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Attendants at 2024 Institute

(For abbreviations, see Summary of Attendants on Archives page)

Agyam, Moses – Tutor, Cliff College, United Kingdom

Allen, Lisa – Professor of Worship, Music, and Spirituality, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Delaware, OH, USA

Anderson, Ron (E. Byron) – Associate Dean for Institutional and Educational Assessment and Styberg Professor of Worship, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL, USA

Andinach, Pablo – Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient History, Catholic University of Argentina (UCA; Professor of Hebrew Bible, UCEL (The Methodist University in Argentina), Argentina

Apineru, Tavita – PhD Student, Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji; Probation Minister, Methodist Church of Samoa

Appler, Deborah – Professor of Hebrew Bible, Moravian Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, PA, USA

Bailey, George – Lecturer in Mission and Wesleyan Studies, Cliff College, Derbyshire, United Kingdom; Methodist Church of Great Britain Presbyteral Minister (Co-Superintendent) in Leeds North and East Circuit, W. Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Bell, Mindy – Methodist Chaplain, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Bergquist, Greg – General Secretary, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, The United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN, USA

Bishau, David – Director of the Institute of Theology and Religious Studies, Africa University, Ruwa, Zimbabwe

Boggan D., Ashley – General Secretary of Archives and History, General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church, Madison, NJ, USA

Bowen, Nancy – Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Earlham School of Religion, Albuquerque, NM, USA

Bridgeman, Valerie – Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Delaware, OH, USA

Bruno, Daniel – Director of the Program in Theology at UCEL and Coordinator of the Methodist Center for Wesleyan Studies (CMEW); elder (retired) in the Methodist Church in Argentina, Argentina

Bryant, Barry – Associate Professor of United Methodist and Wesleyan Studies, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL, USA

Carter, Kenneth – Bishop, The United Methodist Church, North Carolina, USA

Cazombo, Elvira Moises da Silva – Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Methodist University of Angola, Luanda, Angola

Charlton, Matthew – Regional Philanthropy Officer, The American Red Cross, Tennessee Region, Nashville, TN, USA

Chernova, Natalia – Lecturer, Moscow Theological Seminary of The United Methodist Church, Moscow, Russia

Cherry, Natalya – Assistant Professor in Methodist Studies and Theology, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, TX, USA

Choi, Jung – Associate Dean for Global and Intercultural Formation; Director of the Asian House of Studies; Administrative Faculty, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, USA

Clarke, Martin – Senior Lecturer in Music, The Open University, Durham, United Kingdom

Clutterbuck, Richard – Research Fellow, Wesley House Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Coitinho Machiarena, Mirtha Elizabeth – Elder, Methodist Church in Uruguay, Mercedes, Uruguay

Colón-Emeric, Edgardo – Dean and Irene and William McCutchen Professor of Reconciliation and Theology; Director, Center for Reconciliation, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, USA

Conklin-Miller, Jeffrey – Vice Principal for Mission, Learning Lead and Tutor in Evangelism and Missiology, Cliff College, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

Conklin-Miller, Shannon – Chief Connectional Relations Officer, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, The United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN, USA

Cope, Rachel – Associate Professor of Church History and Doctrine, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA

Costa-Renders, Elizabete Cristina – Professor, Municipal University of São Caetano do Sul (USCS), São Bernardo, SP, Brazil

Cunningham, Joseph – Associate Professor of Religion, Eureka College, Eureka, IL, USA

Dagan, Gbokanle Omer – Executive Secretary, Pôle Animations Jeunesse, Montpellier, France

Davies, Mark – Wimberly Professor of Social and Ecological Ethics, Oklahoma City University, Edmond, OK, USA

Davis, Richard – Acting Vice-Principal, Senior Tutor, and Director of the Centre for Faith in Public Life, Wesley House, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Dedji, Valentin – Minister, Methodist Church of Great Britain, United Kingdom

Denyer, Taylor – Adjunct Faculty, Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO), Cairo, Egypt

De Paula, Blanches – Elder, Methodist Church in Brazil, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil

Dharmaraj, Glory – Director (retired), Mission Theology, United Women in Faith, New York, NY, USA

Dobson, Melanie – Lefler and Wohltmann Assistant Professor of Methodist Studies and Director of the Spiritual Direction Certification Program, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne University, Columbia, SC, USA

Dobson, Thomas – Digitisation and Research Officer, The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History (Oxford Brookes University), Oxford, United Kingdom

Dutton, Christine – Tutor in Evangelism and Leadership, The Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Eberhart, Timothy – Robert and Marilyn Degler McClean Associate Professor of Ecological Theology and Practice, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL, USA

