Ashlee Alley
aalley@sckans.eduhttp://www.sckans.edu
Southwestern College
100 College St.
Winfield KS 67156
O: 620-229-6362
About:
Ashlee Alley is the Director of Campus Ministry at Southwestern College in Winfield, KS. She has a B.A. from Southwestern College and an M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary. Prior to returning to Southwestern, Ashlee served as the Assistant Director of Campus Ministries at Asbury College in Wilmore, KY. In campus ministry, Ashlee is most interested in the area of spiritual formation, issues of women in ministry, and vocation. She is in the process for ordination as Deacon in the United Methodist Church.
Rev. Bob Beckwith
beckwithga@aol.comhttp://uga.edu
University of Georgia Wesley Foundation
1196 S. Lumpkin St.
Athens GA 30605
O: 706-353-1408
About:
Bob Beckwith is the Director of the University of Georgia Wesley Foundation. He has a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Iowa, an MBA from Augusta State University, and an M.Div. from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Bob’s wife Annette is a middle school counselor. They have four children: Emily, Rob, Caleb and Laura. Bob has served as the UGA Wesley director since 1999. Prior to that he spent 15 years pastoring local churches. He is an ordained elder in the North Georgia Conference.
Dr. Chris Kiesling
chris_kiesling@asburyseminary.eduhttp://www.asburyseminary.edu
Asbury Theological Seminary
204 North Lexington Ave #796
Wilmore KY 40390
O: 859-858-2382
About:
Dr. Chris Kiesling is Associate Professor of Human Deveopment and Christian Discipleship in the School of Practical Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary. Prior to becoming a professor, he served in campus ministry as the director of the Henderson State/Ouchita Baptist Wesley Foundation in Arkadelphia, Arkansas; as adjunct professor in Humanities at Henderson State; as Chair of the Board of the Texas Tech Wesley Foundation; as Pastor of Manchester Church in rural Arkansas; and as Associate Pastor at First United Methodist Church in Lubbock, Texas. He has a Bachelor's of General Studies from Texas Tech University, an MDiv. from Asbury Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from Texas Tech University. His dissertation focused on spiritual identity and his research interest have focused on discipleship and development across the life course. His courses include: several offerings in campus ministry, young and middle adult discipleship and development, the ministry of teaching, and discipleship development in the home.
clay kirkland
ckirkland1@hotmail.comhttp://www.ugawesley.org
Associate Director of UGA Wesley Fellowship
1196 S. Lumpkin Street
Athens GA, 30605
O: 7065488461
Creighton Alexander
editor@collegeunion.orgUniversity of Kansas Wesley Foundation
1011 Allen Court
Lawrence KS 66049
O: 785-218-7502
About:
Creighton just recently began as the Director for the University of Kansas Wesley Foundation. He has a B.A. in Pyschology from Texas Tech University and an M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary. Creighton's wife Nikki serves as the co-director at the KU Wesley and they have three children: Canon (4), Whitby (2), and Cosmo (11 months). Prior to that he spent 8 years as the Campus Pastor for the Southern Methodist University Wesley Foundation. He is an ordained elder in the Kansas East Annual Conference.
Rev. David Goolsby
goolswd@auburn.eduhttp://www.auburn.edu
Auburn Wesley Foundation
Dr. David McAllister-Wilson
president@wesleysem.eduhttp://www.wesleysem.edu
President of Wesley Theological Seminary
4500 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington DC 20016
O: 202-885-8613
About:
The Reverend Dr. David McAllister-Wilson is president of Wesley Theological Seminary, located in Washington, D.C. He received a Bachelor of Arts in History from California State University, Northridge, in 1983. He earned his Master of Divinity degree in 1988 and Doctor of Ministry degree in 2001 from Wesley Theological Seminary. An ordained elder in the Virginia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, McAllister-Wilson’s main areas of interest are revitalizing the Mainline Protestant Church and excellence in church leadership. McAllister-Wilson wrote about the training and development of effective church leaders in a chapter of Christian Reflections on the Leadership Challenge, edited by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. He also contributed a chapter to the newly release A Handbook for Seminary Presidents, edited by G. Douglass Lewis and Lovett H. Weems, Jr., of Wesley’s Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
Rev. Gregg Taylor
gtaylor@uawesley.comhttp://www.uawesley.com
University of Arkansas Wesley Foundation
730 W. Maple Street
Fayetteville AR 72701
O: 479-443-5226
About:
Gregg Taylor is Campus Minister and Executive Director of Wesley Foundation at the University of Arkansas. He has a Masters of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary and is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. Taylor has worked with college students for over 16 years.
Greg Haseloff
gregh@ttuwesley.orgTexas Tech Wesley Foundation
2420 15th Street
Lubbock TX 79401
O: 806-762-8749
About:
Greg Haseloff is Executive Director of the Wesley Foundation at Texas Tech. He holds a BS from Texas Tech, an M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary, and a MA in Counseling from Asbury Seminary. He has served over four years in youth ministry, more than three years on the Christian college campus, and is in his sixth year at Wesley Foundation. He has been involved on over 20 short term mission teams, including teams in the urban U.S., disaster recovery, and evangelism and work teams in seven different countries. Haseloff is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church.
