Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
Birth-date: July 17, 1945
Birth place: Spooner, Wisconsin
Marital status: married to John Worst, August 28, 2004
Family: one child, Carlton Rand Tucker, born July 13, 1974
one grandchild, Kayla Tucker, born June 19, 1996
Church Membership: La Grave Avenue Christian Reformed Church
Birth place: Spooner, Wisconsin
Marital status: married to John Worst, August 28, 2004
Family: one child, Carlton Rand Tucker, born July 13, 1974
one grandchild, Kayla Tucker, born June 19, 1996
Church Membership: La Grave Avenue Christian Reformed Church
EDUCATION
B.A. 1967 (History) LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas
M.A. 1969 (American Studies) Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Ph.D. 1979 (History) Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
M.A. 1969 (American Studies) Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Ph.D. 1979 (History) Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of Missions, Calvin Theological Seminary, 2000-2006
Visiting Professor, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1982-1999
Adjunct Professor, Calvin College, 1987-1999
Adjunct Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1990, 1993
Adjunct Professor, Moffat College of Bible (Kijabe, Kenya), 1985-1990
Instructor, Grand Rapids School of the Bible and Music, 1978-1987
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Northern Illinois University, 1972-1975
Visiting Professor, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1982-1999
Adjunct Professor, Calvin College, 1987-1999
Adjunct Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1990, 1993
Adjunct Professor, Moffat College of Bible (Kijabe, Kenya), 1985-1990
Instructor, Grand Rapids School of the Bible and Music, 1978-1987
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Northern Illinois University, 1972-1975
BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS PUBLISHED
M. M. “Brick” Pomeroy: Forgotten Man of the Nineteenth Century, Ph.D.
Dissertation (University Microfilms, 1979)
How to Set Up Your Own Neighborhood Preschool, with co-author Kit Bernthal
(Arlington House, 1979)
From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions
(Zondervan, 1983) Revised second edition, 2004 (with 40,000 “new words”)
Daughters of the Church: Women and Ministry from New Testament Times to the
Present, with Walter Liefeld (Zondervan, 1987)
First Ladies of the Parish: Historical Portraits of Pastors' Wives (Zondervan, 1988)
Guardians of the Great Commission: The Story of Women in Modern Missions
(Zondervan,1988)
Christian Speakers Treasury (Harper & Row, 1989)
Another Gospel: Alternative Religions and the New Age Movement (Zondervan,
1989)
Sacred Stories: Daily Devotions from the Family of God (Zondervan, 1989)
reprinted as Stories of Faith (1990)
Women in the Maze: Questions and Answers on Biblical Equality (InterVarsity,
1992)
Multiple Choices: Making Wise Decisions in A Complicated World (Zondervan,
1994)
Family Album: Portraits of Family Life Through the Centuries (Victor, 1996)
Seasons of Motherhood (Victor, 1998)
Not Ashamed: The Story of Jews for Jesus (Multnomah, 1999)
Walking Away from Faith: Unraveling the Mystery of Belief and Unbelief
(InterVarsity, 2002)
God Talk: Cautions for Those Who Hear the Voice of God (InterVarsity, 2005)
Left Behind in A Mega Church World (Baker Book House, 2006)
Dissertation (University Microfilms, 1979)
How to Set Up Your Own Neighborhood Preschool, with co-author Kit Bernthal
(Arlington House, 1979)
From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions
(Zondervan, 1983) Revised second edition, 2004 (with 40,000 “new words”)
Daughters of the Church: Women and Ministry from New Testament Times to the
Present, with Walter Liefeld (Zondervan, 1987)
First Ladies of the Parish: Historical Portraits of Pastors' Wives (Zondervan, 1988)
Guardians of the Great Commission: The Story of Women in Modern Missions
(Zondervan,1988)
Christian Speakers Treasury (Harper & Row, 1989)