Edie, Fred – Associate Professor for the Practice of Christian Education and Faculty Advisor,
Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, USA

Fernandes, Roland – General Secretary, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry and General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN, USA

Ferrer, Pablo – Professor in Sacred Studies at the Instituto Superior del Profesorado Don Bosco, Coordinator of the Department of Christian Education at Colegio Ward, Researcher at UCEL (Universidad del Centro Educativo Latinoamericano), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Field, David – Ecumenical Staff Officer for Faith and Order and Theological Dialogue for the Council of Bishops, The United Methodist Church, Basel, Switzerland

Flores, Daniel – University Librarian and Chair of Library Science, Texas Lutheran University, USA

Flores, Thelma – Theology Professor, Extension Ministries in Higher Education, The United Methodist Church, South Hamilton, MA, USA

Forster, Dion – Professor of Public Theology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Franklin-Ross, Tony – Presbyter, Methodist Church of New Zealand, Te Hāhi Weteriana O Aotearoa, New Zealand-Aotearoa

Garcia, Paulo Roberto – Executive Director, LEAD Hub, Brazil, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, The United Methodist Church, Campos de Jordão, SP, Brazil

Greggs, Tom – The Marischal Chair of Divinity (1616), King’s College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Grimm, Tammie – Associate Professor of Congregational Formation, Wesley Seminary, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, IN, USA

Gunter, William Stephen – Director of The E. Stanley Jones Professors of Evangelism, Foundation for Evangelism, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

Hammond, Geordan – Director of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre and Senior Lecturer in Church History and Wesley Studies and Director of Research, Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, United Kingdom

Hartley, Benjamin – Associate Professor of Mission and World Christianity, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, USA

Härtner, Achim – Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, Reutlingen Theological Seminary, Reutlingen, Germany

Hendricks, Stephen – Dean of the School of Oral Health Sciences at Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, South Africa

Henry-Crowe, Susan, – General Secretary, General Board of Church and Society, The United Methodist Church, USA

Holmes, Laura – Professor of New Testament, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, USA

Hoskins, Steven – Professor of Church History, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN, USA

Hung, Shin Fung – Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Program in Religion, World Christianity, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, USA

Hunt, Robert – Director of Global Theological Education and Professor of Christian Mission and Interreligious Relations, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA

Jaynes, Jeffrey – Warner Chair of Church History, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Delaware, OH, USA

Jeong, Dong Hyeon – Assistant Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL, USA

Jiménez Jiménez, Leonel Iván – District Superintendent, Methodist Church of Mexico, Coyoacán, Mexico

Johnson, Madelyn – Justice Collaborative Contractor, Great Plains Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Topeka, KS, USA

Jones, Arun – Dan and Lillian Hankey Associate Professor of World Evangelism, Candler School of Theology, Emory University Atlanta, GA, USA

Juan, Rodolfo – Bishop, The United Methodist Church, Taguig City, Philippines

Kandiah, Karunasekara – District Chairperson, Methodist Church Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Keller, Catherine – George T. Cobb Professor of Constructive Theology and Graduate Division of Religion, Drew Theological School, Madison, NJ, USA

Kent, Elizabeth – Director, Wesley Study Centre, St John’s College, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

Khalonyere, David Baraza – Conference Treasurer, Kenya-Ethiopia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church and Episcopal Area Pensions Benefits Officer, Africa

Kim, Hyun Chul Paul – Professor of Hebrew Bible, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Delaware, OH, USA

Kim, Sangwoo – Associate Dean for Vocational Formation, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC, USA

Kimpinde, Mwansa Claude – Research Associate, Wesley House, Cambridge; Presbyter in the Methodist Church of Great Britain, United Kingdom

Kisker, Scott – Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Professor of Church History, United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH, USA

Kumalo, R. Simangaliso – Director, Centre for Constructive Theology, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, South Africa

Lancaster, Sarah – Professor of Theology, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Delaware, OH, USA

Laporta, Hector – Professor, Universidad Bíblica Latinoamericana, San José, Costa Rica

Lear, Heather – Vice President for Grant Administration, The Foundation for Evangelism, Lake Junaluska, NC, USA

LeMaster-Smith, Jonathan – Affiliate Faculty and Faculty Mentor in Competency Based Degree Programs and Assistant to the Wesley House of Studies Programming, Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA, USA

Lewis, Tamara – Professor of the Practice of Historical Theology, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, TX, USA

