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by Dan Mostad, Director of Guest & Auxiliary Services, Asbury Theological Seminary   Asbury Inn (formerly known as Beeson Manor) has undergone significant changes in the past several years including renovations to guest rooms, bathrooms and guest HVAC system. This past year, we overhauled the lobby and the Asbury Inn Commons. In the lobby, we replaced the […]

      We’re thrilled with the gaining momentum around the first annual New Room Conference! In March, we welcomed a conference partner — Wesleyan Covenant Network. And in celebration of the WCN’s involvement, we’ve extended the early bird pricing deadline to April 15. Join us in Franklin, Tenn. on September 18-19, 2014 for the joining […]

      Tennent Tour Please join President Timothy C. Tennent as he shares the Asbury Seminary vision in your area.  Tennent Tours are well under way, so mark your calendar now!  At each of his stops, Dr. Tennent is honored to be speaking at various Saturday evening and Sunday morning services.   April 4-6 […]

Dr. Derrick Lemons (1997, MDiv; 2008, DMin) recently was recognized as an Outstanding Professor by the Student Government Association at the University of Georgia where he is an Assistant Professor of Religion. As a Cultural Anthropologist, his teaching and research are guided by his interest in how religious subcultures intentionally innovate and influence greater society. […]

        Seeing Black and White in a Gray World by Bill Arnold (1980, MDiv) In this book, Bill Arnold challenges Adam Hamilton’s best-seller, Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White, by addressing how we should respond to the dispute in The United Methodist Church in which both sides of the debate believe their […]

ARMENTROUT-John William, (1950, BD), 86, of Lebanon, passed away Thursday December 15, 2011. Born June 13, 1925 in Greene County, OH to Harold and Louise (nee: Ledbetter) Armentrout, he was a retired United Methodist minister who served many churches in the Western Ohio Conference. He served for 12 years as Chairman of the Board for […]

by J. Ellsworth KalasFleming Rutledge, who gave our Beeson Lectures on Preaching several years ago, is true to her Anglican heritage in her faithfulness to the Lenten season.  But in a Lenten service several years ago she announced to the congregation, “I don’t know about you, but I have flunked Lent.  I flunk it every […]

by Sandra Blumanhourst, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore Campus, Alumni Office     At the beginning of 2014, the torch of leadership of the Asbury Alumni Association Council was passed from President Tom Harrison to the new President Steve Wood.  The Council is made up of thirty strong leaders serving in six different Affinity Groups who […]

by Rev. Carter Ferguson, (2009, MDiv), Senior Pastor at Canvas Community   I remember the first day that I drove to my current church appointment in the heart of downtown Little Rock. I had no idea what I was getting into. As I reflect on that day and that drive to Canvas Community UMC, I […]

by Jamey Lee, (2004, MDiv)In the Fall of 2003, J.D. Walt prayed over Michelle and I as we graduated from Asbury Theological Seminary and these words were prophesied over us, “You have an apostolic anointing.  Wherever you go, you shall sow but not reap.”  From that point until 2010 we have lived in the Seedbed, […]