Dean Lawrence Delivers Perkins Lectures March 3-4, 2013
Annual Perkins Lecture Series of First United Methodist Church, Wichita Falls
William B. Lawrence, Dean and professor of Church History at Perkins School of Theology, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÔ¤²â, delivered the annual Perkins Lectures at First United Methodist Church, Wichita Falls, Texas, March 3-4, 2013.
Dean Lawrence's lectures included:
Sunday, March 3 | 10:30 am: "Truth"
Sunday, March 3 | 7:00 pm: "Strength"
Monday, March 4 | 11:30 am: "Joy"
Monday, March 4 | 7:00 pm: "Victory"
The Perkins Lectures at First UMC, Wichita Falls, were established in 1943 during the pastorate of Paul E. Martin (1938-1944). Martin, who was elected bishop in 1944, had an instrumental role in the decision by Joe and Lois Perkins in 1944-1945 to make a major gift that resulted in changing the name of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÔ¤²â's School of Theology to Perkins School of Theology.
Past lecturers – including Norman Vincent Peal, Leslie Weatherhead, Carlyle Marney, Fred Craddock, Madeleine L’Engle, Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, and Perkins professors Albert C. Outler, Zan W. Holmes, and Alyce McKenzie, are .
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View related article in March 15, 2013, North Texas Conference edition of the United Methodist Reporter (PDF)