Liburd, Amica – Teaching Associate, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Lim, Wan-Yin – PhD Candidate in Theology, Wesley House, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Liu, Gerald – Emerging Faith Communities Cultivator, Great Plains Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Topeka, KS, USA

Lombardo, Claudia – Executive Director of the HUB for Leadership, Development and Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (LEAD HUB) of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, The United Methodist Church; and General Director of the American Evangelical Institute of the Lutheran Church (El Redeemer Congregation), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lyons-Pardue, Kara – Professor of New Testament, School of Theology and Christian Ministry, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA, USA

McNish, Isaac – Manager and Tutor, Moorland South West Centre, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Macquiban, Tim, – Minister, Saughall Methodist Church in the North Cheshire Circuit;
Chaplain and Archives Consultant, Chester Cathedral, United Kingdom

Maddix, Mark – Lead Pastor, San Dieguito United Methodist Church, Encinitas, CA USA.

Mahendran, Arumugam – Ordained Priest (retired), Methodist Church, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Maia, Filipe – Assistant Professor of Theology, Boston University School of Theology, Boston, MA, USA

Mesaros-Winckles, Christy – Associate Professor Communication Arts and Sciences, Adrian College, Adrian, MI, USA|

Moore-Koikoi, Cynthia – Bishop, The United Methodist Church, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Moul, Miriam – Superintendent Minister, Oxford Methodist Circuit and Minister of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church and Cowley Road Methodist Church, Oxford, United Kingdom

Mount Elewononi, Sarah – Course of Study Teacher, Wesley Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania, USA

Mthembu, Simphiwe – Assistant to the Director of Contextual Theology, Centre for Faith in Public Life, South Africa

Mulambya-Kabonde, Peggy – Minister in the Methodist/United Reformed Churches, United Kingdom, Melksham, United Kingdom

Mutambara, Maaraidzo – Institute of Theology and Religious Studies (ITRS), College of Social Sciences, Theology, Humanities and Education, Africa University, Zimbabwe

Mwandayi, Canisius – Senior Lecturer, Africa University, Mutasa, Zimbabwe

Mwita, James – Adjunct Lecturer, Kenya Methodist University,

Nascimento, Amos – Lead Officer for Global Education and Ecumenical Relations at the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) of The United Methodist Church, USA

Nikolaev, Sergei – President and E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism, Moscow Theological Seminary of The United Methodist Church, Moscow, Russia

Norris, Clive – Visiting Researcher, Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, Oxford Brookes University

Nyengele, Fulgence – Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, William A. Chryst Chair in Pastoral Theology, Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Delaware, OH, USA

Obong-Oshotse, Greg – Minister, Methodist Church of Great Britain, Derby, United Kingdom

O’Brien, Glen, Research Coordinator, Eva Burrows College, University of Divinity, Mernda, VIC, Australia

Oh, Gwang Seok – Professor of Wesley Studies, Methodist Theological University, Seoul, South Korea

Okyere, Kojo – Associate Professor and Head of Department, Department of Religion and Human Values, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, West Africa

Oliver, Christopher – Adjunct Professor, Hood Theological Seminary, Fuquay-Varina, NC, USA

Oliveto, Karen – Bishop, The United Methodist Church, USA

Oord, Thomas – Director of Doctoral Program in Open and Relational Theology, Northwind Theological Seminary, Nampa, ID, USA

Opalinski, Brett – Assistant Dean of Methodist Studies/Assistant Professor of Spiritual Formation and Christian Leadership, Emory University/Candler School of Theology, Atlanta, GA, USA

Orr, Kimberly – Publisher, The Upper Room, Inc. and Associate General Secretary of Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN, USA

Ostlund, Scott – Vice President for Enrollment Management, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL, USA

Oviedo, Pablo Guillermo – District Superintendent of the Córdoba District of the Methodist Church in Argentina and instructor at the University of the Latin American Educational Center (UCEL), Córdoba, Argentina

Palmer, David – Supernumerary Minister, Nottingham and Derby District, South Derbyshire Circuit, Methodist Church of Great Britain, United Kingdom

Palmer, Lauren – PhD Student, University of Manchester, Cliff College; and Communications Director at Sixteen:Fifteen, Carrollton, TX, USA

Park, Changhoon – Professor of Historical Theology, Seoul Theological University, Seoul, South Korea

Park, Jong Chun – President, World Methodist Council, Seoul, South Korea

Paye, Allen – Deputy Director, Social Science Research, University of Liberia, Africa

