Dr. Ellen L. Marmon

Professor of Christian Discipleship Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program

Dr. Ellen L. Marmon is Professor of Christian Discipleship.  She received a M.A. in English from the University of Kentucky; a M.A. in Christian Education from Asbury Theological Seminary; and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Kentucky.

Dr. Marmon served at Centenary United Methodist Church in Lexington, Ky., for 16 years before joining the Asbury Seminary faculty full time in 2005. She has also taught discipleship in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya. Dr. Marmon has also worked with local church leaders in Darwin, Australia; Papua, New Guinea; and Bihar, India. She has taken multiple mission teams to Mwimutoni, Kenya, outside Nairobi.