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1 Matthew W. Charlton 3601 West End Avenue Nashville TN Phone: Education Doctor of Philosophy. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. May 13, 2011 Dissertation title: A Wisdom Theology of the Cross Exam Areas: Systematic Theology; Contemporary, Feminist and Post- Colonial Theology (with figure exams in Jon Sobrino and Jürgen Moltmann), Augustine, Ethics, and Wesleyan Theology. Master of Arts in Religion. Vanderbilt University. December 2008 Thesis title: A United Methodist Theology of Service Master of Divinity. Vanderbilt University Divinity School. May Senior Project title: Eucharistic Hospitality Bachelor of Science. Middle Tennessee State University. August Major: Psychology. Minors: Music, Chemistry. Relevant Professional Experience Current Senior Pastor. Blakemore United Methodist Church. Nashville, TN. June 2011 to present. Course of Study Faculty, Western Jurisdiction of the UMC Course of Study at Claremont School of Theology, Summer 2011, Adjunct Professor of Religion. Belmont University. Nashville, TN. Former Pastor. Forest Street UMC. Clarksville, TN. June June Pastor. Greenbrier UMC. Greenbrier, TN. June June 2010.

2 Senior Pastor. South End UMC. Nashville, TN. June June United Methodist Program Coordinator and Research Assistant. Vanderbilt Divinity School with Dr. M. Douglas Meeks. May 2000-August Secretariat: North American and Third World Participants Coordinator. Eleventh and Twelfth Oxford Institutes of Methodist Theological Studies. Christ Church, Oxford. May August 2002, August Pastor. Santa Fe Circuit UMC (Godwin-Chappell, Theta, Santa Fe, Goshen). Maury County, TN. June June Associate Pastor. Berlin Circuit UMC (Caney Spring, Farmington, Verona, Berlin). Marshall County, TN. June June Minister to Youth. Crievewood UMC. Nashville, TN. June 1998-June Minister to Youth. Brainerd UMC. Chattanooga, TN. August 1996-June Director of Children s Music Ministries. Bethlehem UMC. Franklin, TN. June 1995-May Church and Committee Service Chair, Tennessee Annual Conference Board of Higher Education and Ministry (Class of 2014). Candidacy and Residency Mentor, Tennessee Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, 2007 present. Participant, CPE Focus Group. Saint Thomas/Nashville CPE Partnership. Nashville, TN, October 28, Presenter, Annual Conference Board Training and Local Wesley Foundation Board of Directors Development Annual Conference Campus Ministry Staff Training, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Nashville, TN, September 24, Board of Directors and Treasurer. The Wesley Foundation at Tennessee State University (Class of 2011, Treasurer from 2008 through 2010). Editor, Journal of the 2009 Tennessee Annual Conference and Journal of the 2010 Tennessee Annual Conference.

3 Assistant Secretary, 2009 and 2010 Tennessee Annual Conference. Chair, Search and Selection Committee. Campus Minister and Director search for Tennessee State University Wesley Foundation, Fall Participant. Take Thou Authority: United Methodist Ordination. General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. January 19-20, Participant. Joint Consultation on Ministry in the United Methodist Church. General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns, General Board of Discipleship, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, Council of Bishops. May 22-24, Participant. Symposium on Leading the Church in its 21 st Century. Tennessee and Memphis Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church, Nashville Area Episcopal Office, Office of Pastoral Formation. October 24-26, Coordinator and voting member. United Methodist Programs Committee. Vanderbilt Divinity School. May 2000-May Memberships Publications Ordained Elder, Tennessee Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, Member, Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies: 2002, 2007, 2013 American Academy of Religion Southeast Commission for the Study of Religion Wesleyan Theological Society West Nashville Interfaith Clergy Group Books Moltmann, Jürgen, Timothy R. Eberhart, and Matthew W. Charlton, eds. The Economy of Salvation: Essays in Honor of M. Douglas Meeks. Forthcoming from Cascade Press in Summer Harcey, Paul and The Edge Ministries. One2One: 50 Personal Devotions for Youth, Camps, Retreats, and Trips. (Nashville: Abingdon, 2000). pp 17-18, 21-22, 47-48, 67-68, Retreats from the Edge: Youth Events to Build a Christian Community. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1998). Chapter 14 Love from the Edge.

