Authors

Keith Warrington, M.Phil, Ph.D. (King’s College, University of London), was the Vice-Principal and Director of Doctoral Studies at Regents Theological College in Cheshire, England, before his retirement. He has served as a pastor, is a member of numerous theological fellowships, and was editor of the Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association from 1994-2005. He is the author of several books including The Message of the Holy Spirit (2009), Pentecostal Theology: A Theology of Encounter (2008), Discovering the Holy Spirit in the New Testament (2005), Discovering Jesus in the New Testament (2010), Healing and Suffering: Biblical and Pastoral Reflections (2005), and The Miracles in the Gospels: What do they teach us about Jesus? (2016).

Robert Webster, B.A. (Methodist University), M.Div. (Vanderbilt University), M.A. (The University of the South), D.Phil. (Oxford University), is a full elder in the United Methodist Church in the Tennessee Annual Conference and Adjunct Professor at Regent University teaching in the area of Ecclesiastical History and Historical Theology. He has edited and written three books: Methodism and the Miraculous: John Wesley’s Idea of the Supernatural and the Identification of Methodists in the Eighteenth Century (Emeth Press, 2013), Perfecting Perfection: Essays in Honor of Henry D. Rack (Pickwick Publications, 2015), and Charles Wesley after 300 Years (Bulletin of the John Rylands Library of Manchester, 2006). Additionally, he has published over thirty academic articles dealing with Methodist history and theology. Dr. Robert Webster is interested in exploring the role of miracles and the supernatural in the history and development of Methodism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Matti Wendelin, M.Th. (University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu), was ordained as an Evangelist in 1978 at the Pentecostal church of Norrköping, Sweden, and has been in fulltime ministry ever since. In 1990, he founded Evankeliumi Kaikille Kansoille, Full Gospel for All Nations, and has preached the good news about Jesus Christ with signs accompanying in many nations including Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, India, Australia, Russia, Sweden, Finland, USA, and throughout the African continent. www.wendelin.org @MattiWendelin

Brian White, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison), is a professor at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. www.gvsu.edu/english/white-profile-40.htm

Rob Wilkerson, M.Div. (The Master's Seminary, 2000), B.S. (Luther Seminary, 1994), is a follower of Jesus in Woodstock, GA, where he works in the tech industry as an analyst and consultant. From there he envisions and pursues missional-shaped business for the kingdom. He and his wife Sherri have been married for 21 years and together have three sons and a daughter. Rob believes the mission of the gospel is summed up in four simple phrases: know God, obey Jesus, love one another, and make disciples. www.robwilkerson.net. Google+ Twitter Facebook LinkedIn

Donald M. Williams, Ph.D. (Columbia University), M.Div. (Princeton Seminary), retired in 2002 from the pastorate of Coast Vineyard in La Jolla, California that he planted in 1988. Previous pastoral experience included serving as College Pastor at the Hollywood Presbyterian Church for ten years and Mt. Soledad Presbyterian Church in La Jolla, CA. He has held teaching posts at Claremont MacKenna College and at Fuller Seminary. He is the author of thirteen books, including 12 Steps with Jesus (Regal/Chosen, 2004), Start Here: Kingdom Essentials for Christians (Regal/Chosen, 2006), and The Communicator's Commentary for Psalms 1-72 (Word, 1986) and Psalms 73-150 (Word, 1989).

Andrew Ray Williams is a Ph.D. candidate in Pentecostal theology at Bangor University (Wales, UK) and an ordained Foursquare pastor. Prior to graduate work, he graduated summa cum laude both from Regent University’s School of Divinity (MTS) and The King’s University (BTS). His research interests are Pentecostal ecotheology and Pentecostal sacramental theology. You can follow him on twitter @andrewraywill

James Williams, the father of five and grandfather of thirteen, has pastored in the Vineyard and in the United Methodist Church. He is a Ph.D. candidate at Regent University writing on the Charismatic Movement in the United Methodist Church and believes that teaching Christian history should be like pulling out the family photo album.

Kevin M. Williams, Litt.D., H.L.D. has served in Messianic ministries since 1987 and has written numerous articles and been a featured speaker at regional and international conferences on Messianic Judaism.

J. Rodman Williams (1918-2008), Ph.D., is considered to be the father of renewal theology. He served as a chaplain in the Second World War, he was a church pastor, college professor, and key figure in the charismatic movement of the 1960s. Beginning in 1982, he taught theology at Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and became Professor of Renewal Theology Emeritus there in 2002. Author of numerous books, he is perhaps best known for his three volume Renewal Theology (Zondervan, 1996).

Linda Williams has felt called by God to at times fill the various roles of teacher, pastor, evangelist, prophet, and apostle. She is married to Kevin Williams and together they have three adult children.

Fitzroy J. Willis, M.S. (SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn), M. A. (Regent University), Ph.D. (Regent University), is an Adjunct Professor of Theology, Biblical Studies, and Philosophy at Ohio Christian University. He has also worked as an R&D Developmental Engineer and a Research Consultant with Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Willis is an experienced teacher, tutor, researcher, scholar, and certified life coach, who is committed to advancing learning and developmental, theological, and biblical scholarship with passion, integrity, and excellence, in service of the church, the academy, and all of society. www.thewillisgroup.org/about-us/fitzroy-john-willis-ms-ma-phd

Darren Wilson is the Founder of Wanderlust Productions, a film/television production company that focuses on creating media that creatively and powerfully advances the kingdom of God around the world. Darren was recently named one of the 21 Emerging Leaders Of Tomorrow’s Church by Charisma magazine. His first three films, Finger of God, Furious Love, and Father of Lights, have been seen by millions around the world. His book, Filming God, details his journey from skeptic to believer in the miraculous. Darren lives with his wife, Jenell, and their three children in the Chicago area.

John R. Wimber (1934-1997), was founder and International Director of the Association of Vineyard Churches. He was an international conference speaker, inspiring worship song-writer, best-selling author and spiritual leader to the hundreds of Vineyard congregations in the United States and abroad. Wimber was the senior pastor of the Anaheim Vineyard Christian Fellowship for seventeen years (1977 to 1994). He was also known as a pivotal voice in the arenas of spiritual formation and renewal.

Mark Wreford, M.A. (University of Nottingham), is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Nottingham, where he works closely with the Centre for Bible, Ethics and Theology. He is currently part of a campus plant from Heart Church (Nottingham), and has served the church in various roles over the last 16 years. He has a background in Christian journalism as a staff writer for New Life Publishing, and his Ph.D. focusses on the link between religious experience and the creation of Scripture.

Philip Yancey is the award-winning author of over twenty books. You can learn more about him at his website, PhilipYancey.com.

Amos Yong is Professor of Theology & Mission and director of the Center for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena. His graduate education includes degrees in theology, history, and religious studies from Western Evangelical Seminary and Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, and Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, and an undergraduate degree from Bethany University of the Assemblies of God. He is the author of numerous papers and over 30 books. fuller.edu/faculty/ayong/ amosyong@fuller.edu Facebook