Another Gospel: Alternative Religions and the New Age Movement (Zondervan,
1989)
Sacred Stories: Daily Devotions from the Family of God (Zondervan, 1989)
reprinted as Stories of Faith (1990)
Women in the Maze: Questions and Answers on Biblical Equality (InterVarsity,
1992)
Multiple Choices: Making Wise Decisions in A Complicated World (Zondervan,
1994)
Family Album: Portraits of Family Life Through the Centuries (Victor, 1996)
Seasons of Motherhood (Victor, 1998)
Not Ashamed: The Story of Jews for Jesus (Multnomah, 1999)
Walking Away from Faith: Unraveling the Mystery of Belief and Unbelief
(InterVarsity, 2002)
God Talk: Cautions for Those Who Hear the Voice of God (InterVarsity, 2005)
Left Behind in A Mega Church World (Baker Book House, 2006)
BOOKS COMPLETED OR UNDER CONTRACT
The Story of Christianity, in progress, under contract with Zondervan, 2007
BOOK TRANSLATIONS
From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya
German
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
French
Italian
Polish
Spanish
Romanian
Thai
Mizo
Korean
Farsi
Daughters of the Church
German
Guardians of the Great Commission
Korean
Chinese
Private Lives of Pastors’ Wives
Korean
Thai
Walking Away from Faith
Indonesian
Russian
German
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
French
Italian
Polish
Spanish
Romanian
Thai
Mizo
Korean
Farsi
Daughters of the Church
German
Guardians of the Great Commission
Korean
Chinese
Private Lives of Pastors’ Wives
Korean
Thai
Walking Away from Faith
Indonesian
Russian
ARTICLES PUBLISHED
“The Book that Shaped a Nation: America's (Mis)Use of Scripture,” Voices
(Fall/Winter 1983-84)
“Revival Spurs World Evangelism,” Trinity World Forum (Spring 1984)
“Foreign Missionaries With a False Message: The Worldwide Expansion of Religious
Cults,” Evangelical Missions Quarterly (October 1984)
“The Role of Bible Women in World Evangelism,” Missiology (April 1985)
“Non-orthodox Sects Report Global Membership Gains,” Christianity Today (June
13, 1986)
“African Women's Movement Finds Massive Response,” Evangelical Missions
Quarterly (July 1985)
“What Does Kephale Mean? A Response,” Women, Authority and the Bible, ed. by
Alvera Mickelsen (InterVarsity, 1986)
“Women in the Missions Classroom,” Evangelical Missions Quarterly (October
1986)
“Female Mission Strategists: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective,”
Missiology (Jan., 1987)
“Women in Missions: A Vision to Recapture,” New England Church Life (October
1987)
“William Carey,” Great Leaders of the Christian Church, ed. by John Woodbridge
(Moody, 1988).
“Early-Church Women and Heresy,” (With Walter Liefeld) Christian History (VII, 1,
1988).
“How Faith Mission Pioneers Understood Women's Roles,” Evangelical Missions
Quarterly, (April 1988)
“Working Mothers,” Christianity Today (July 15, 1988)
“Growing Up A World Away: Missionary Families Meet the Challenge,” Christianity
Today (Feb. 17, 1989)
“Dorothy Carey: Serving Without Commitment,” The Banner (Dec. 11, 1989)
“The Women's Missionary Movement,” “Hannah Whitall Smith,” and other articles,
Dictionary of American Christianity (InterVarsity, 1989)
“A Champion: Lottie Moon,” The Banner (January 15, 1990)
“In Search of Respectability: Shedding the Cult Image,” Christianity Today
(February 5, 1990)
“Johanna Veenstra,” The Banner (February 12, 1990)
“Pioneer Women Missionaries,” World Christian (Summer 1990)
“An Uncountable Cost: Marianna Slocum,” The Banner (March 19, 1990)
“Evelyn Brand,” The Banner (April 23, 1990)
“Women in Missions” in Earthen Vessels: American Evangelicals and Foreign
Missions, ed. by Joel Carpenter and Wilber Shenk (Eerdmans, 1990)
“Helen Roseveare,” The Banner (May 28, 1990)
“Confronting Cults Cross-Culturally” in Evangelizing the Cults, ed. by Ronald
Enroth (Servant Publications, 1990)
“Heloise and Abelard's Tumultuous Affair,” Christian History, Issue 30 (Summer
1991)
“The Role of Women in Urban Mission,” Urban Mission (May 1991)
“The Church in Southeast Asia,” Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, ed. by J.D.
