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AGTS welcomed over 125 alumni and friends at a special reception held during the AG Chaplaincy Conference in Springfield, Mo. Administrators, faculty and staff enjoyed connecting with alumni serving as military, prison and hospital chaplains. Pictures will be posted to Facebook soon.

Elijah Hankerson III ('96)

Founder and Senior Pastor, Life Center International Church of God in Christ of St. Louis, Mo.

He has over 25 years of ministry experience including 18 years as a pastor. Prior to his current pastorate he led the Christ Temple COGIC and later the Timmons Temple COGIC., both of Springfield, Mo. Dr. Hankerson served on the Sherman Avenue Area Project Committee, the Spiritual Life Committee of Evangel University and founded the Ann Hankerson Community Development Center. He serves on the board of directors and is the fourth administrative assistant for COGIC. He serves on the Jurisdictional Ordination Board, Grievance Committee, Program Committee, and is chairman of the Public Relations Department for Missouri Eastern First Jurisdiction. 

Barnabas W. Mtokambali ('04)

Tanzanian Pastor and Superintendent of the Tanzanian Assemblies of God Fellowship 

A prolific church planter, Barnabas implemented a strategy that led to the current initiative of building 547 primary churches to blanket Tanzania with one church every 25 square miles. Today, 10 years after completion of that first church, Barnabas is 75% toward that goal with 411 churches built or under construction as well as over 2,000 daughter churches. Thirty- one of those churches have an orphanage on premises to care for over 11,500 homeless kids orphaned by the devastating AIDs epidemic.     

The Kern Family Foundation awards $194,100 grant to AGTS at Evangel University

 

  

The Kern Family Foundation, Inc., in Waukesha, Wisconsin, has awarded a grant of $194,100 to the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary at Evangel University to promote the integration of faith, work and economics (FWE) into a holistic discipleship model within the Assemblies of God and other Pentecostal and Charismatic communities. It is the third consecutive annual grant from this foundation to promote FWE in strategic ways. Read more.   

Summer Institute for Islamic Studies

 

David Ringer ('14) will publish an adaptation of his D.Min. project---J. Roswell Flower: a Brief Biography. He is pictured above with David Flower (left), son of J. Roswell Flower. Read more about this book. Read another article about Ringer published in the Springfield News-Leader, "Scholar realizes his dream of D.Min. after 39 years."

Tom Cogle ('92) completed 25 years as the lead pastor at Calvary Grace Assembly of God, La Plata, Md. He recalls one of the key components for the church board considering him back in 1988 was the fact he was a student at AGTS. 

Congratulations to Connie Webb ('97) and her husband who will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on July 24, 2014. Connie has retired as a licensed professional counselor and writes "My experience at AGTS came late in life but it was such an amazing blessing to me as I ministered both as a pastor's wife and counselor in Springfield, Mo. I enjoyed especially being a volunteer mentor at the Pregnancy Care Center for over 10 years."

William David Epps ('00) was elected the senior vice commandant of the Department of Georgia, Marine Corps League. There are 27 MCL Detachments in Georgia and the senior vice commandant is the 2nd highest position in the state. Epps also serves as the chaplain for the Southeast Division, Marine Corps League.

Marshall Windsor ('04/'12) recently spent time working with AG chaplains Kristian ('09) and Damaris ('08) Carlson in ministry to our US Marines on the island of Okinawa, Japan. He was able to minister in the local base chapel's Easter service as well as speak during their "Church Retro" revival event. The following Sunday he ministered at a local AG World Missions church (Neighborhood AG) where over 65 soldiers, family members and local residents responded to the altar call. 

He also got to see AG chaplain Harvey Macklin ('05) briefly, who had just returned from the U.S. on leave.