theology from the Perspective of Reader-oriented Biblical Criticism,” unpublished paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society (Bethany, OK), 5-6 March 1999.

 

“The Experiential Construction of Ordo Salutis in the Early Holiness and Pentecostal Movements:

Foundations for Ecumenical Dialogue,” unpublished paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies and the Wesleyan Theological Society (Cleveland, TN), 11-14 March 1998.

 

“The Premillennialism of William B. Godbey,” unpublished paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society (Bethany, OK), 7-9 November 1993.

 

 

Community Service (recent)

 

                Pulpit supply, Crossroads Community Church (Webster, NY), 6 May 2007.

 

                Pulpit supply, Crossroads Community Church (Webster, NY), 25 June 2006.

 

                Small Group Training Leader, Park Ridge Free Methodist Church (Greece, NY), Fall 2005.

 

                Contributor, Pastors’ Manual, Free Methodist Church of North America, November 2003.

 

                ChristCare Small Group Leadership Training (Stephen Ministries), Pearce Memorial Free Methodist Church (North Chili, NY) 2 September-18 November 2003.

 

                Study guide compiler, WASB (WAVE Administrators, Superintendents and Bishops), Free Methodist Church of North America (Indianapolis, IN), December 2002.  David McKenna, Wesleyan Leadership for Troubled Times:  Confronting the Culture, Challenging the Church.  Kansas City, MO:  Beacon Hill, 2002.

 

                Small group facilitator, “The Purpose-Driven Church.”  Pearce Memorial Free Methodist Church (North Chili, NY), 13 October - 24 November 2002.

 

 

Continuing Education (recent)

 

                Leadership & Management Academy (New York Library Association) (completed November 2008)

 

                Teaching Online [online course] (University of Wisconsin at Madison) (Summer 2007)

                                 

               

Professional Activities and Memberships

 

                American Academy of Religion/Wesleyan Studies Group

 

                American Theological Library Association

 

                Commission on Free Methodist History & Archives (2008-)

               

                Free Methodist Historical Society

 

                Libraries Interested in Theology Across New York (LITANY)

                                *Secretary (2006- )

 

                New York Library Association         

 

                Wesleyan Theological Society

 

 

Honors and Awards

 

                Manchester Wesley Research Centre Visiting Scholar (Manchester, UK) (August 2008)    

 

Bridwell Library Visiting Scholars Fellowship (Dallas, TX) (2007-2008) - $2000

 

                Summer Professional Activities Grant / Roberts Wesleyan College (2006)  -  $2000

 

                Summer Professional Activities Grant / Roberts Wesleyan College (2004)  -  $1000

 

                Summer Professional Activities Grant / Roberts Wesleyan College (2002)  -  $2000

 

                Phi Delta Lambda (1978- )

 

 

Ministerial Credentials

 

Elder (Genesee Conference), Free Methodist Church of North America