Douglas, (Baker, 1991)
“New Age Spirituality,” Reformed Review (Autumn, 1991)
“Women's Roles in Urban Mission” in Discipling the City, ed. by Roger Greenway
(Baker, 1992)
“Colorizing Church History,” Christianity Today (July 20, 1992)
“John Sung” and “Corrie ten Boom” in More than Conquerors, ed. by John
Woodbridge (Moody Press, 1992)
“William Carey's Less-than-Perfect Family Life,” Christian History (1993)
“Women in Mission,” Toward the 21st Century in Christian Mission, ed. by James
M. Phillips and Robert T. Coote (Eerdmans, 1993)
“A Legacy of Women in Ministry,” Alliance Life (January 19, 1994)
“Adoniram Judson,” Ambassadors for Christ, ed. by John Woodbridge, Moody Press
(1994)
“A Historical Overview of Women in Ministry,” Theology News and Notes (Fuller
Theological Seminary, March 1995)
“From the Fringe to the Fold,” Christianity Today, July 15, 1996
“Unbecoming 'Ladies’: Women in Missions,” Christian History, Issue 52 (1997)
“David Livingstone,” Christian History (1998)
“Carl Becker,” “Evangeline Booth,” Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions,
ed. by Gerald Anderson (Simon & Schuster, 1998)
“Biography as Missiology,” Missiology (October 1999)
“2000 Years of Christian Influence on the Family” Focus on the Family (January
2000)
“God vs. God,” The Camberwell Lighthouse (Fall 2001)
“The Risk of Muslims Among Us,”, The Banner (April 2003)
“Decoding the Da Vinci Code,” The Banner (February, 2004)
“The changing Role of Women in Ministry: The Early Church Through the
Eighteenth Century,” in Discovering Biblical Equality ed. by Rebecca
Groothuis, InterVarsity Press, 2005
“Adele Marion Fielde (1839-1916): Marching to a Different Drummer,”
American Baptist Quarterly, September 2005.
“Let Freedom Ring: The American Mission Legacy of Adoniram Judson,”
Christian History, Spring 2006.
(Fall/Winter 1983-84)
“Revival Spurs World Evangelism,” Trinity World Forum (Spring 1984)
“Foreign Missionaries With a False Message: The Worldwide Expansion of Religious
Cults,” Evangelical Missions Quarterly (October 1984)
“The Role of Bible Women in World Evangelism,” Missiology (April 1985)
“Non-orthodox Sects Report Global Membership Gains,” Christianity Today (June
13, 1986)
“African Women's Movement Finds Massive Response,” Evangelical Missions
Quarterly (July 1985)
“What Does Kephale Mean? A Response,” Women, Authority and the Bible, ed. by
Alvera Mickelsen (InterVarsity, 1986)
“Women in the Missions Classroom,” Evangelical Missions Quarterly (October
1986)
“Female Mission Strategists: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective,”
Missiology (Jan., 1987)
“Women in Missions: A Vision to Recapture,” New England Church Life (October
1987)
“William Carey,” Great Leaders of the Christian Church, ed. by John Woodbridge
(Moody, 1988).
“Early-Church Women and Heresy,” (With Walter Liefeld) Christian History (VII, 1,
1988).
