Dr. Catherine Stonehouse
Dean of the School of Practical Theology
Orlean Bullard Beeson Professor of Christian Discipleship
Expertise:
- Christian Education
Education:
- Ottawa Civic Hospital School of Nursing, 1961; B.S., Greenville College, 1962; M.R.E., Asbury Theological Seminary, 1964; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1976.
Dr. Stonehouse has extensive experience in the area of Christian Education. Before coming to Asbury Seminary in 1987, she served the Free Methodist Church of North America as the general director of Christian Education. She worked with the Free Methodist Publishing House for 15 years as a publication and curriculum consultant, editor and director of curriculum ministries. On the local church level, she has served as a director of Christian Education, associate pastor, volunteer director of children’s ministries and children’s worship leader. Dr. Stonehouse has authored Patterns in Moral Development (1980) and Joining Children on the Spiritual Journey (1998). She has contributed articles to The Christian Educator’s Handbook on Adult Education, In the Church and In Jesus Christ, and Nurture that is Christian, as well as articles for Christian Education Journal and Counseling and Values. Her hobbies and interests include cross-country skiing, classical music and refinishing furniture.