Ray and Sylvia feel privileged to be able to fulfill their calling to the people of Latin America through the Francis Asbury Society. They met in ministry while in Central America many years ago, and God continues to lead them down this incredible path. Over the years they have ministered in the USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, and most recently in Bolivia, SA. Ray is a professor of Bible and Theology while Sylvia shares her talents in art and homemaking.

Sylvia has a bachelor’s degree in Art from Asbury College and an MFA in Painting & Drawing from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Ray has a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Asbury College, a master’s degree in Divinity/Pastoral Theology from Asbury Theological Seminary, and a master’s and PhD in Systematic Theology from Trinity International University in Deerfield, IL. They are both graduates of the Spanish Language Institute in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Ray has been a pastor for several years in both United Methodist and Nazarene churches, but his main ministry now is in the classroom as a theology professor. The academic and spiritual formation of both hearts and minds is his primary calling. He also sings and plays both trumpet and guitar.

Sylvia loves to paint. Her specialty is portraits in oil and watercolor. She also enjoys doing chalk presentations of Bible stories for children and adults. She loves cooking for Ray and the students of our theology classes. Sylvia enjoys sewing and gardening, and nurturing her flowers wherever she goes.

Ray’s primary area of theological focus is the area of personhood. His doctoral dissertation, called Participatory Personhood, was on the interaction between divine and human personhood. He desires to publish this work as well as a Theology of Salvation.

Sylvia is originally from Kentucky though she spent much of her childhood and youth in Michigan. She was raised in a Christian home, the daughter of a UM pastor, Rev. and Mrs. Zeke Moore. She has one sister, Norma. Ray was raised in a Christian home, but on a farm in western Pennsylvania. He is the second of four children. Ray and Sylvia are living in the state of Indiana and are semi-retired. They have no children.