“How Faith Mission Pioneers Understood Women's Roles,” Evangelical Missions
Quarterly, (April 1988)
“Working Mothers,” Christianity Today (July 15, 1988)
“Growing Up A World Away: Missionary Families Meet the Challenge,” Christianity
Today (Feb. 17, 1989)
“Dorothy Carey: Serving Without Commitment,” The Banner (Dec. 11, 1989)
“The Women's Missionary Movement,” “Hannah Whitall Smith,” and other articles,
Dictionary of American Christianity (InterVarsity, 1989)
“A Champion: Lottie Moon,” The Banner (January 15, 1990)
“In Search of Respectability: Shedding the Cult Image,” Christianity Today
(February 5, 1990)
“Johanna Veenstra,” The Banner (February 12, 1990)
“Pioneer Women Missionaries,” World Christian (Summer 1990)
“An Uncountable Cost: Marianna Slocum,” The Banner (March 19, 1990)
“Evelyn Brand,” The Banner (April 23, 1990)
“Women in Missions” in Earthen Vessels: American Evangelicals and Foreign
Missions, ed. by Joel Carpenter and Wilber Shenk (Eerdmans, 1990)
“Helen Roseveare,” The Banner (May 28, 1990)
“Confronting Cults Cross-Culturally” in Evangelizing the Cults, ed. by Ronald
Enroth (Servant Publications, 1990)
“Heloise and Abelard's Tumultuous Affair,” Christian History, Issue 30 (Summer
1991)
“The Role of Women in Urban Mission,” Urban Mission (May 1991)
“The Church in Southeast Asia,” Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, ed. by J.D.
Douglas, (Baker, 1991)
“New Age Spirituality,” Reformed Review (Autumn, 1991)
“Women's Roles in Urban Mission” in Discipling the City, ed. by Roger Greenway
(Baker, 1992)
“Colorizing Church History,” Christianity Today (July 20, 1992)
“John Sung” and “Corrie ten Boom” in More than Conquerors, ed. by John
Woodbridge (Moody Press, 1992)
“William Carey's Less-than-Perfect Family Life,” Christian History (1993)
“Women in Mission,” Toward the 21st Century in Christian Mission, ed. by James
M. Phillips and Robert T. Coote (Eerdmans, 1993)
“A Legacy of Women in Ministry,” Alliance Life (January 19, 1994)
“Adoniram Judson,” Ambassadors for Christ, ed. by John Woodbridge, Moody Press
(1994)
“A Historical Overview of Women in Ministry,” Theology News and Notes (Fuller
Theological Seminary, March 1995)
“From the Fringe to the Fold,” Christianity Today, July 15, 1996
“Unbecoming 'Ladies’: Women in Missions,” Christian History, Issue 52 (1997)
“David Livingstone,” Christian History (1998)
“Carl Becker,” “Evangeline Booth,” Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions,
ed. by Gerald Anderson (Simon & Schuster, 1998)
“Biography as Missiology,” Missiology (October 1999)
“2000 Years of Christian Influence on the Family” Focus on the Family (January
2000)
“God vs. God,” The Camberwell Lighthouse (Fall 2001)
“The Risk of Muslims Among Us,”, The Banner (April 2003)
“Decoding the Da Vinci Code,” The Banner (February, 2004)
“The changing Role of Women in Ministry: The Early Church Through the
Eighteenth Century,” in Discovering Biblical Equality ed. by Rebecca
Groothuis, InterVarsity Press, 2005
“Adele Marion Fielde (1839-1916): Marching to a Different Drummer,”
American Baptist Quarterly, September 2005.
“Let Freedom Ring: The American Mission Legacy of Adoniram Judson,”
Christian History, Spring 2006.
BOOK REVIEWS
Cities of Change: Urban Growth and God's People in Ten Latin American Cities by
John Maust, Evangelical Missions Quarterly (July 1986)
Beyond the Curse: Women Called to Ministry by Aida Spencer, The Reformed
Journal (April 1987)
Mothers and Divorce: Legal, Economic and Social Dilemmas by T. Arendell and For
Crying Out Loud: Women and Poverty in the United States edited by R.
Lefkowitz and A. Withorn, Christianity Today (1988)
The Christian Home in Victorian America, 1840-1900 by Colleen McDannell and
Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen,
Trinity Journal (1988)
Emissaries: The Overseas World of the American YWCA by Nancy Boyd,
International Bulletin of Missionary Research (April 1988)
Paths of Duty: American Missionary Wives in Nineteenth-Century Hawaii by
Patricia Grimshaw, International Bulletin of Missionary Research
Adventure in Africa: The Story of Don McClure by Charles Partee, Evangelical
Missions Quarterly (April 1991)
Faithful Witness: The Life and Mission of William Carey by Timothy George,
Trinity Journal (Fall 1992)
From Wheaton to the Nations: The Story of Cross-Cultural Missionary Outreach
from Wheaton College by David M. Howard Evangelical Missions Quarterly
(October 2002).
