First blog assignment

August 19, 2009 — sreid

I grew up in a small church on the edge Dayton Ohio. Dayton was a northern city with de facto segregation. The black folk were set on the west side, where I grew up. Beyond that was the county where our church was located.  I went to a church related college. There I majored in religion at Manchester College in Indiana. I went to seminary in Chicago at Bethany Theological Seminary. I took a Ph.D. at Emory University in Atlanta.

I have served congregations as interim pastor, associate pastor and member in congregations in Ohio, Indiana, Georgia, California and Texas.

What are your career plans after Truett? I came to Truett last year and I hope that my career plans after Truett as retirement.

How can the course serve me best? I want the course to help me hear the text afresh every day. The church in Texas that is North America today must address the reality of global Christianity.

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