Fall 2007 Schedule

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August

• Aug. 30 | New Student Orientation
Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas, Asbury Seminary President
• Aug. 31 | New Student Orientation
Dr. Sandra Richter, Associate Professor of Old Testament

September

• Sept. 4 | Opening Convocation [ Hi::Low ]
Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas, Asbury Seminary President
• Sept. 5 | Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas, Asbury Seminary President
• Sept. 6 | Opening Communion [ Hi::Low ]
J.D. Walt, Dean of the Chapel
• Sept. 10 | Face Up: Asbury House of Prayer Gathering
• Sept. 11 | Richard Allen Farmer, Founder of RAF Ministries [ Hi::Low ]
• Sept. 12 | Dr. Marilyn Elliott, Student and Family Chaplain
• Sept. 13 | Pete Greig, Founder of 24-7 Prayer Movement [ Hi::Low ]
• Sept. 13 | Pete Greig, Wendy Andrews, David Blackmoor, Interview [ Hi::Low ]
• Sept. 18 | Holiness Week [ Hi::Low ]
Dr. Joe Dongell, Professor of Biblical Studies
• Sept. 19 | Holiness Week [ Hi::Low ]
Dr. Joe Dongell, Professor of Biblical Studies
• Sept. 20 | Francis & Judith MacNutt, Co-founders of Christian Healing Ministries [ Hi::Low ]
• Sept. 25| Dr. Art McPhee, Associate Professor of Evangelization [ Hi::Low ]
• Sept. 26 | Dr. Kima Pachuau, Associate Professor of History and Theology
• Sept. 27 | Student Leadership Team Chapel [ Hi::Low ]

October

• Oct. 2 | Theta Phi Lecture Series [ Hi::Low ]
Dr. Michael Pasquarello II, Associate Professor of Practical Theology
• Oct. 3 | Kingdomtide Celebration: Story, Song and Sacrament
Allen Hoskyn
• Oct. 4 | Theta Phi Lecture Series [ Hi::Low ]
Dr. Mike Slaughter, Sr. Pastor of the Ginghamsburg Church
• Oct. 9 | Sean Gladding, alumnus, Co-Pastor, Mercy Street, Houston, Texas [ Hi::Low ]
• Oct. 10 | Kingdomtide Celebration: Story, Song and Sacrament [ Hi::Low ]
Ginny Jones and Sandy Edwards
• Oct. 11| Beeson International Leaders [ Hi::Low ]
• Oct. 16| Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas, President [ Hi::Low ]
• Oct. 17| Kingdomtide Celebration: Story, Song and Sacrament [ Hi::Low ]
Dr. Matthew Sleeth
• Oct. 18| Catherine Kapikian, Director of Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. [ Hi::Low ]
Kingdom Conference: October 22-26
• Oct. 23 | Kingdom Conference [ Hi::Low ]
Dr. Miriam Adeney, Associate Professor of World Christian Studies at Seattle Pacific University
• Oct. 24 | Kingdom Conference [ Hi::Low ]
Dr. Miriam Adeney
• Oct. 25 | Kingdom Conference [ Hi::Low ]
Dr. Robert Priest, Professor of Mission and Intercultural Studies, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
• Oct. 26 | Kingdom Conference [ Hi::Low ]
Dr. Robert Priest
• Oct. 30| Tammy H., alumna, orphanage founder, South Asia [ Hi::Low ]
• Oct. 31 | Kingdomtide Celebration: Story, Song, and Sacrament
Will and Lisa Samson

November

• Nov. 1 | All Saints Day
Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas, President [ Hi::Low ]
• Nov. 6 | Ryan Lecture Series [Hi::Low ]
Dr. Bill Dembski, Research Professor in Philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Seminary and Senior Fellow with Seattle's Discovery Institute [ Hi::Low ]
• Nov. 8 | Stu Smith, Associate Dean of Campus Ministries, Asbury College [ Hi::Low ]
• Nov. 13 | Bishop N.T. Wright, Bishop of Durham, UK. MA, DPhil, DD [ Hi::Low ]
• Nov. 14 | Bishop N.T. Wright [ Hi::Low ]
• Nov. 14 | Bishop N.T. Wright Colloquium [ Hi::Low ]
• Nov. 15 | J.D. Walt, Dean of the Chapel [ Hi::Low ]
• Nov. 19-23 |Reading Week - no chapel
• Nov. 27 | Graduates Chapel [ Hi::Low ]
• Nov. 28 | Graduates Chapel
• Nov. 29 | Charles Wesley Celebration [ Hi::Low ]