John Maust, Evangelical Missions Quarterly (July 1986)
Beyond the Curse: Women Called to Ministry by Aida Spencer, The Reformed
Journal (April 1987)
Mothers and Divorce: Legal, Economic and Social Dilemmas by T. Arendell and For
Crying Out Loud: Women and Poverty in the United States edited by R.
Lefkowitz and A. Withorn, Christianity Today (1988)
The Christian Home in Victorian America, 1840-1900 by Colleen McDannell and
Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen,
Trinity Journal (1988)
Emissaries: The Overseas World of the American YWCA by Nancy Boyd,
International Bulletin of Missionary Research (April 1988)
Paths of Duty: American Missionary Wives in Nineteenth-Century Hawaii by
Patricia Grimshaw, International Bulletin of Missionary Research
Adventure in Africa: The Story of Don McClure by Charles Partee, Evangelical
Missions Quarterly (April 1991)
Faithful Witness: The Life and Mission of William Carey by Timothy George,
Trinity Journal (Fall 1992)
From Wheaton to the Nations: The Story of Cross-Cultural Missionary Outreach
from Wheaton College by David M. Howard Evangelical Missions Quarterly
(October 2002).
CONFERENCE AND LECTURESHIP PAPERS
“An Historical Study of the Concept of Headship,” A Response to Berkeley
Michelsen, Evangelical Colloquium on Women (Oct. 9-11, 1984)
“Women in Missiology,” Northern Baptist Theological Seminary Mission Lectures,
January 28, 1986
Response to Roger Greenway, “History of Evangelizing World Class Cities,” Trinary
Consultation, Moody Bible Institute, March 17, 1986
“Women's Role in Mission Strategy and Missiology,” World Mission Institute,
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, April 11, 1986
“Feminism as a Factor in Family Breakdown,” Evangelical Theological Society,
Atlanta, Georgia, November 20, 1986
“God, Our Father and Mother?,” Biblical Studies Lectureship, Trinity College,
Deerfield, Illinois, April 21, 1988
“Women and Ministry: Reflections on the Past and Present,” Wheaton Graduate
School,” October 10, 1989
“The Changing Role of Women Among Evangelicals,” Fall Lecture Series, Calvin
Theological Seminary, October, 1989
“Feminism and Mission in an Age of Pluralism,” Reformed Mission Consultation,
Western Seminary, March 29-31, 1990
“Church History from the Underside,” Student Council Lectures, Fuller
Theological Seminary, February 20-22, 1991
“Daughters of the Church: Liberated by the Great Commission,” Staley Lectures,
Crown College, March 7-8, 1991.
“Mormons Moving into the Mainstream,” Christian Institute for Mormon Studies,
Salt Lake City, June 13-15, 1991
“Eve and Mary: Prophetic Voices of Wholeness,” Christians for Biblical Equality,
Biennial Conference, Snow Mt., CO, August 17-18, 1991
“Retelling the Story of Church History,” Fall Lecture Series, Asbury Theological
Seminary, September 16-18, 1991
“Two Centuries of Pluralism in North America,” VanDyke Lectures, Calvin
Theological Seminary, (January 29-30, 1992)
“Revisionist History and the Story of Christianity,” Staley Lectures, Whitworth
College, February 15-17, 1992
“Christian Women and Political Activism,” Calvin College, October 1992
“Religious Pluralism and the Problem of Pseudo-Christian Cults,” Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School, Theology Colloquium, November 10, 1992
“A Critique of Spiritual Warfare and Missions,” Evangelical Student Mission
Lectures, Princeton Theological Seminary, January 29, 1993
“Portraits from Our Spiritual Heritage,” Convocation Lectures, Bethel College,
March 11-12, 1993
“Four Seasons of Women's Ministries,” A Symposium on Women's Ministries,
Pasadena, California, January 13-15, 1994
“Daughters of the Church: Liberated by the Great Commission,” Trinity
Theological College, Singapore, July, 24, 1995
“A Biblical Perspective on Family and Gender Roles,” A Debate with John Piper,
Wheaton College, October 25, 1995
“Story-Telling and Racial Reconciliation,” Denver Ministries Convention, February
22, 1996 “Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Cost of Discipleship,” Southern Baptist
Seminary, October 9, 1996
“A Response to American Women in Missions” (by Dana Robert), Overseas
Ministries Study Center, April. 19. 1997
“Gender Roles in a Contemporary Christian Context,” Aurora University, February,
1999
“A Calvinist Contemplates Walking Away from the Faith,” FreeThought
Association, Grand Rapids, MI, October 24, 2001.
