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 served as the USA Regional Education Coordinator for the Church of the Nazarene. A prolific author, Dr. Blevins co-wrote Discovering Discipleship and authored The Disciples: A BIble Study. Dr. Blevins also served 25 years as editor of the online academic journal Didache: Faithful Teaching.

Adding Lectionary Resources for Ashes to Fire Curriculum

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Dean G. Blevins

Check out the new Discipleship Commons page that provides resources for teaching and preaching the Lectionary passages for Ashes to Fire Curriculum

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Mediated Religion to use Social Media in class

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Dean G. Blevins

CED605 Mediated Religion will be using social media in class. Students will be experimenting with Twitter and Facebook as part of the course, “tweeting” interactions with the course content in real time during class sessions. How well will this strategy … Continue reading →

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Keel and King to lead Missional Leadership and Discipleship

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Dean G. Blevins

Great News! Tim Keel and Mike King will be teaching CED615 Missional Leadership and Discipleship Spring 2012. Syllabus should be ready  before December 1st!

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Educating the Laity

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Dean G. Blevins

A new article in Grace and Peace Magazine on Educating the Laity: The Need for Discipleship.

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MACE now MACFD

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Dean G. Blevins

Nazarene Theological Seminary’s Master of Arts in Christian Education (MACE) is now the Master of Arts in Christian Formation and Discipleship (MACFD). The name change also reflects an expansion of the degree to incorporate greater coursework in Spiritual Formation and … Continue reading →

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Discipleship Commons

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Dean G. Blevins

A community dedicated to Christian Formation and Discipleship

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Posted on June 14, 2008 by Dean G. Blevins

Been a while since I used Xanga, will need to designate this blog for a specific purporse

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