December

• Dec. 1 | World Aids Day
• Dec. 2 | Advent Lessons and Carols
• Dec. 4 | Commencement [ Hi::Low ]
Bill Panell, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Professor of Preaching, Fuller Theological Seminary
• Dec. 5 | Blue Christmas
Marilyn Elliot
• December 6 | Messiah Sing-Along

Speak Bios: Fall 2007

• Aug. 30 | Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas, Asbury Seminary President
After 38 years as a pastor in four churches in Wisconsin and Ohio, and five years as an associate in evangelism with the World Methodist Council, Dr. Kalas came to Asbury in 1993 with the opening of the Beeson program, to teach preaching and to serve as mentor to the Beeson pastors. He joined Asbury's School of Theology preaching faculty in July 2000. Previously serving as interim dean of the Beeson International Center, Dr. Kalas is now assuming the responsibilities as Asbury's interim president. One of Asbury's most beloved scholars, Kalas has had more than thirty of his books published by a variety of publishers, as well as 12 adult study quarterlies for the United Methodist Publishing House. He has recorded the entire Bible on audiotape, along with his Grand Sweep devotionals. Additionally, he is the author of Christian Believer, an intensive study of Christian doctrine produced by the United Methodist Publishing House for interdenominational use. A video component, "Behind the Pages," has recently been added to his book, "Parables from the Back Side." He has two adult children, Taddy and David, and his wife, Janet, whom he married in 1994, has two adult children.

• Aug. 31 | Dr. Sandra Richter, Associate Professor of Old Testament
Dr. Richter enters her sixth year on the Asbury Seminary faculty. A graduate of Harvard University, with previous teaching experience at Gordon College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Harvard Divinity School, and Harvard University, her publications include "The Deuteronomistic History and the Name Theology", a monograph with the BZAW series published by Walter de Gruyter, "The Place of the Name" with Vetus Testamentum, "The Deuteronomistic History," in IVP's new Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books and an article on “Covenants” for the new Eerdmans Handbook to the Bible. She is presently working on a commentary on Deuteronomy for Eerdman's Two Horizons series and Through Eden's Gate, a theological introduction to the Old Testament with InterVarsity Press. Her academic papers include “The Deuteronomistic History & the Place of the Name” at the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature Conference in 1996 and “The Clarification of a Difficult Text: Deuteronomy 12:5” in 2000, and "'The Placing of the Name' In Israel's Experience" in 2004. Dr. Richter has pioneered a summer archaeology program here at Asbury, which is associated with the Tel Zeitah, Tel Rehov, and Tel Dan excavations in Israel. As the Jerusalem University College representative, she also brings our students to Israel every other year for historical geography. She has won numerous awards and scholarships, including the Graduate Society Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Harvard University; the Derek Bok Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University; the Graduate Student Council Travel Grant, Harvard University; and the Pfeiffer Grant, given toward participation in the Ashkelon Excavations. She is a member of Phi Alpha Chi, a theological honor society for Gordon-Conwell graduates, and Delta Epsilon Chi, the national honor fraternity for ministers. Having begun her career as a minister, Dr. Richter regularly serves as an instructor in the local church, at educational conferences, and at parachurch groups such as Campus Crusade for Christ and L’Abri Fellowship. She is married to Steven Tsoukalas, and the proud parent of Noel Christianna and Elise Anastasis Tsoukalas.

• Sept. 4-5 | Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas, Asbury Seminary President
After 38 years as a pastor in four churches in Wisconsin and Ohio, and five years as an associate in evangelism with the World Methodist Council, Dr. Kalas came to Asbury in 1993 with the opening of the Beeson program, to teach preaching and to serve as mentor to the Beeson pastors. He joined Asbury's School of Theology preaching faculty in July 2000. Previously serving as interim dean of the Beeson International Center, Dr. Kalas is now assuming the responsibilities as Asbury's interim president. One of Asbury's most beloved scholars, Kalas has had more than thirty of his books published by a variety of publishers, as well as 12 adult study quarterlies for the United Methodist Publishing House. He has recorded the entire Bible on audiotape, along with his Grand Sweep devotionals. Additionally, he is the author of Christian Believer, an intensive study of Christian doctrine produced by the United Methodist Publishing House for interdenominational use. A video component, "Behind the Pages," has recently been added to his book, "Parables from the Back Side." He has two adult children, Taddy and David, and his wife, Janet, whom he married in 1994, has two adult children.

