Faculty Focus
Renewed in Love by Dr. Henry H. Knight III
Author: Dr. Henry H. Knight III In the last two months we’ve looked at faith and hope as two of the marks of a transformed heart. Now we come to the most important mark of all: love. John Wesley fully embraces the words of the apostle Paul who said of the Christian life “now faith,…
Read MoreGraduate Talks About Building Long-Term Missions
Dr. Jim Brandt and Saint Paul alum Trista Soendker Nicholson recently compared their experiences in Guatemala and Haiti. Trista shared stories of Haiti and gave advice to current students about building long-term missions. “One of my greatest privileges teaching at Saint Paul has been taking students to Guatemala to learn from Guatemalans about their lives…
Read MoreFaculty Write Commentaries for WorkingPreacher.org
Saint Paul faculty members Dr. Amy Oden, Professor of Early Church History and Spirituality, and Dr. Israel Kamudzandu, Associate Professor of New Testament Studies and Biblical Interpretation, have contributed numerous commentaries to the popular website for preachers, WorkingPreacher.org. Dr. Amy Oden Dr. Amy Oden is a faculty member at the Saint Paul: Oklahoma City University…
Read MoreDr. Sample Brings Community Organizing to Saint Paul
Tex Sample is a specialist in church and society, a storyteller, author, and the Robert B. and Kathleen Rogers Professor Emeritus of Church and Society at Saint Paul School of Theology. After moving back to Kansas City, Dr. Sample has reengaged with the seminary in several ways. This past August, students at the Saint Paul:…
Read MoreProfessor Graves Talks Multimedia in Sermons
The following is a guest blog post from Saint Paul Preaching and Worship Professor Dr. Mike Graves. His personal blog is called Pulpit & Pew and can be found here. Multimedia in Sermons? In my introductory preaching class at the seminary this semester I decided that one of the three required sermons need not be…
Read MoreKnight Receives Exemplary Teaching Award From GBHEM
Rev. Dr. Kim Cape, General Secretary of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) of the United Methodist Church, came to Saint Paul School of Theology to congratulate Dr. Henry H. Knight III and present him with the 2015 Exemplary Teaching Award. Dr. Knight is a Professor of Wesleyan Studies at Saint Paul.…
Read MoreHoeft Installed as Town and Country Ministries Chair
Dr. Jeanne Hoeft has been named to the Franklin and Louise Cole Chair in Town and Country Ministries. A gift from the estate of Franklin and Louise Cole in 2009 led to the naming of the chair for Town and Country Ministries which has been a historic commitment and focus of theological education at Saint…
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