Among the many competing tasks of pastoral ministry is the primary responsibility of being a faithful steward of the gospel. As the uniting center of all other pastoral responsibilities, fulfilling this theological stewardship is challenging. The Pastor as Theological Steward is designed to help pastors as they embrace and practice this stewardship in their ministries.
With a keen grasp of practical theology, the contributors to this resource highlight the many ways of expressing this stewardship in ministry. Included are chapters on Scripture, church history, creeds, sacraments, and prayer. Written by a cadre of scholars and pastors, who are also experts in their chosen topics, this book is an essential addition to every pastor’s library.
The Pastor as Theological Steward contributors include: T. Scott Daniels, Dean Flemming, Stephen G. Green, Timothy M. Green, Steven Hoskins, Deirdre Brower-Latz, Diane Leclerc, Jesse C. Middendorf, Mark R. Quanstrom, Jeren Rowell, C. Jeanne Serrão, Sam Vassel.
T. SCOTT DANIELS serves as general superintendent in the Church of the Nazarene. He previously served as senior pastor of Nampa College Church of the Nazarene and Pastoral Scholar in Residence at Northwest Nazarene University. He has pastored in Pasadena, California, and Richardson, Texas. He taught Theology and Ethics at Southern Nazarene University and served as dean at Azusa Pacific University and Seminary. He earned a BA in theology at Northwest Nazarene University and an MDiv and a PhD in theological ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Dean Flemming (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen), is Professor of New Testament and Missions at Mid-America Nazarene University, Olathe, KS. He has spent more than 20 years as a missionary educator in Asia and Europe and is author of Contextualization in the New Testament and Recovering the Full Mission of God.
STEPHEN G. GREEN, DMin, holds the W. N. King Chair of Theological and Biblical Studies at Southern Nazarene University. He is a graduate of Southern Nazarene University, Nazarene Theological Seminary, and Vanderbilt University, where he received a doctoral degree in Old Testament. Dr. Green has done postdoctoral work at Fuller Theological Seminary in theology and philosophy. In addition to teaching theology, Dr. Green served as a pastor for thirty years.
Timothy M. Green is dean of the Millard Reed School of Theology and Christian Ministry at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, where he also serves as professor of Old Testament literature and theology. He received his Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from Vanderbilt University, with a focus in literary-theoloical and cultural-anthropological analyses of the text.
Diane Cunningham Leclerc, PhD, is a professor at Northwest Nazarene University, where she also serves as director of the Graduate School of Theology. She has written numerous articles and several books, including Discovering Christian Holiness: The Heart of Wesleyan-Holiness Theology and most recently co-authoring The Back Side of the Cross: An Atonement Theology for the Abused and Abandoned. Leclerc has been the lead pastor of two congregations and has been associate pastor at Nampa College Church of the Nazarene for several years. She is a past president of the Wesleyan Theological Society and a participant in the Dialogue on Race and Faith—a funded, multi-year project of racially diverse theologians and historians.
Dr. Jesse Middendorf currently serves as executive director for the Center for Pastoral Leadership at Nazarene Theological Seminary. He served for twenty-eight years as pastor in the Church of the Nazarene, ten of those years at Kansas City First Church. He served as district superintendent on the Northwest Oklahoma district for five years and spent twelve as a general superintendent, retiring in 2013.
Dr. Mark R. Quanstrom is in his 22nd year as the pastor of the Belleville, Illinois, First Church of the Nazarene. He is married to Debra and has three sons, Lukas, Ryan, and Daniel. He received his B.A. from ONU, his M. Div. from NTS, and his Ph.D. from St. Louis University. He is an on-line professor at Nazarene Bible College and has also taught in Bulgaria for the World Mission Department.
Jeren Rowell, ED.D., is president and professor of pastoral ministry at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City. He served twelve years as superintendent of the Kansas City District for the Church of the Nazarene and twenty-five years as a local church pastor. Prior works include Thinking, Listening, Being: A Wesleyan Pastoral Theology and Preaching Holiness: Pastoral Considerations, both available from The Foundry Publishing.
DR. C JEANNE ORJALA SERRÃO is professor of biblical literature at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, where she has taught since 1999. She began her teaching career in Büsingen, Germany, at European Nazarene College. Dr. Serrão is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene and pastored at Highland Ave. Community Church in Alta Loma, California, for twelve years. Serrão also wrote the New Beacon Bible Commentary on James and the Shaped by Scripture volume on James.