• Sept. 6 | JD Walt, Dean of the Chapel
Rev. Walt joined the Asbury Seminary administration in the fall of 2000. Prior to this, he was a Teaching and Preaching Pastor at The Woodlands United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas. Rev. Walt serves as the Vice President for Community Life and the Dean of the Chapel, giving broad leadership to the areas of Worship, Prayer and Spiritual Formation on campus as well as ministries to Spouses, Families and International Student constituencies. As part of Rev. Walt’s work at Asbury, he is giving direction to Seminarius, a creative and innovative project funded by the Lily Foundation, designed to connect students with the full range of prayer and spiritual formation resources available through the Seminary community and beyond. In addition to his experience at The Woodlands, Rev. Walt served as the minister of students at Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, Ark., from 1992-94. As a licensed attorney, during that same time period, he was an associate at the law firm of Burke and Eldridge in Fayetteville. He also served brief tours as an associate with Wright, Lindsey & Jennings Law Firm in Little Rock, Ark., and as a Legislative Aid for United States Senator David Pryor. Rev. Walt is an ordained elder in the Texas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church.

He and his wife, Tiffani, also an Asbury Seminary graduate and ordained Deacon in the UMC, have four children: John David III, Mary Kathryn, Lily and Samuel.

• Sept. 11 | Richard Allen Farmer, Founder of RAF Ministries
Richard Allen Farmer, born in New York City and having lived there most of his life, now resides in Dallas, Texas with his wife Rosemary and son, Timothy.

Dr. Farmer began piano studies in NYC at age 11 and became a lover of Jesus Christ at age 12. As his faith and musicianship grew, they were blended. Farmer now uses his music as a vehicle for inspiring, motivating, challenging and entertaining the people of God.

A graduate of Nyack College where he earned the Bachelor of Music degree (1975) and Princeton Theological Seminary where he earned the Master of Divinity degree (1980), The Reverend Farmer has been awarded the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree by Gordon College in 1986 and the honorary Doctor of Sacred Theology degree by Houghton College in 1999.

An experienced pastor and college chaplain, Dr. Farmer has served as Senior Pastor of the Bethany Baptist Church in Pittsburgh (1980-1988) and as Dean of the Chapel at both Gordon College (1988-1992) and Taylor University (1999-2002).

On the lighter side, Dr. Farmer is an animal lover, having owned six monkeys, a chimpanzee, a ferret, and a colony of 26 hamsters. He is also a certified scuba diver, a motorcyclist and an instrument-rated airplane pilot.

Very much committed to being a global Christian, Dr. Farmer has ministered in England, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Australia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Peru, Chile, Cote d' lvoire, Kenya, Canada, the Philippines and most states of the United States.

Dr. Farmer spends most of his time in a church renewal ministry that uses expository preaching and music to stimulate the worldwide body of followers of Jesus the Christ, one group at a time.

• Sept. 12 | Dr. Marilyn Elliott, Student and Family Chaplain
Dr. Marilyn Elliott first arrived at Asbury Seminary from Calgary, Alberta, Canada as the wife of a Beeson Pastor in 1995. She was working on her graduate degree and accomplished that in 1998. Marilyn was accepted as a Beeson Pastor in 2001, becoming the first spouse of a Beeson Pastor to enter the program, graduating in 2006. She is currently the Spouse and Family Chaplain at the seminary. Marilyn spends her energies seeking to be a life-giver to those within her sphere of influence, empowering and coaching persons to seek wellness.
Marilyn has extensive pastoral and ministry experience, serving alongside her husband as a preacher, teacher, and leader for 26 years. Their churches (the third being First Alliance in Lexington) have all experienced dramatic growth and profound transformation. Besides her involvement in pastoral work, Marilyn was Assistant Professor of Theology at Rocky Mountain College in Calgary in the late nineties. She participates in overseas pastoral care of missionaries (ongoing since 1984), regularly preaches at missions field conferences, and continues to do cross-denominational retreat and conference work. Marilyn is also life-coach currently focusing on coaching spouses of ministers.

