2012 Symposium

The Fourth Annual Wesley Studies Symposium took place on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at the Bayview Campus Auditorium. 

The Wesley Studies Symposium in Canada exists to build a community of people who are studying Wesleyan theology, and seeking to apply it to mission and ministry in Canada and globally. The 2012 symposium, organized by Dr. Howard Snyder and James Pedlar (Tyndale Seminary), was pleased to welcome a broad range of papers from a diverse group of scholars.  

2012 Presentations

Dr. Victor Shepherd: “Wesley as Theologian and Leader in the Universal Church”
                        (Professor, Tyndale University College and Seminary)
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Rick Hiemstra: “Statistical Profile of the Wesleyan Community in Canada”
                        (Director of Research and Media Relations, Evangelical Fellowship of Canada)
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Major Wendy Swan: “Graced Practices of the Salvation Army”
                        (ExL Program Director and Asst. Professor of Theology, Booth University College; PhD student,  
                         King's College, London)
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Dan Sheffield: “Herbert E. Randall: From Canadian Holiness Missionary to Pentecostal Leader” 
                        (Director, Intercultural and Global Ministries, Free Methodist Church in Canada)
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Dr. Jeffrey McPherson: “The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards and 
                        John Wesley” (Asst. Professor of Theology, Roberts Wesleyan College)

Mark Schnell: “Toward a Wesleyan Holiness Homiletic” 
                        (Ph.D. student, Emmanuel College, Toronto School of Theology)