• March 6-8, 2014
• Hosted by Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri
• Meeting theme: "Hermeneutics and the Spirit: Identities, Communities, and the Making of Meaning" 
• Opening plenary session begins March 6, at 7:00 p.m., and is open to the public. 
• Registration is required for all other SPS sessions.
• A number of AGTS faculty and administrators are participating:
• Lois Olena, Executive Director
• Chairing sessions: Dr. Byron Klaus, Dr. Roger Cotton
• Interviewees: Dr. Deborah Gill, Dr. Stephen Lim
• To be honored: Dr. Benny C. Aker, AGTS Professor Emeritus of New Testament Exegesis
• Presenting papers:
• Dr. David Bundrick: "Surprising Bed Fellows: The Hermeneutics of Faith and Science Integration"
• Dr. Roger Cotton: "Reading Leviticus Consistently: A Hermeneutic for Applying Both Clean/Unclean and Homosexual Behavior Prohibitions Today"
• Dr. Deborah Gill: "On Pentecostal Spirituality: The Quest for a Deeper Formation"
• Dr. Mark Hausfeld: "The Persona and Work of the Holy Spirit in the Process of Contextualization Using the Missional Helix"
• Dr. James Hernando: "Pentecostal Hermeneutics and the Normativity of the Apostolic New Testament Community"
• Dr. Paul Lewis: "Hermeneutics and the Church of the East in First Millennium Missiological Context of Central/East Asia: Lessons for the Contemporary Globalized Church"
• Dr. Stephen Lim: "Connecting Personal and Spiritual Growth: The Neglected Link in Discipleship"
• Dr. Johan Mostert: "Outcomes-based Research on Spirit-filled Discipleship: Progress Report (Year II)"
• Dr. DeLonn Rance: "Fundamental Missiological Declarations: A Review of 'Misiones en Conjunto de las Asambleas de Dios de Iberoamérica' Identity"
• Dr. Valerie Rance: "Biblical Personalities and Trauma: Towards Theology of Wellbeing" 

Horton Lectureship Series

Guest speaker: Dr. Ruth Burgess

Former Evangel Professor

March 13-14 at 10:00 a.m. 

Robert Spence Chapel 

Reminder for Spring Graduates 

• Comprehensive examinations on Monday, March 10
• If you have any questions, contact Janice Brueggemann (417-268-1070). 

Free Coaching for Writing

• Make an appointment at The Write Place at Evangel University
•  Appointment book outside the door of Trask 202
• Email: WritePlace@evangel.edu
• Phone: 865-2815, ext. 8545--leave a message for an appointment. One of the tutors will return your call.
• Saturday and evening appointments are available. 

Summer Institute of Islamic Studies at AGTS   

Church Planting in Muslim Contexts
Dr. Dick Brogden 

Stepping Stones: Jesus from the Qur'an
to the Bible
Dr. Don McCurry

Deferred Payment Dates  

• Deferred payments for the spring semester are due on or before March 15.
• Payment must be received in the Business Office on or before that date in order to avoid the $25 per month late fee. 
• Please remember to check your student account balance often, through the Evangel University Student Portal! 

Daylight Savings Time

• Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday, March 9. 
• Be sure to turn your clocks one hour ahead. 

Summer 2014 and Fall 2014 Registration 

• March 3-7 is Summer and Fall registration week.
• Please log onto the Student Portal to register.
• A PDF with instructions on how to register is now available on the portal.
• Remember: Summer graduates should plan to register early. 

• Contact the Registrar's Office to update your contact information.

Reminder

• Be sure to check your email account(s) regularly to ensure that you are receiving all notifications from AGTS. 

Johan Mostert  

  

Wrote a chapter, "Ministry of Mercy and Justice," in the book entitled, Pentecostal Mission and Global Christianity, edited by Wonsuk Ma, Veli-Matti Karkkainen, and Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, published by Regnum Edinburgh Centenary Series, Volume XX, and is now in print.

  

Deborah Gill 

  

  

The book she coauthored with Dr. Barbara Cavaness, God's Women Then and Now, has recently been published in a fourth language--Finnish, by Aikamedia Oy, 2014.  It was originally published in the English language by Grace and Truth, 2004, with a revised edition in 2009.

March 27-28: Will attend, as a member, the AG Multi-Ethnic Task Force meeting at the AG National Office

Charlie Self 

March 27- April 16: Will teach two classes, "Apologetics" and "Church History" at Asia Theological Center for Evangelism and Mission, Singapore 

Mark Hausfeld 

March 2: Will speak at two Sunday mornign services at Trinity Assembly of God, Lutherville, Maryland

March 16: Will speak at the Missions Banquet at the Restoration Church in St. Peters, Missouri