In thriving churches, the leadership would include ministers, but also might include medical doctors, attorneys, business men and women, teachers, carpenters, judges, accountants, nurses, bakers, and so on.
For three years, the Thomas H. Olbricht Christian Scholars’ Conference undertook to ask fifteen well-respected senior leaders in the Churches of Christ to tell their own stories of their history into positions of leadership and influence. Each was also asked to articulate his or her vision for the future of Churches of Christ.
All authors are beyond age seventy, all have terminal degrees in their field, and all have stayed within the fellowship of Churches of Christ. They include Fred D. Gray, Carolyn Hunter, Lynn Anderson, John T. Willis, and eleven others.
These essays witness to the shaping work of God in the lives of notable church leaders, and perhaps also give hope to the readers for seeing God’s work in their own lives.
Thomas H. Olbricht and Gayle M. Crowe, editors. Staying the Course: Fifteen Leaders Survey Their Past and Envision the Future of Churches of Christ. Keledei Publications, 2019. ISBN: 978-1-946849-58-8. eISBN: 978-1-946849-59-5. 181pp.
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About the Editors
Thomas H. Olbricht was born in Thayer, Missouri. He was educated at Harding and Northern Illinois Universities. He was awarded graduate degrees at the University of Iowa and Harvard Divinity School. He has taught at Iowa, Harding, the University of Dubuque, Penn State, Abilene Christian, and Pepperdine. He has taught as an adjunct at Lipscomb University, The Institute of Theology and Christian Ministry in St. Petersburg, Russia, Great Commission School in Nairobi, Kenya, Bible School in Marseilles, France, and South Pacific Bible College in Tauranga, New Zealand. He has written or co-edited thirty books counting a few soon to be in print. He has served as a minister in DeKalb, IL, Iowa City, IA, Monticello, AR, Natick, MA, State College, PA, and Derry, NH, and preached from over 250 pulpits throughout the world. He and Dorothy have been married 68 years. They have five children, twelve grand children and 5 great grand children. They live in Boulders, a retirement community in Exeter, NH.
Gayle M. Crowe, the son and grandson of elders in Churches of Christ, grew up in Denver, Colorado. His degrees are from Abilene Christian University, Wheaton Graduate School, Harvard Divinity School, and Harding Graduate School of Theology. His career was as a minister/pastor in Churches of Christ, with a total of thirty three years in Chatham, New Jersey, and Lafayette, Indiana. A prime interest through 40+ years has been Christian broadcasting. He left the pulpit after 42 years in 2007 and currently serves as Vice President for Programming with World Christian Broadcasting, as well as years as a shepherd with the Woodmont Hills Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He and Lisa, married since 1965, are the parents of a son and a daughter and grandparents to two granddaughters.
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