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Hi Everyone!
Name: DR. GAILAND ASA WOODWARD JR
Title: Adjunct Professor of Practical Theology and leadership
Department: Seminary
Bio
My passion is to see God’s kingdom become a greater reality on earth through the planting of churches that embody the good news in a way that is faithful to God, genuine to our context, and that proclaims the good news by our life and lips. I’ve given my life to planting churches as well as helping people plant churches that value tight-knit community, life-forming discipleship, locally-rooted presence and boundary crossing mission.
Academic Degrees & Education
University of Manchester (UK)
PhD
Fuller Theological Seminary
M.A. Global Leadership
Moody Bible Institute
Biblical Foundations
Virginia Commonwealth University
Public Speaking
Radford University
B.S. Psychology
George Mason University
Academic Appointments & Experience
Kairos University
Adjunct Professor of Practical Theology and leadership
The V3 Church Planting Movement
National Director
Missio Alliance
Co-founder and Board Member
Ecclesia Network
Co-founder and West Coast Director
Solis Foundation
Co-founder and Director
Kairos Los Angeles
Co-founder and Church Coach
GCM/Reliant Mission
National Leadership Team, Governing Board Member
New Life Christian Fellowship
Founder
Awards
The Golden Heart Award (Great Commission Association of Churches) The Golden Bus Award (Great Commission Association of Churches) 2016 Readers Choice Award for The Church as Movement (InterVarsity Press)
Affiliations
The Colloquium on Violence and Religion
The Gospel and Our Culture Network
Manchester Wesley Research Centre (Junior Fellow)
Missio Alliance Board Member
Reliant Board Member
Publications & Presentations
Questions that Awaken A Leaders Life, The Exchange, Christianity Today
40 Lessons in Discipleship, Gospel-Life Blog, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism
Postures of Movemental Leaders, Gospel-Life Blog, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism
Jesus, Discipleship and Movement, Gospel-Life Blog, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism
The Place Planters Need to Be, Communal Blog, New Churches
Hero’s of the Christian Faith: Lesslie Newbigin, Gospel-Life Blog, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism
Cultivating a Welcoming Environment, Gospel-Life Blog, Billy Graham Center for Evangelism
Salt, Light and a City by Graham Hill – A Review, EMQ (Evangelical Missions Quarterly)
Apostles as Dream Awakeners, EMQ (Evangelical Missions Quarterly)
The Gospel After Christendom: New Voice, New Cultures, New Expressions edited by Ryan K. Bolger – A Review, Religious Studies Review
Kingdom Influence: Establishing God’s Reign Where We Live, Leadership Journal Online
Five Environments Needed to Create Missional Culture, The Online Pulpit (IVP)
How to Train Missional Community Leaders, Verge Network
What is a Missional Community?, Verge Network
We Need Five Disciplers, Not One. Blog, Gospel Centered Discipleship
Practicing Witness: A Missional Vision of Christian Practices by Benjamin T. Conner – A Review, Religious Studies Review
Books
Sent to Flourish: A Guide to Planting and Multiplying Churches, Contributor, IVP Academic
The Church as Movement: Starting and Sustaining Missional-Incarnational Communities, w/Dan White Jr, InterVarsity Press
Equip: Practical Ways to Train Missional Leaders, ebook contributor, Verge Network
Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World, InterVarsity Press
Waiting for the Light: An Advent Devotional, Contributor, Mustard Seed Associates
ViralHope: Good News from the Urbs to the Burbs (and Everything Inbetween), Editor and contributor, Ecclesia Press
Teaching
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