Marilyn and her husband Steve celebrated their thirty-second anniversary this year. They have three children. Rachel is married to Curtis, a jazz musician and worship pastor who, with their two girls, Kyra and Meg, serve a Wesleyan church in Chapel Hill, NC. Benjamin is currently living in Scotland with his wife Kari, and their young son, Jonathon Blaise. Ben is finishing his Ph.D. work at Aberdeen University. Jordan, at home again, is attending the University of Kentucky studying journalism and environmental ecology.

• Sept. 13 | Pete Greig, Founder of 24-7 Prayer Movement
Pete Greig is an author, church-planter and one of the founding leaders of 24-7prayer, a British charity which has grown in six years from a single night-and-day prayer room into an international, interdenominational Christian movement committed to prayer, mission and justice. Thanks to an innovative approach to spirituality and culture, 24-7 has captured the attention of newspapers and magazines from Rolling Stone to Readers Digest and was the subject of a British television documentary. Proposed by Relevant Magazine as one of the top fifty 'Revolutionary Leaders' of his generation, Greig is a popular speaker and writer whose books have been translated into a number of languages.

• Sept. 18-19 | Joe Dongell, Professor of Biblical Studies
Dr. Dongell joined the Asbury Seminary faculty in 1989, and now serves as Professor of Biblical Studies, with primary responsibility in the Inductive Bible Study Department. Previous to 1989, Dr. Dongell served as an instructor in various languages (Greek, Hebrew, and Latin) at Asbury Seminary (1981-83), Asbury College (1985-86), and Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va., (1987). His doctoral dissertation focused on the literary structure of Luke's Gospel, a particular interest which has more recently extended into the Gospels of Mark and John as well. Dr. Dongell is the author of a commentary on the Gospel of John (published by Wesley Press). Most recently he has co-authored a book with Asbury Seminary professor, Jerry Walls, entitled Why I Am not a Calvinist. As an ordained elder in the Wesleyan Church, Dr. Dongell has maintained an active ministry in that denomination as an Associate Pastor, a regular adult Sunday School teacher, (one-time) director and (frequent) advisor of the Wesleyan Seminary Foundation on the Seminary campus, an instructor in regional Wesleyan ministerial training, and a representative to the annual Graduate Student Theological Seminar. His personal interests include organic gardening, astronomy, and coffee shop conversation. He and his wife, Regina, have teenage twins, Jordan and Janna, and enjoy living out in the country.

• Sept. 20 | Judith MacNutt, Co-founder of Christian Healing Ministries
Judith Sewell MacNutt was born in the little town of Jackson, Kentucky, in the Red River area of the Appalachians. Imbued with a deep desire to help people, she studied psychology and earned a degree in counseling at Eastern Kentucky University.

Judith discovered the need for praying for her clients while working as a psychologist in the Boston area. In 1974, her new-found love for Jesus Christ led her to Jerusalem where, at the request of the Baptist Church, she directed a center of prayer that ministered to both Jews and Arabs. She continued in this rare capacity of ministering to both Jews and Arabs for a period of three years. Judith moved to Clearwater, Florida, in 1977, where she founded a counseling service that gave her the opportunity of combining psychotherapy with prayer in ministering to her clients.

Judith and Francis married in 1980, and were blessed with two children, Rachel (1981) and David (1983). They have traveled extensively, speaking and ministering together in their mission of praying for healing and teaching others to work in this vital aspect of Christ's ministry. Judith is known especially for her teachings on inner healing and the ministry of angels. She is co-author, with Francis, of the book Praying for Your Unborn Child.

Learn more about Judith at www.christianhealingmin.org.

• Sept. 25 | Dr. Art McPhee, Associate Professor of Evangelization
Dr. Art McPhee joins the Asbury Theological Seminary faculty as an associate professor of evangelism. Dr. McPhee holds a Ph.D. from Asbury Seminary and earned his M.Div and B.A. from Eastern Mennonite Seminary and University. For the last nine years, he has been a faculty member at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Indiana. Before that, he was a pastor, church planter, district overseer and denominational radio speaker. His first book, Friendship Evangelism, was published in 1978. His newest book, The Road to Delhi, is the biography of Methodist bishop J. Waskom Pickett, a Wilmore native who was among the most influencial missionaries during the last century. Dr. McPhee is also the editor of the Journal of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education. He and his wife, Evie, have been married 35 years. They have a son, John.