“Safe in the Silence of God” and “Lord, is it I: Walking Away From Faith” Dordt
College, Convocation Lectures, January 15-17, 2003
“Baptist Missions and the Ministry of Adele Fielde,” American Baptist Historical
Society, Green Lake, WI, August 10, 2004.
“Women in Mission and Ministry” and “Ruth: A Model for Evangelism Today,”
Scottish Women’s Conference, Worldwide Church of God, Glasgow, Scotland,
Sept. 5-7, 2004.
“Safe in the Silence of God,” Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids,
MI, January 21, 2005
“Women in the Pulpit of the Left-Behind Church,” Christians for Biblical Equality,
Grand Rapids, MI, April 22, 2005.
“Moving Forward in World Missions: 200 Years After the Haystack Prayer Meeting,
Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, February 1, 2006.
“Doing 'Home Missions' with A Different Slant,” Missions Symposium, Grand Rapids
Theological Seminary, February 2, 2006.
“The Haystack Prayer Meeting and Beyond,” ECHO, First Evangelical Free Church,
Austin, Texas, February 12, 2006.
Michelsen, Evangelical Colloquium on Women (Oct. 9-11, 1984)
“Women in Missiology,” Northern Baptist Theological Seminary Mission Lectures,
January 28, 1986
Response to Roger Greenway, “History of Evangelizing World Class Cities,” Trinary
Consultation, Moody Bible Institute, March 17, 1986
“Women's Role in Mission Strategy and Missiology,” World Mission Institute,
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, April 11, 1986
“Feminism as a Factor in Family Breakdown,” Evangelical Theological Society,
Atlanta, Georgia, November 20, 1986
“God, Our Father and Mother?,” Biblical Studies Lectureship, Trinity College,
Deerfield, Illinois, April 21, 1988
“Women and Ministry: Reflections on the Past and Present,” Wheaton Graduate
School,” October 10, 1989
“The Changing Role of Women Among Evangelicals,” Fall Lecture Series, Calvin
Theological Seminary, October, 1989
“Feminism and Mission in an Age of Pluralism,” Reformed Mission Consultation,
Western Seminary, March 29-31, 1990
“Church History from the Underside,” Student Council Lectures, Fuller
Theological Seminary, February 20-22, 1991
“Daughters of the Church: Liberated by the Great Commission,” Staley Lectures,
Crown College, March 7-8, 1991.
