Dr. Ronald K. Crandall
Dean of the E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism
McCreless Professor of Evangelism
Sundo Kim Professor of Evangelism and Practical Theology
Expertise:
- Evangelism
- Church Growth
- Small Churches
- Discipleship
- Missiology
Education:
- B.S., Michigan State University, 1964; D.Th.P., Fuller Theological Seminary, 1969.
Dr. Crandall joined the Asbury Seminary faculty in 1983 with significant local church and denominational experience. An ordained elder in the Kentucky Conference of the United Methodist Church, Dr. Crandall has pastored churches in California and Arizona. In 1977, he was appointed to the United Methodist General Board of Discipleship (Nashville, TN), where he served as Director of Evangelism for the Local Church. He is a frequent speaker at seminars, workshops and conferences. Dr. Crandall is the author of several books on the subject of evangelism with a special concern for small churches, including Turn-Around Strategies for Small Churches (Abingdon, 1995), There’s New Life in the Small Church (Discipleship Resources, 1983) and The Small Membership Church: Growing, Caring, Serving (Discipleship Resources, 1982). His newest book, The Contagious Witness: Exploring Christian Conversion (Abingdon, 1999), examines 10,000 interviews undertaken by Asbury Seminary students to clarify how the triune God encounters persons today. He is also author of the new 25-week small group resource, Witness: Exploring and Sharing Your Christian Faith (Discipleship Resources, 2001). Dr. Crandall has served as international leader in The Upper Room’s Walk to Emmaus and has published articles on evangelism-related topics in such periodicals as The Academy for Evangelism Journal, The Interpreter, The Asbury Herald and Children’s Leader. He and his wife, Bonnie, have two sons: Matthew and Joshua.