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Lansing, MI |
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New
Castle, IN |
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I’ve been doing the Church History article for Light and Life for six years. |
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Born
and bred in the FMC, from several generations of faithful FM-ers both
paternally and maternally no less! |
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Church Home: |
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Lansing Central Free Methodist Church |
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“Making Room for Mary”, The Australian Wesleyan, 2006
“Infant Baptism”, Sacramental Life, 2006
“Overview of Christian Orthodoxy,” “Orthodox Calendars,” “Orthodox Holidays,” “Swedenborgian Church (Church of the New Jerusalem),” and “Unitarian Universalism” chapters for Religious Holidays and Calendars: An Encyclopedic Handbook, Third Edition, 2004
Translation, research, and editorial work on both Francis of Assisi: The Saint (1999) by Fr. Wayne Hellmann, O.F.M. Conv.; and The Image of God in the Antiochene Tradition (1999) by Fr. Frederick McLeod, S.J. |
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BA,
Religion and Pre-medicine Biology, Greenville College, 1991
MA, Historical Theology, St. Louis University, 1997
Ph.D., Historical Theology, Early Church, St. Louis University, 2001
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Associate
Pastor, Winona Lake Free Methodist Church
Associate Pastor, Alton (Emmanuel) Free Methodist Church
Pastor, Hannibal Free Methodist Church
Pastor, Granite City (Central) Free Methodist Church
Adjunct Professor of Religion, Greenville College
Pastor, Centralia Free Methodist Church
Adjunct Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Spring Arbor University
Lead Pastor, Lansing Central Free Methodist Church |
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Married to the Rev. Mindi Grieser Cromwell, Ph.D., with two wonderful sons, Levi Daniel Grieser and Bennet Nelson. |
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have you responded to the call to fulfill your role in the magazine? |
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St.
Jerome once said, "It is our part to seek, His to grant what
we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours
to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot." I suppose
the opportunity to "offer what I can" to my Church through
this medium was way too good to pass up! Hopefully it will have some
small part to play in bringing each of us to completion in Christ. |
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