• Sept. 26 | Dr. Kima Pachuau, Associate Professor of History and Theology of Mission
Dr. Lalsangkima ("Kima") Pachuau joins the faculty of Asbury Theological Seminary as an associate professor of history and theology of mission. Dr. Pachuau received a Ph.D. and Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary and obtained his B.A. from North-Eastern Hill University. Dr. Pachuau has written two books, Ethnic Identity and Christianity and Ecumenical Missiology, and is the editor of Mission Studies: Journal of the International Association for Mission Studies. An ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of India, Dr. Pachuau was a member of the faculty of the United Theological College in Bangalore, India. He is married to Kimi and has two sons, Timothy and John.

• Oct. 2 | Theta Phi Lecture Series: Dr. Michael Pasquarello II, Associate Professor: Practical Theology
Dr. Pasquarello joined the Asbury Seminary faculty the fall of 2001. He comes to Asbury from Duke Divinity School where he was a visiting instructor. Since 1983, Prof. Pasquarello was in full-time pastoral ministry in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. An ordained elder, he has pastored in small town, urban and suburban settings. Before coming to Wilmore, Dr. Pasquarello was pastor of Bethany United Methodist Church in Durham, N.C., and was also Pastoral Supervisor for Duke Divinity School Pastoral Interns. Dr. Pasquarello has two children, Daniel and Nicole.

• Oct. 4 | Theta Phi Lecture Series: Dr. Mike Slaughter, Sr. Pastor of the Ginghamsburg Church
Dr. Mike Slaughter is the Sr. Pastor of the Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, Ohio. He is self-described as "Chief Dreamer" of Ginghamsburg Church, learner and unlearner of best innovative church practices, global thinker, local pastor, afflicter of the comfortable, traditional rule breaker spiritual entrepreneur and Jesus radical. Mike realized early on that a personal relationship with Jesus carried serious social implications and that a dream to make a difference in the world could best be carried out through the local church environment. While over 4,000 people can be found on Ginghamsburg's campus on any given week, Mike's greatest source of fulfillment is the radical Jesus-followers who are "On Mission" at home as well as those who have gone out from Ginghamsburg to make a difference around the globe. Graduating from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in social work, Mike pursued a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. In 1990, Mike received his Doctor of Ministry from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.

• Oct. 9 | Sean Gladding, alumni, Co-Pastor, Mercy Street. Houston, Texas
Sean Gladding is a native of Norwich, England. He came to the United States in 1991 to work at the Texas Tech Wesley Foundation with Matt Russell, his best friend from Capernwray Bible College in England. He stayed in Lubbock for the next 5 years to develop the local mission and outreach program of First Methodist and to help begin an alternative worship service. He studied at Texas Tech University, and graduated in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in general studies -addiction studies.

Sean came to Asbury in the fall of 1998, where he met his wife Rebecca. They are founding members of Communality, an intentional missional community working with the marginalized in downtown Lexington.

After graduating with a master of divinity degree in May 2002, Sean and Rebecca moved to Houston, Texas, to serve on the staff of Mercy Street, a 'church within a church' at Chapelwood United Methodist Church. Mercy Street was planted by Matt Russell, and over the last ten years has become a community for people in recovery, both recovery from addiction and recovery from bad church experiences.

Sean is the first member of his family to become a Jesus follower. He has had the privilege of baptizing both his parents, a brother, sister-in-law and nephew. Sean and Rebecca have two children, Maggie, who is almost 3, and Seth, who is 17 months old. Sean has ridden his '84 Harley Davidson most days since 1991.

• Oct. 16 | Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas, President
After 38 years as a pastor in four churches in Wisconsin and Ohio, and five years as an associate in evangelism with the World Methodist Council, Dr. Kalas came to Asbury in 1993 with the opening of the Beeson program, to teach preaching and to serve as mentor to the Beeson pastors. He joined Asbury's School of Theology preaching faculty in July 2000. Previously serving as interim dean of the Beeson International Center, Dr. Kalas is now assuming the responsibilities as Asbury's interim president. One of Asbury's most beloved scholars, Kalas has had more than thirty of his books published by a variety of publishers, as well as 12 adult study quarterlies for the United Methodist Publishing House. He has recorded the entire Bible on audiotape, along with his Grand Sweep devotionals. Additionally, he is the author of Christian Believer, an intensive study of Christian doctrine produced by the United Methodist Publishing House for interdenominational use. A video component, "Behind the Pages," has recently been added to his book, "Parables from the Back Side." He has two adult children, Taddy and David, and his wife, Janet, whom he married in 1994, has two adult children.