J.D. Walt
editor@collegeunion.orgRev. Justin Coleman
jcoleman@chapelhilluumc.orghttp://www.chapelhilluumc.org
Associate Pastor at University UMC, Chapel Hill, NC
150 East Franklin St. / P.O. Box 728
Chapel Hill NC 27514
O: 919-929-7191
Dr. Kenda Creasy Dean
kinda.dean@ptsem.eduhttp://www.ptsem.edu
Princeton Theological Seminary
105 Tennent Hall / P.O. Box 821
Princeton NJ 0852-0803
O: 609-497-7910
About:
Kenda Creasy Dean is Associate Professor of Youth, Church, and Culture, and Director of Princeton Theological Seminary’s Tennent School of Christian Education. She has an M.A. in speech communication from the University of Miami, an M.Div. from Wesley Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from Princeton Seminary. A co-investigator for the National Study of Youth and Religion, she specializes in theology and adolescence, Christian formation and discipleship, practical theology, and theology and culture. Her courses cover teaching as a ministry, small groups and spiritual formation, and the relationship between youth, society, and culture. Dean is an ordained United Methodist minister and a John Wesley Fellow.
Publications:
- The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul-Tending for Youth Ministry (Upper Room, 1998)
- Starting Right: Thinking Theologically about Youth Ministry (Youth Specialties Academic/Zondervan, 2001)
- Practicing Passion: Youth and the Quest for a Passionate Church (Eerdmans, 2004)
Rev. Minho Chung
esswan@mac.comCommunity Church of Glendale, CA
About:
Minho Chung is the College Pastor at Community Church of Glendale, CA.
Ms. Nikki Alexander
nikkisalexander@gmail.comUniversity of Kansas Wesley Foundation
About:
Nikki just recently began as the C0-Director for the University of Kansas Wesley Foundation. She has a B.A. in Human Development from Texas Tech University and a Master of Counseling from Asbury Theological Seminary. Nikki and her husband Creighton have three children: Canon (4), Whitby (2), and Cosmo (11 months). Prior to Kansas, Nikki helped create two alternative worship services at Highland Park UMC and Lovers Lane UMC in Dallas, TX and spent three years as the Associate Pastor for the SMU Wesley.
Bishop Scott J. Jones
kansasbishop@kswestumc.orghttp://www.kswestumc.org
Kansas Area Conference
9440 E. Boston, Suite 160
Wichita KS 67207
O: 316-686-0600
Bishop, Kansas-West Annual Conference
Former McCreless Associate Professor of Evangelism at Perkins School of Theology
Education:
B.A., University of Kansas
M.Th., Perkins School of Theology
Ph.D., Southern Methodist University
About:
Bishop Scott Jones is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, currently serving in the Kansas West Conference. He has served as a pastor for local churches in Texas for 11 years. During his local church ministry, Jones was adjunct faculty at Perkins, teaching United Methodist history. One of Bishop Jones' passions has been to help the United Methodist Church focus on its mission. In 1997, Jones returned to Perkins as McCreless Assistant/Associate Professor of Evangelism and served as director of the Center for the Advanced Study and Practice of Evangelism. He has spent the past seven years preaching and teaching around the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia. Dr. Jones is the author of several books on Evangelism and Wesleyan Doctrine. Bishop Jones is married to Mary Lou Reece, president of Reece Construction Company with offices in Scandia, KS, Salina, KS, and Prosper, TX.
Mr. Steve Hambrick
ucfwesley@mac.comUniversity of Central Florida Wesley Foundation
Dr. Steve Rankin
srankin@sckans.eduhttp://www.sckans.edu
Chaplain of Southwestern College
Bishop William Willimon
wwillimon@northalabama.orghttp://www.northalabama.org
North Alabama Conference
898 Arkadelphia Road
Birmingham AL 35204
O: 205-226-7973
Bishop, North Alabama Conference
Former Dean of the Chapel and Professor of Christian Ministry, Duke University
Education:
B.A., Wofford College
M. Div., Yale Divinity School
S.T.D., Emory University
About:
Bishop Willimon has served as pastor of churches in Georgia and South Carolina. He has served as Assistant Professor of Liturgy and Worship at Duke Divinity School, teaching courses in liturgics and homiletics and served as Director of the Ministerial Course of Study School at Duke, and Presiding Minister in the Divinity School Chapel. He is the author of over fifty books including Worship is Pastoral Care which was elected as one of the ten most useful books for pastors in 1979 by the Academy of Parish Clergy. Over a million copies of his books have been sold. His articles have appeared in many publications including The Christian Ministry, Quarterly Review, Liturgy, Worship and Christianity Today. He is Editor-at-Large for The Christian Century. He has served as Editor and Expositor (with his wife, Patricia) for Abingdon's International Lesson Annual. He has written curriculum materials and video for youth, young adults, and adults. Bishop Willimon has given lectures and taught courses at many pastors' schools and at colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia including the Belden Lectures at Harvard as well as lectureships at Princeton, Vanderbilt, Pepperdine, and Oxford. He has served on various college boards including those at Wofford College, Yale, Harvard University, Emory, Birmingham-Southern, and Huntingdon Colleges.
