songbirdstory@yahoo.com
Daniel and Renita Koehn are Christian artists in music and drama. In a blended style, the music ministry of Daniel and Renita centers around the greatness of our God, his completed work accomplished for us through his Son, Jesus Christ, and the abiding and enabling presence of the Holy Spirit.
Daniel presents varying portions of John’s Gospel—A Dramatic Storytelling. In this one-man show, the words of scripture from the NIV version are brought to life, compelling to audiences of all ages.
The Koehns offer programs of music or dramatic scripture presentation or a combination of both. These programs can vary in length (from five minutes to an hour plus) to suit the needs of the service. Full musical concerts and worship leading for revivals, conferences, retreats, etc. are also available. Daniel and Renita are also available to speak or teach. The entire John’s Gospel presentation could fit into a series of two, three, or five meetings.
The newest offering from the Koehns is the Public Reading of Scripture Workshop, especially designed for churches that present liturgical readings each week in worship. Daniel and Renita will come to your church for a half-day or full-day workshop to equip your team of scripture-readers with skills and tools that will more fully engage both the readers and your congregation during the public reading of the Word.
Daniel and Renita both have their Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Vocal Performance from the University of Kentucky. Daniel also has a Master of Arts degree in Biblical Literature from Wesley Biblical Seminary. Daniel sang opera professionally for four years and has been a college voice instructor for many years, teaching in California, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Renita has enjoyed a long career as a college voice teacher in California, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky. She also has sung professionally as a soloist in many choral masterworks.
The Koehns have been married since 1997 and currently reside in Wilmore, KY.
acadnk@aol.com
davidpaul174@yahoo.com
jajuneman@gmail.com
https://www.johnjuneman.com/
Jason: jason@westlandfmc.com
Erin: erin.owens1010@gmail.com
About Jason: https://www.westlandfmc.com/staff/coming-soon/
About Erin: https://www.erinowens.net/about
lleckrone@mac.com
https://leckroneministries.org
laneloman@me.com
www.lomanministries.org
In these changing times, there is one constant: the Word of God. Lane’s passion is to minister God’s Word through preaching and singing. His purpose and goal is to promote personal spiritual renewal, holiness of heart and life, and revival in the local church.
Lane earned a B.A. degree in Christian Education from Atlanta Christian College. He studied Evangelism in the Local Church at Scarritt Graduate Center (Nashville, TN) and holds an M.A. degree in Religion and Spiritual Formation from Northwest Nazarene University.
A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, Lane has been lead pastor of churches in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Indiana. Lane has served in the Evangelical Methodist Church, the Church of the Nazarene, the Friends Church, and the Free Methodist Church. He is an ordained elder and tenured evangelist with the Church of the Nazarene and is associated with the Southeastern Evangelistic Group.
In his 53 years of ministry, Lane has traveled 30 years in itinerant revival ministry, speaking and singing in 15 denominations and 50 different denominational and independent camp meetings. He also produces “The Lights of Spiritual Guidance,” a radio ministry started in 1937 by his father, the late Dr. J. Harold Loman. This program is heard over a network of 14 stations in North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. Lane also has recorded 15 song albums and authored three books: The Fruit Still Falls from the Tree (Old Paths Publishing, 2003), The Fruit Is Still Falling (Old Paths Publishing, 2012), and Road Moments—Memories of Living Life Out of a Suitcase (Old Paths Publishing, 2016).
Lane’s wife, Gretchen, a native of Bedford, Indiana, travels and sings with Lane in revival ministry when travel logistics permit. Gretchen also serves as the secretary for Loman Ministries and helps to produce ministry product. Lane and Gretchen have been married since 1997 and have three sons and six grandchildren.
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.
john.oswalt@francisasburysociety.com
Dr. John Oswalt is both a preacher and a teacher. He is available for revival meetings, Bible conferences, and retreats. While his expertise and primary interest is in the Old Testament and in showing the relevance of the Old Testament for contemporary Christians, he is also passionately concerned about Christian holiness and about the serious need for holy living among Christians today.
