Author Archives: Dean G. Blevins

About Dean G. Blevins

Dr. Dean G. Blevins currently serves as Professor of Practical Theology and Christian Discipleship at Nazarene Theological Seminary as well as Director of Nurturing Care with Children through Worship and Prayer. An ordained elder, Dean has ministered in diverse settings and currently also serves at the USA Regional Education Coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene. A prolific author, Dr. Blevins recently co-wrote the textbook Discovering Discipleship and edits Didache: Faithful Teaching, a journal for Wesleyan Education.

Editing as Discipleship

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

Just received word that I am now a member of two editorial boards. The first appointment came as a surprise this past summer when invited to serve on the journal Theological Education, a journal sponsored by the Association of Theological Schools, … Continue reading →

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Scottie May Presentations in Children’s Ministry

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

Just received word that Scottie May’s two presentations this spring includes a morning lecture titled “Why Welcoming Children Welcomes Jesus,”and the afternoon seminar is titled “How Welcoming Children Welcomes Jesus.” May is the guest lecturer for the NTS Miriam Hall Lecture in … Continue reading →

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EPIC 2020

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

One major video prognostication of the future of education in the United State circulating these days is called EPIC 2020. The video concept includes a projection that includes downloading free lectures and then crowd sourcing student interaction/questions to insure solid … Continue reading →

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Scottie May to speak April 9th Miriam Hall Lecture on Children’s Ministry

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

Mary Scottie May, Ph.D. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CHRISTIAN FORMATION AND MINISTRY Looking forward to this spring when NTS will host the Miriam Hall lecture April 9th with nationally known Children’s ministry educator Scottie May. Morning presentation begins at 10:30 am … Continue reading →

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faithfulhomes

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

As a part of the Family Ministry class at NTS, I will be utilizing one of the key projects we have developed directly with Nazarene Sunday School Discipleship Ministry International, known as faithfulhomes. This website, http://faithfulhomes.org, began development as part … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year “nones”

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Dean G. Blevins

I will be teaching a course of young and emerging adults this semester. One of the interesting and disturbing phenomenons of this socio/economic/cultural/developmental cohort revolves around a rising disinterest in traditional Christian faith. Many of this group list themselves with … Continue reading →

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Vocational Discipleship

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Dean G. Blevins

http://www.licc.org.uk/engaging-with-work/ For the past couple of years I have been working on a theme of vocational discipleship. Frost and Hirsch argued that ministry often occurs in “third spaces” between home and work. The more I struggled with this view (coffee … Continue reading →

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