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Featured Fellows

Current Featured Fellows

Rev. Dr. Laceye C. Warner

One of Rev. Dr. Laceye Warner’s favorite stories to tell these days is not from her years studying at the University of Bristol in England, or her 20 plus year tenure teaching

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Dr. Jack Jackson (Denman Fellow)

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Dr. Scott J. Jones

A Wesley scholar serving as bishop

“The Global Methodist Church and the entire Wesleyan movement needs competent scholars who have excellent training and are prepared to address the challenges facing the future the church,” Jones said. “The John

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Dr. Wendy J. Deichmann

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Previously Featured Fellows

Dr. Kevin Watson

A Calling to Church Renewal

If asked to describe himself, Kevin Watson would tell you that he is a seminary professor and an author who writes books for professors and “ordinary” people.

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Rev. Dr. Kenneth M. Loyer

John Wesley Fellows Help Shape Calling to Ministry

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Dr. Esther Chung-Kim

A Focus On What Changes People

Esther Chung-Kim is a Religious Studies professor specializing in the history of world Christianity, including the European Reformations at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California.

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Rev. Dr. Edgardo Colón-Emeric

Working toward “perfection” in the UMC

The Duke Divinity School professor integrates teaching with broader service to the church, perhaps most notably in his efforts to bring theological training to rural Methodist pastors in Latin America.

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Steve Moore

Serving and changing the world as a foundation CEO

The CEO and executive director of the Murdock Trust has turned to other John Wesley Fellows about how to apply Wesleyan distinctives in the 21st-century context.

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Dr. Ben Witherington III

A New Testament scholar influencing the culture

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Dr. Craig Hill

John Wesley Fellow serving as SMU Perkins School of Theology Dean

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Dr. Segbegnon Mathieu Gnonhossou

Called to Teach and Preach

In 1996, Mathieu was part of the Youth for Christ movement as a member and shortly later as a leader. Youth for Christ relied on alumni in professional life for their preaching

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Dr. Matthew Sigler

Following Wherever the Lord Leads

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Dr. Joy J Moore

A Working Preacher

Joy J. Moore is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and on September 1, 2020 moves into the role of Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean at Luther

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    Congratulations Rev. Dr. Joy Moore for being selected as the next President of Northern Seminary in Chicago.&n…
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Laceye Warner- Assoc Dean and Professor at Duke Divinity School

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