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Dr. Earle L. Wilson

Personal

  • Born: December 8, Rensselaer, New York
  • Married: Sylvia M. Beck, November 5, 1955
  • Children: Debarah, Stephen and Colleen
  • Grandchildren: Eight

Education

  • Public Schools: 1939-1952, Rensselaer, New York
  • B.B. & Th.B. 1956, Penn Wesleyan College
  • B.D. 1965, Evangelical Congregational School of Theology
  • Th.M. 1967, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • D.D. 1974, Honorary Degree from Houghton College, New York

Pastorates

  • 1956-61: Wesleyan Church, Gloversville, New York
  • 1961-72: Calvary Wesleyan, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Teaching

  • 1962-1969: Professor of Christian Theology New Testament Greek and Homiletics, Penn Wesleyan College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
  • 1972-84: Professor of New Testament Greek, United Wesleyan College, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Merged with Houghton College in 1989)

President

  • 1972-84: United Wesleyan College, Allentown, Pennsylvania (Merged with Houghton College in 1989)

Administrative

  • Asbury Theological Seminary, Trustee, Wilmore, Kentucky (1988-2001)
  • Board of General Superintendents, Served as Chairman & Secretary, The Wesleyan Church
  • Christian Holiness Association, Served as Program Director and Secretary
  • Commission on Administrative Service, Chairman, The Wesleyan Church
  • Commission on Christian Education, Chairman, The Wesleyan Church
  • Commission on Publications, Served as Chairman, The Wesleyan Church
  • Denominational Board of Evangelism, The Wesleyan Church
  • District Board of Administration, Member-Penn-Jersey District of The Wesleyan Church
  • General Superintendent 1984-present, The Wesleyan Church
  • Member of BGS from 1984-present, Served as Chairman & Secretary, The Wesleyan Church
  • Theological Commission, National Association of Evangelicals, Member
  • World Methodist Council, Vice President & Denominational Representative, World Methodist Council
  • Elected to the Presidium of the World Methodist Council July 31, 2001 in Brighton, England
  • Awarded Best-Selling Author 2001 for premier sales of book, We Hold These Truths

Author

  • Contributing editor: The Wesleyan Advocate, WWF Tidings and The Preacher's Magazine
  • We Hold These Truths

 

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Email: bgs@wesleyan.org

Mailing: P.O. Box 50434, Indianapolis, IN 46250