“Mormons Moving into the Mainstream,” Christian Institute for Mormon Studies,
Salt Lake City, June 13-15, 1991
“Eve and Mary: Prophetic Voices of Wholeness,” Christians for Biblical Equality,
Biennial Conference, Snow Mt., CO, August 17-18, 1991
“Retelling the Story of Church History,” Fall Lecture Series, Asbury Theological
Seminary, September 16-18, 1991
“Two Centuries of Pluralism in North America,” VanDyke Lectures, Calvin
Theological Seminary, (January 29-30, 1992)
“Revisionist History and the Story of Christianity,” Staley Lectures, Whitworth
College, February 15-17, 1992
“Christian Women and Political Activism,” Calvin College, October 1992
“Religious Pluralism and the Problem of Pseudo-Christian Cults,” Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School, Theology Colloquium, November 10, 1992
“A Critique of Spiritual Warfare and Missions,” Evangelical Student Mission
Lectures, Princeton Theological Seminary, January 29, 1993
“Portraits from Our Spiritual Heritage,” Convocation Lectures, Bethel College,
March 11-12, 1993
“Four Seasons of Women's Ministries,” A Symposium on Women's Ministries,
Pasadena, California, January 13-15, 1994
“Daughters of the Church: Liberated by the Great Commission,” Trinity
Theological College, Singapore, July, 24, 1995
“A Biblical Perspective on Family and Gender Roles,” A Debate with John Piper,
Wheaton College, October 25, 1995
“Story-Telling and Racial Reconciliation,” Denver Ministries Convention, February
22, 1996 “Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Cost of Discipleship,” Southern Baptist
Seminary, October 9, 1996
“A Response to American Women in Missions” (by Dana Robert), Overseas
Ministries Study Center, April. 19. 1997
“Gender Roles in a Contemporary Christian Context,” Aurora University, February,
1999
“A Calvinist Contemplates Walking Away from the Faith,” FreeThought
Association, Grand Rapids, MI, October 24, 2001.
“Safe in the Silence of God” and “Lord, is it I: Walking Away From Faith” Dordt
College, Convocation Lectures, January 15-17, 2003
“Baptist Missions and the Ministry of Adele Fielde,” American Baptist Historical
Society, Green Lake, WI, August 10, 2004.
“Women in Mission and Ministry” and “Ruth: A Model for Evangelism Today,”
Scottish Women’s Conference, Worldwide Church of God, Glasgow, Scotland,
Sept. 5-7, 2004.
“Safe in the Silence of God,” Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids,
MI, January 21, 2005
“Women in the Pulpit of the Left-Behind Church,” Christians for Biblical Equality,
Grand Rapids, MI, April 22, 2005.
“Moving Forward in World Missions: 200 Years After the Haystack Prayer Meeting,
Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, February 1, 2006.
“Doing 'Home Missions' with A Different Slant,” Missions Symposium, Grand Rapids
Theological Seminary, February 2, 2006.
“The Haystack Prayer Meeting and Beyond,” ECHO, First Evangelical Free Church,
Austin, Texas, February 12, 2006.
BOOK AWARDS AND OTHER RECOGNITION
From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya, 1984 Gold Medallion Book Award, Evangelical
Christian Publishers Association
Daughters of the Church, 1988 Eternity Book of the Year, third place
Guardians of the Great Commission, 1988 International Bulletin, Book
Recognition
Private Lives of Pastors’ Wives, 1989 Gold Medallion Book Award, Evangelical
Christian Publishers Association
Another Gospel, 1990, Final Nominee, Gold Medallion Book Award, Evangelical
Christian Publishers Association
Alumnae of the Year, LeTourneau University, 1994
Christian Publishers Association
Daughters of the Church, 1988 Eternity Book of the Year, third place
Guardians of the Great Commission, 1988 International Bulletin, Book
Recognition
Private Lives of Pastors’ Wives, 1989 Gold Medallion Book Award, Evangelical
Christian Publishers Association
Another Gospel, 1990, Final Nominee, Gold Medallion Book Award, Evangelical
Christian Publishers Association
Alumnae of the Year, LeTourneau University, 1994
COURSES TAUGHT
History of Missions Women in the Church
Church History, I & II Introduction to World Religions
Women in Cross-Cultural Ministry New Religions and Cults
The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement Christian Biography
Biography and Spiritual Formation History of Philosophy
Survey of Women's Ministries Introduction to Missions
History of the Christian Family New Age and Neopaganism
Medieval Church History The Reformation
Post-Apostolic Church History Modern Church History
Christian Perspectives on Learning American Church History
Nineteenth-Century Missions Cross-Cultural Ethics
Gospel and Culture in North America Revitalization of the Local Church
Church History, I & II Introduction to World Religions
