Dr. Laura Holmes serves as Professor of New Testament at Wesley Theological Seminary. She holds a B.A. (Religious Studies and History) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an M.Div. and a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. Her research interests include investigating how the New Testament Gospels talk about God and how […]
Dr. Kyunglim Shin Lee serves as Vice President for International Relations at Wesley Theological Seminary. She teaches courses in the study of Spiritual Formation, Global Mission, and Korean Immigrant Church and Theology for both in the Master and Doctor of Ministry Global Asian Track programs. In her 30 years of service to Wesley, Dr. Shin Lee […]
Dr. Rosen oversees the Luce Center’s gallery, studio residencies, and research. He is also Visiting Professor at King’s College London, where he was Senior Lecturer in Sacred Traditions & the Arts. He began his career at Yale, Oxford, and Columbia, after receiving his PhD from Cambridge. In addition to several collaborative projects, he is currently […]
The Rev. W. Antoni Sinkfield, Ph.D., serves as Associate Dean for Community Life at Wesley Theological Seminary. In this capacity, he is responsible for the programmatic, academic and spiritual life of seminary students. Dr. Sinkfield is an ordained Itinerate Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) and has served as Dean of Students for Allen University, […]
Marcus Matthews is originally from Florence, South Carolina, where his home church, Cumberland UMC, was a pivotal influence in his life. He graduated from South Carolina State College, and later was employed by Cumberland UMC as a community developer in the first wave of the Black Community Developers program of the General Board of Global […]
Rev. Dr. Veronice Miles serves as the Mary Elizabeth McGehee Joyce Professor of Preaching at Wesley Theological Seminary. She holds a Ph.D. in Religious Education and Homiletics from Emory University’s Graduate Division of Religion and an M.Div. from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University with certificates in Religious Education and Black Church Studies. Prior degrees include […]
Education Ph.D., M.Phil., M.Div., Union Theological Seminary B.A., Morehouse College Publications James Baldwin’s Understanding of God: Overwhelming Desire and Joy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Dogged Strength within the Veil: Africana Spirituality and the Mysterious Love of God. Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 2003. No Difference in the Fare: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Problem of Racism. Grand […]
Dr. Carla Works teaches New Testament studies. Her research interests include the Pauline epistles, the New Testament’s use of Israel’s scriptures, biblical ethics, and theological interpretation. She holds a Master’s degree from Yale Divinity School and a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. Her publications include The Church in the Wilderness: Paul’s Use of Exodus Traditions in […]
Born and educated in Connecticut, on completion of graduate school I moved to Pittsburgh with husband and three kids to teach Moral Theology at Duquesne University. Came to Washington in 1993 to teach at Wesley. Education Ph.D., Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Religious Ethics M.A.R., Yale Divinity School B.A., Wesleyan University Research Interests […]
Lovett H. Weems, Jr., a preeminent authority on church leadership, is respected as a pastor, educator, author, and church leader. Now distinguished professor of church leadership emeritus and senior consultant of Wesley’s Lewis Center for Church Leadership, he served as the Center’s founding director in 2003 after eighteen years as president of Saint Paul School […]
