By: Dawnel Volzke on June 21, 2017
By: Garfield Harvey on June 21, 2017
Introduction One of the outcomes of our program is to “gain an advanced understanding and integration of ministry in relation to the dynamics of globalization and leadership.” Culture helps to define situations, attitudes, values and sometimes our careers. When we look at culture, it helps us to identify how we fit in based on our…
By: Rose Anding on June 21, 2017
The tragedies of my yesterdays are now the sermons I preach, the lessons I share, and the memories that have caused me to lay down the stones that I used to carry. – Rose Anding
By: Garfield Harvey on June 21, 2017
Nominated for numerous awards throughout his music career, Garfield is a versatile composer and musician who studied Professional Music at Berklee College of Music. His years of experiences has led to his current vocation on the music staff at Christian Life Center in Fort Lauderdale, FL, where he oversees the orchestra as composer and conductor.…
By: Claire Appiah on June 21, 2017
DMIN 727: Student Spotlight Bio Story of Claire Appiah Instructor: Dr. Jason Clark February 25, 2016
By: Marc Andresen on June 21, 2017
Marc has been heard to say, “I am never happier than when I am teaching the Bible.” That passion has played out in several disparate arenas. A contributing experience to his commitment to Bible teaching came in the early 1980s, during the ten years that Marc was Associate Pastor at Columbia (California) Presbyterian Church. Marc…
By: Jason Kennedy on June 21, 2017
Who is Jason Kennedy? Hailing from Texas, but rooting for the Oklahoma Sooners, Jason Kennedy is the youngest of 3 children born to Dean and Sandie Kennedy. Jason grew up in a nuclear family where his mother and father have never divorced and instilled a work ethic into him. The Kennedy’s were pretty typical in…
By: Colleen Batchelder on June 21, 2017
Colleen Batchelder “The place God calls you to is the place where your deepest gladness and the world’s deepest hunger meet.” – Frederick Buechner Colleen’s greatest passion is to be the hands and feet of Christ to those who fear…
By: Phil Goldsberry on June 21, 2017
Phil Goldsberry lives up to the title of his book, Life in the Dash: A Closer Look at the Not-So-Fine Line Between Birth and What Happens Next, that he published in 2007. In his book he encourages everyone to live the life that they want to be spoken about when the inevitable happens. His prescribed…
By: Kevin Norwood on June 21, 2017
Kevin Norwood Kevin started in youth ministry under Paul Abner at Lakeside Assembly in Oklahoma City in 1987. Paul was a veteran youth minister who had been at Lakeside for fifteen year. After serving with him for five and half years, as one of the nations…
By: Aaron Peterson on June 21, 2017
Who is Aaron? Aaron is a working priest. Working priests are men and women throughout the world who pastor churches and hold jobs and receive an income outside of the church. This photograph explains that. Taken in Uganda while on a visit to bond with his 18 year old son, train church planters, deepen friendships,…
By: Pablo Morales on June 21, 2017
Pablo Morales is a Christian Theologian and Ordained Pastor who loves God, loves teaching, loves people, and loves diversity. He has a passion for helping people from all backgrounds learn God’s Word in a way that is clear and relevant. That is why he enjoys so much explaining the Gospel to people who are seeking…
By: Dave Young on June 21, 2017
In a few months I’ll turn 50, a number that is high enough to mean I’ve crested the hill and I’m proceeding down the other side. Why in the world would one take on another responsibility, another degree, when the majority of my professional life is already behind me? What’s the point? Adding to such…
By: Rose Anding on June 21, 2017
He sees every person’s heart and even understands why we live the way we do. El-Roi (You-Are-The-God-Who-Sees) “The Lord looks from heaven; he sees all the sons of men; from His dwelling place He looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth, He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their…
By: Nick Martineau on June 21, 2017
It is amazing how fast these past two years have gone by. When I started the George Fox DMIN LGP program I wasn’t sure if I could make it. Now I’m not sure how I made it this far in ministry without this program. This program has broadened my ministry approach and given me a…
By: Rose Anding on June 21, 2017
My DMin Journey at George Fox Evangelical Seminary: In the beginning, after all of us had been accepted into the Leadership Global Perspective of the DMin program at George Fox Evangelical Seminary and before settling in with our assignments, we were getting our shots and passport ready for our first Leadership Global Perspective, Advance 2015…
By: Aaron Peterson on June 21, 2017
By: Kevin Norwood on June 21, 2017
By: Dawnel Volzke on June 21, 2017
This year has been a year of change. After much prayer, I started my doctoral journey with anticipation. My vision of what life would look like this year was very different than it has actually turned out. It has been a good year, but a tiring year. A restless spirit seems to be hovering over me,…
By: Richard Volzke on June 21, 2017
This year’s reading stretched and pushed me to think in different ways. The Matrix of Christian Ethics: Integrating Philosophy and Moral Theology in a Postmodern Context was greatly influential. Christian ethics and human ethics do not always agree. For example, in America the debate over the legalization of same sex marriage is about to be…