Women in Cross-Cultural Ministry New Religions and Cults
The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement Christian Biography
Biography and Spiritual Formation History of Philosophy
Survey of Women's Ministries Introduction to Missions
History of the Christian Family New Age and Neopaganism
Medieval Church History The Reformation
Post-Apostolic Church History Modern Church History
Christian Perspectives on Learning American Church History
Nineteenth-Century Missions Cross-Cultural Ethics
Gospel and Culture in North America Revitalization of the Local Church
EXTRA-CURRICULAR TEACHING (Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning)
“Black Sheep of the Reformation Family,” Spring 2004
“Fools for Christ: Revival Preachers of Generations Past,” Fall 2004
“Singing the Faith: Three Centuries of Gospel Music,” (with John Worst), Spring
2005
“Bible Stories Revisited” (with John Worst), Fall 2005
“Southern Slavery and Plantation Culture" (with John Worst) Spring 2006
“Fools for Christ: Revival Preachers of Generations Past,” Fall 2004
“Singing the Faith: Three Centuries of Gospel Music,” (with John Worst), Spring
2005
“Bible Stories Revisited” (with John Worst), Fall 2005
“Southern Slavery and Plantation Culture" (with John Worst) Spring 2006
INSTITUTIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Chair: Tanner Lectures, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1983-1994
West Michigan Committee: Africa Inland Mission, 1983-1998
Membership Committee: Evangelical Theological Society, 1987-1988
Editorial Committee: Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 1984-1988
Associate Editor, Missiology, 1988-2001
Contributing Editor: International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 1988-present
Guest Editor: Missiology, June 1987, October, 1999
Column writer: “In Print,” Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 1986-1992
Steering Committee: ATS/NCA Re-accreditation Self-Study, Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School, 1987-88
Program Committee, Grand Rapids Festival of Missions, 1988-1989
Guest Religion Editor: Grand Rapids Press, 1988-1989
Adjunct team member, Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, 1989-1990
Contributor: Women's Devotional Bible, Zondervan 1990
Planning Committee, Reformed Mission Consultation, 1989-1990
Professor of Record, Perspectives Course, Spring 1993: Grand Rapids, Michigan;
Lansing, Michigan; Spring 1994, Lansing and Ann Arbor
Editorial Advisory Board, Christian History, 1990-present
Trustee Board, LeTourneau University, 1995-2002
Church Planting Goals Team, CRC, 2001-present
Evangelism Committee, La Grave Avenue CRC, 2002-2004
Church Planting Resource Sub-Committee, CRC, 2002-present
Board of Directors, American Society of Missiology, 2003-present
CRC Synodical Study Committee, Third-Wave Pentecostalism, 2004-2006
President, Association of Professors of Mission, 2005
West Michigan Committee: Africa Inland Mission, 1983-1998
Membership Committee: Evangelical Theological Society, 1987-1988
Editorial Committee: Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 1984-1988
Associate Editor, Missiology, 1988-2001
Contributing Editor: International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 1988-present
Guest Editor: Missiology, June 1987, October, 1999
Column writer: “In Print,” Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 1986-1992
Steering Committee: ATS/NCA Re-accreditation Self-Study, Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School, 1987-88
Program Committee, Grand Rapids Festival of Missions, 1988-1989
Guest Religion Editor: Grand Rapids Press, 1988-1989
Adjunct team member, Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship, 1989-1990
Contributor: Women's Devotional Bible, Zondervan 1990
Planning Committee, Reformed Mission Consultation, 1989-1990
Professor of Record, Perspectives Course, Spring 1993: Grand Rapids, Michigan;
Lansing, Michigan; Spring 1994, Lansing and Ann Arbor
Editorial Advisory Board, Christian History, 1990-present
Trustee Board, LeTourneau University, 1995-2002
Church Planting Goals Team, CRC, 2001-present
Evangelism Committee, La Grave Avenue CRC, 2002-2004
Church Planting Resource Sub-Committee, CRC, 2002-present
Board of Directors, American Society of Missiology, 2003-present
CRC Synodical Study Committee, Third-Wave Pentecostalism, 2004-2006
President, Association of Professors of Mission, 2005
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American Society of Missiology
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Christians for Biblical Equality
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Christians for Biblical Equality
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