Payk, Christopher – Chaplain, Morrison Academy Taipei, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Pedlar, James – Donald N. and Kathleen G. Bastian Chair of Wesley Studies and Associate Professor of Theology, Tyndale University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Peterson, Brent – Dean, College of Theology and Christian Ministries at Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, ID, USA

Phillips, Thomas, Professor of New Testament and Theological Bibliography, Claremont School of Theology, El Cajon, CA, USA

Pickard, Bonni-Belle – Circuit Minister, Superintendent Minister, Methodist Church of Great Britain, United Kingdom

Pope-Levison, Priscilla – Research Professor of Practical Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA

Pratt Morris-Chapman, Daniel – Senior Tutor, Wesley House, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Rankin, Stephen – Pastor, Arkansas City United Methodist Church; Adjunct professor, Cowley College, USA

Rao, Naveen – Principal, Leonard Theological College, Jabalpur, India

Reinert, Jonathan – Chair of Church History and Ecumenics at Reutlingen School of Theology, of The United Methodist Church in Germany, Reutlingen, Germany

Renders, Helmut – Collaborating Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil; Visiting Professor, Methodist University of Angola, Luanda; São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil

Rieger, Joerg – Distinguished Professor of Theology; Cal Turner Chancellor’s Chair in Wesleyan Studies; Founding Director of the Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice,
Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Rutlidge, Karl – Methodist Presbyter, London District of the Methodist Church of Great Britain, New Malden, Surrey, United Kingdom

Saunders-Hindley, Richard – Doctoral Supervisor, Cliff College, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Scott, David – Director of Mission Theology, General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church, Decorah, IA, USA

Shin, Daniel – Associate Professor of Theology and World Christianity and E. Stanley Jones Chair of Evangelism, Drew University Theological School, Madison, NJ, USA

Shin, SuJung – Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

Siu, Oscar – Lay Pastor, North Kent Circuit, Methodist Church of Britain, Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom

Smith, Jennifer, Methodist Church of Great Britain, Superintendent Minister, City Road Circuit, Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission, London District, London, United Kingdom

Soendker Nicholson, Trista – PhD Candidate, Wesley House Cambridge; and Elder, The United Methodist Church, Lee’s Summit, MO, USA

Stalcup, Erika – Lecturer in Church History and Christian Formation, Cliff College, United Kingdom

Stephens, Darryl – Director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Ministry; Director of United Methodist Studies, Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA, USA

Stobart, Andrew – Vice-Principal, Cliff College, United Kingdom

Stone, Bryan – Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Boston University School of Theology, Scituate, MA, USA

Strong, Douglas – Walls Professor of Wesleyan Studies and History of Christianity, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, USA

Tapia, Lizette Pearl – Academic Dean, Union Theological Seminary, Philippines, General Trias, Cavite, Philippines

Teasdale, Mark – E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL, USA

Thorsen, Don – Professor of Theology and Church History, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, USA

Tonono, Siyabulela – Coordinator, Centre for Black Thought and African Studies, Seth Mokitimi Methodist Seminary, Epworth, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Travis, Nathan – Intern, Pilot Light in Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Tzan, Douglas – Associate Professor of Church History, Mission, and Methodist Studies and Director for Doctor of Ministry and Course of Study, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, USA

Unsworth, Janet – Director of the Ministries Team, Methodist Church in Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Vaai, Upolu Luma – Principal and Professor of Theology and Ethics, Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji

Viera, Javier – President and Professor of Education and Leadership, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL, USA

Wallace-Padgett, Debra – Bishop, The United Methodist Church, Alcoa, TN, USA

Weaver, Michael – Executive Director, Bradley Study Center, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Wellings, Martin – Superintendent Minister, Barnet & Queensbury Circuit of the Methodist Church of Great Britain

Westerfield Tucker, Karen – Professor of Worship, Boston University School of Theology, Walpole, MA, USA

Wilson, David – Bishop, The United Methodist Church, Topeka, KS, USA

Wingeier-Rayo, Philip – Professor of World Christianity, Missiology, and Methodist Studies, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, USA

Winslow, Karen Strand – Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Theological Studies, Azusa Pacific Seminary, Azusa, CA, USA

Woolley, Tim – Module Lead and Tutor, Church Army, Yorkshire Theological Education Partnership, Burbage, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Works, Carla – Dean and Woodrow and Mildred Miller Chair of Biblical Theology, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, USA

Zavala, Pedro – Academic Officer Associate and Professor, The United Evangelical Theological Seminary, Madrid, Spain

Zubkova, Ekaterina – Assistant Professor in Practical Theology, Moscow Theological Seminary of The United Methodist Church, Moscow, Russia