Freddy Cardoza - Christian Education: A Guide to the Foundations of Ministry

Editor

Freddy Cardoza (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is dean of Grace Theological Seminary and the School of Ministry Studies at Grace College and Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana. He previously served as executive director of the Society of Professors in Christian Education and chair of the Christian Education Department of Talbot School of Theology.

Authors

Holly Catterton Allen (PhD, Talbot School of Theology) is professor of Christian ministries at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Her most recent book is InterGenerate: Transforming Churches through Intergenerational Ministry (ACU Press, 2018); she also coauthored Intergenerational Christian Formation (InterVarsity, 2012). Allen directs two international, cross-denominational conferences: InterGenerate and the Childrens Spirituality Summit.

Leon M. Blanchette Jr. (EdD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is chair of the Department of Christian Ministry at the School of Theology and Christian Ministry and professor of Christian education at Olivet Nazarene University. He is an elder in the Church of the Nazarene and has served as childrens pastor for over thirty years.

Megan G. Brown (PhD, Talbot School of Theology) is associate professor of Christian ministries at University of NorthwesternSt. Paul, where she has taught since 2014. She specializes in emerging adulthood and teaches courses on relationships, spiritual formation, developmental foundations, teaching methods, research methods, ministry practice, and Bible study methods.

Gregory C. Carlson (PhD, University of Nebraska, Lincoln) is chair and professor of Christian ministries and leadership at Trinity International University, where he has taught since 2007 in the areas of youth and family ministries, teaching the Bible, and leadership.

Jane Carr (PhD, Talbot School of Theology) is professor of Christian ministries at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. She also serves as the book review editor for the Christian Education Journal , published by Sage Publishing. Prior to joining the full-time faculty at Biola University, she served on staff at Friends Church in Yorba Linda for twenty-six years. She currently is the founder and principal of Focus on Leaders, a private organization that provides executive coaching and leadership development training to corporate and nonprofit leaders.