• Oct. 18 | Catherine Kapikian, Director of Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.
Catherine Kapikian, director of Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., is an acclaimed and commissioned artist. Her work, inclusive of paraments, vestments, banners, tapestries and fiber with wood installations can be seen in a variety of worship spaces inclusive of every major Christian denomination, interfaith military chapels and synagogues. Many of her large-format works, like needlepoint tapestries behind altars, are designed by her and fabricated by members of the community in what she calls "participatory aesthetics." In this manner, the installation becomes the work of the people.

Catherine teaches, gives lectures and workshops nationwide, supervises resident artists at the Center, collaborates in the choice of artists represented in the Center's Gallery and writes and publishes articles in the field of art and theology.

At Wesley Theological Seminary (WTS), the arts are a medium of theological expression. As unselfconscious as breathing, art is visible everywhere. In a working studio, creative processes intermingle with religious ideas. Invited Artists-in-Residence from around the world transform material, transcend their medium, and kindle the onlooker's imagination.

• Oct. 23-24 | Kingdom Conference: Dr. Robert Priest, Professor of Mission and Intercultural Studies, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Dr. Robert Priest, Professor of Mission and Intercultural Studies, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Deerfield, IL) has distinguished himself as a major researcher on the short term mission movement. He holds a MA from the Univ. of Chicago, MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a PhD in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley. Born to career missionaries, he was raised in Bolivia and eventually returned to South America to conduct anthropological field research among the Aguaruna of Peru, focusing on traditional religion and conversion to Christianity. His most recent research documents the rapid rise of the short-term missions movement, with commentary on its implications for church and society.

• Oct. 25-26 | Kingdom Conference: Dr. Miriam Adeney, Associate Professor of World Christian Studies at Seattle Pacific University
Dr. Miriam Adeney is Associate Professor of World Christian Studies at Seattle Pacific University. Her books include Daughters of Islam: Building Bridges with Muslim Women and God's Foreign Policy: How to Help the World's Poor. Dr. J. Dudley Woodberry, dean emeritus and professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, observed that, in Daughters of Islam, "Miriam Adeney lifts the veil that has obscured the faces of Muslim women and reveals their variety." With expertise in journalism, anthropology, and missiology, she fascinates readers with gripping accounts of Muslim women's paths to Christ and insights into these women's world. Dr. Adeney also serves as Editor at Large of Christianity Today.

• Oct. 30 | Tammy Hutchins, alumna, Orphanage Founder, South Asia

• Nov. 1 | Dr. J. Ellsworth Kalas, President
After 38 years as a pastor in four churches in Wisconsin and Ohio, and five years as an associate in evangelism with the World Methodist Council, Dr. Kalas came to Asbury in 1993 with the opening of the Beeson program, to teach preaching and to serve as mentor to the Beeson pastors. He joined Asbury's School of Theology preaching faculty in July 2000. Previously serving as interim dean of the Beeson International Center, Dr. Kalas is now assuming the responsibilities as Asbury's interim president. One of Asbury's most beloved scholars, Kalas has had more than thirty of his books published by a variety of publishers, as well as 12 adult study quarterlies for the United Methodist Publishing House. He has recorded the entire Bible on audiotape, along with his Grand Sweep devotionals. Additionally, he is the author of Christian Believer, an intensive study of Christian doctrine produced by the United Methodist Publishing House for interdenominational use. A video component, "Behind the Pages," has recently been added to his book, "Parables from the Back Side." He has two adult children, Taddy and David, and his wife, Janet, whom he married in 1994, has two adult children.

• Nov. 6-7 | Ryan Lecture Series: Dr. Bill Dembski, Research Professor in Philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Seminary and Senior Fellow with Seattle's Discovery Institute
A mathematician and philosopher, William A. Dembski is Research Professor in Philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth. He is also a senior fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle as well as the executive director of the International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design. Previously he was the Carl F. H. Henry Professor of Theology and Science at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, where he founded its Center for Theology and Science. Before that he was Associate Research Professor in the Conceptual Foundations of Science at Baylor University, where he also headed the first intelligent design think-tank at a major research university: The Michael Polanyi Center.

Dr. Dembski has taught at Northwestern University, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Dallas. He has done postdoctoral work in mathematics at MIT, in physics at the University of Chicago, and in computer science at Princeton University. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago where he earned a B.A. in psychology, an M.S. in statistics, and a Ph.D. in philosophy, he also received a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1988 and a master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1996. He has held National Science Foundation graduate and postdoctoral fellowships.