John received a B.A. degree from Taylor University, B.D. and Th.M. degrees from Asbury Theological Seminary, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Brandeis University with a concentration in Mediterranean Studies. His particular interest is Hebrew language and the formation of Hebrew religion against the background of the ancient Near East.
During his professional career, John has held faculty positions at Barrington College, Asbury Theological Seminary, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Wesley Biblical Seminary. In addition, he served a term as president of Asbury College (now University). Currently, Dr. Oswalt is a visiting distinguished professor of Old Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is an ordained minister in the Kentucky Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
John is the author of numerous scholarly articles and books, including a two-volume commentary on Isaiah in the New International Commentary on the Old Testament series. He also wrote the Isaiah volume in the New International Version Application Commentary, and the commentary on Exodus in the Cornerstone Commentary. He was the Old Testament editor of the Wesley Bible (Thomas Nelson) and served as consulting editor for the New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis (Zondervan, 1997). He was a member of the New International Version translation team and was senior translator (prophets) for the New Living Translation (1996, 2004). Three of his books—Called to Be Holy; Exodus, the Way Out, and On Being a Christian: Thoughts from John the Apostle—were published by The Francis Asbury Press and are available from the Francis Asbury Society. View all resources by Dr. Oswalt available from The Francis Asbury Society here.
Dr. Oswalt and his wife, Karen, have been married since 1962 and have three children and five grandchildren.
Ron Smith’s special burden is for mentoring students in higher education. He and his family have hosted a weekly meeting for spiritual growth and study with college and seminary students for many years. Ron has written articles for many denominational and missional publications and has a special interest in producing substantive theological literature for the Church today.
Ron earned a B.A. degree in Biblical Studies at Asbury College (now University) in 1977, an MDiv degree from Asbury Theological Seminary in 1982, the ThM degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in The History of Christian Doctrine in 1990, and the Masters of Philosophy degree and Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Casperson School of Graduate Studies, Drew University in 2005.
Ron is an ordained deacon and elder in the Greater New Jersey Conference of the United Methodist Church since 1982. Ron has served the local church as youth pastor, associate pastor, senior pastor, and church planter. Ron served The Francis Asbury Society from 1993–1998 as a Fellow and for two years as Executive Director. In 1998, he was elected as the fifth president of Wesley Biblical Seminary in Jackson, MS, where he served for thirteen years. Upon retiring from the presidency, Ron rejoined The Francis Asbury Society in January of 2011, serving as Executive Director, as President, then as a speaker, a Board member, and then as President again in 2020–2022. Ron is currently the president at Ohio Christian University.
Ron has been a speaker, lecturer, and/or preacher in a wide array of settings in the U.S. and around the world. He has served as a keynote lecturer/preacher in a variety of regional, national and international meetings for denominations and consortiums in the pan-Wesleyan world. Ron has also delivered several different distinguished lecture series at different colleges, universities, and theological seminaries such as The Chamberlain Lectures, The Cox Lectures, The Cowman Lectures, and the Thomas F. Staley Distinguished Lectures.
Ron has served on the boards of World Gospel Mission, The Francis Asbury Society, and, for several years, was Chairman of the Board for One Mission Society. As OMS Board Chairman, he also served as Chairman of the Theological Committee and member of the Executive Committee.
Ron served as Chairman of the Faculty and as Professor of Christian Thought at Wesley Biblical Seminary. His work focused on the History of Christian Doctrine; Evangelicalism and Modernity; the Intellectual History of the Nineteenth Century; Forging the American Evangelical Tradition; Perfectionism and Pre-millenialism; the Theological Lifework of Henry Clay Morrison; and Evangelistic Preaching.
Ron has been married to his wife Dorena since 1982, and they have two adult, married daughters, Katie and Laura Jane.
