{"id":1336,"date":"2011-01-11T05:46:30","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T05:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/2011\/01\/the-john-wesley-fellows-meeting-at-candler--the-senior-fellows.html"},"modified":"2011-01-11T05:46:30","modified_gmt":"2011-01-11T05:46:30","slug":"the-john-wesley-fellows-meeting-at-candler-the-senior-fellows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/bibleandculture\/2011\/01\/the-john-wesley-fellows-meeting-at-candler-the-senior-fellows.html","title":{"rendered":"The John Wesley Fellows Meeting at Candler&#8212;- The Senior Fellows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The John Wesley Fellowship began in 1977, with Steve Harper and yours truly being two of the first John Wesley Fellows chosen.&nbsp; I have told the story of Ed Robb and AFTE&nbsp; this past Fall on the blog so I will not repeat it. &nbsp; Here are some of the senior fellows attending the meeting. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/AFTE%20006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AFTE 006.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/137\/import\/assets_c\/2011\/01\/AFTE%20006-thumb-500x281-20797.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-none\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<div>In the picture above you see Joel Lemon on he right&#8212; a professor of OT at Candler who was a gracious host for this meeting and on the left is Warren Smith professor of patristics at Duke. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/AFTE%20005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AFTE 005.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/137\/import\/assets_c\/2011\/01\/AFTE%20005-thumb-500x281-20799.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-none\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Steve Moore on the right has helped run our meetings of late. He is the CEO of a massive charitable trust called the Murdoch trust.&nbsp; With him are J.D. Walt, a guest and current chaplain and VP for community life at Asbury, and David Thomas a Denman Fellow working on his doctorate at Bristol. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/AFTE%20004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AFTE 004.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/137\/import\/assets_c\/2011\/01\/AFTE%20004-thumb-500x281-20801.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-none\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Here we have Tom Albin, the dean of the Upper Room, and on the right another currently funded Denman Fellow, Brian Yeich. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/AFTE%20001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AFTE 001.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/137\/import\/assets_c\/2011\/01\/AFTE%20001-thumb-500x281-20803.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-none\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Here are several senior fellows&#8212;- Steve Rankin at SMU\/Perkins school of theology.&nbsp; Behind him going clockwise are Doug Strong the Dean at Seattle Pacific University, Mike Walker an AFTE trustree,&nbsp; Jayson Byassee at Duke, and on the right front Ted Campbell a church history professor at Perkins. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/bibleandculture\/AFTE%20003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"AFTE 003.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/137\/import\/assets_c\/2011\/01\/AFTE%20003-thumb-500x281-20805.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-none\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Finally, we have here Michael Christensen of Drew, Joy Moore from Duke, and Kim Resiman completing her PhD at Durham University and a currently funded fellow.&nbsp; <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The John Wesley Fellowship began in 1977, with Steve Harper and yours truly being two of the first John Wesley Fellows chosen.&nbsp; I have told the story of Ed Robb and AFTE&nbsp; 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