Dr. Dembski has published articles in mathematics, philosophy, and theology journals and is the author/editor of more than ten books. In The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance Through Small Probabilities (Cambridge University Press, 1998), he examines the design argument in a post-Darwinian context and analyzes the connections linking chance, probability, and intelligent causation. The sequel to The Design Inference appeared with Rowman & Littlefield in 2002 and critiques Darwinian and other naturalistic accounts of evolution. It is titled No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased without Intelligence. Dr. Dembski has edited several influential anthologies, including Uncommon Dissent: Intellectuals Who Find Darwinism Unconvincing (ISI, 2004) and Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA (Cambridge University Press, 2004, co-edited with Michael Ruse). His newest book is a festschrift volume in honor of Phillip Johnson. It is titled Darwin's Nemesis: Phillip Johnson and the Intelligent Design Movement.

As interest in intelligent design has grown in the wider culture, Dr. Dembski has assumed the role of public intellectual. In addition to lecturing around the world at colleges and universities, he is frequently interviewed on the radio and television. His work has been cited in numerous newspaper and magazine articles, including three front page stories in the New York Times as well as the August 15, 2005 Time magazine cover story on intelligent design. He has appeared on the BBC, NPR (Diane Rehm, etc.), PBS (Inside the Law with Jack Ford; Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson), CSPAN2, CNN, Fox News, ABC Nightline, and the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

• Nov. 8 | Stu Smith, Associate Dean of Campus Ministries, Asbury College

• Nov. 13 Bishop N.T. Wright, Bishop of Durham, UK. MA, DPhil, DD
Tom Wright is one of today's best know and respected New Testament scholars. Born in 1948, he studied for the ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and was ordained as Junior Research Fellow and Junior Chaplain at Merton College, Oxford.

From 1978 to 1981 he was Fellow and Chaplain at Downing College, Cambridge, and then moved to Montreal as Assistant Professor of New Testament Studies at McGill University. He returned in 1986 to Oxford as University Lecturer in New Testament, and Fellow and Chaplain of Worcester College, Oxford. He became Dean of Lichfield in 1994, and Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey in 2000.

Tom has written over thirty books, both at the scholarly level and for a popular audience. A good friend of Regent Professor Emeritus Gordon Fee, he has been a past teacher at the College.

• Nov. 15 | JD Walt, Dean of the Chapel
Rev. Walt joined the Asbury Seminary administration in the fall of 2000. Prior to this, he was a Teaching and Preaching Pastor at The Woodlands United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas. Rev. Walt serves as the Vice President for Community Life and the Dean of the Chapel, giving broad leadership to the areas of Worship, Prayer and Spiritual Formation on campus as well as ministries to Spouses, Families and International Student constituencies. As part of Rev. Walt’s work at Asbury, he is giving direction to Seminarius, a creative and innovative project funded by the Lily Foundation, designed to connect students with the full range of prayer and spiritual formation resources available through the Seminary community and beyond. In addition to his experience at The Woodlands, Rev. Walt served as the minister of students at Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, Ark., from 1992-94. As a licensed attorney, during that same time period, he was an associate at the law firm of Burke and Eldridge in Fayetteville. He also served brief tours as an associate with Wright, Lindsey & Jennings Law Firm in Little Rock, Ark., and as a Legislative Aid for United States Senator David Pryor. Rev. Walt is an ordained elder in the Texas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church.

He and his wife, Tiffani, also an Asbury Seminary graduate and ordained Deacon in the UMC, have four children: John David III, Mary Kathryn, Lily and Samuel.

• Dec. 4 | Commencement: Bill Panell, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Professor of Preaching, Fuller Theological Seminary
William Pannell joined Fuller in 1974 as assistant professor of evangelism. Before joining the faculty, he was the first African-American to serve on Fuller's Board of Trustees. In 1992 he was appointed as the Arthur DeKruyter/Christ Church Oak Brook Professor of Preaching, served as dean of the Chapel from 1992 to 1998, and also served as director of the African-American Studies Program. A gifted preacher and professor of homiletics, Pannell has nurtured several generations of Fuller students from the classroom to the pulpit. He currently serves on the board of Taylor University in Indiana and is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Coming Race Wars? A Cry for Reconciliation (1993); Evangelism from the Bottom Up (1992); and My Friend, the Enemy (1968).

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