4 Reviews Articles Evangelism, Hospitality, and the Eucharist. Doxology. 2003, vol. 20. (peer reviewed) Church-related publications Environmental Justice, leader s guide article and Outreach projects for No Friend Like Jesus: Get Connected, community Vacation Bible School resource. Nashville: Abingdon, The Upper Room Disciplines 2011, week of May Nashville: The Upper Room, Wesley Study Bible. Pastoral Sidebars on selected Psalms. Nashville: Abingdon, Galatians: God s Charter of Christian Freedom. Cokesbury Adult Bible Study Series. Spring Quarter Don t Narrow Church s Theological Scope. United Methodist Reporter. June 13, 2003, vol 150, no.5. Sermon Starters. Circuit Rider. March/April 2003, vol.27, no.2. Schultz, Daniel. Changing the Script: An Authentically Faithful and Authentically Progressive Political Theology for the 21st Century (Brooklyn: IG Publishing, 2010). The Progressive Christian, July 22, Aguilar, Mario. Theology, Liberation, and Genocide: A Theology of the Periphery (London: SCM Press, 2009). The Epworth Review (FORTHCOMING) Tanner, Kathryn. Jesus, Humanity and the Trinity: A Brief Systematic Theology. (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001). The Quarterly Review, Fall 2002, vol.22 no.3 Consultations Consultant for No Friend Like Jesus: Get Connected. African-American Vacation Bible School resource (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2012). Consultant for Praise Party: Head, Heart, Hands, Feet, and Soul. African- American Vacation Bible School resource (Nashville: Abingdon 2010).

5 Consultant for On the Move: God s Grace from Place to Place. African-American Vacation Bible School resource. (Nashville: Abingdon, 2009). Consultant for Walk it Out: Together in the Way of Jesus (Nashville: Abingdon, 2007). Presentations and Lectures A United Methodist Theology of Service and the Orders of Ministry. The UMC at 40: Considering Our History, Teaching Our Traditions, Anticipating Our Future. Emory University, Candler School of Theology, Atlanta, GA. August 14-17, That s not so Odd: The Spiritless Church in a Post-Christian Age. 12 th Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies, Systematic Theology Working Group. Christ Church, Oxford. August 12-21, Sacramental Authority and Sacramental Delegation. Vanderbilt Divinity School and Lilly Endowment Symposium on Transitions in Ministry. October 1, Also presented at The Order of Saint Luke, Middle Tennessee Chapter. August A Theology of Hospitality. The Scholars Series, Christ the King Catholic Church. April 2, Justice, Fairness, and Righteousness: The Tension of Secular Concerns and Religious Imperatives on the Issue of Capital Punishment. The Covenant Association. Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, Tennessee. February 14, Teaching Experience Introduction to the Old Testament: Belmont University, Nashville, TN (Fall 2012) Theology and the Practice of Ministry. Claremont School of Theology Course of Study (Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013) Introduction to the New Testament. Belmont University, Nashville, TN (Fall 2008, Fall 2010, Fall 2011) Teaching Assistant Political Theology. Taught by Dr. Brent Waters Garrett- Evangelical Theological Seminary, Spring 2006

6 Teaching Assistant. British Methodism in its Cultural Context. Taught by M. Douglas Meeks. Vanderbilt Divinity School, Summer Teaching Assistant. Economy and Theology. Taught by M. Douglas Meeks. Vanderbilt Divinity School, Fall 2001 Scholarships and Honors Louisville Institute Pastoral Study Grant, 2013: The Flourishing Life: Practicing Divine Wisdom Seminary Doctoral Fellowship, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Vanderbilt Graduate School Scholarship, Vanderbilt University Bill and Zelna Dye Scholarship, Vanderbilt Divinity School. Oberlin Endowed Scholarship, Vanderbilt Divinity School. Dean s List, Middle Tennessee State University.

7 References Dr. M. Douglas Meeks The Cal Turner Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies Vanderbilt University Divinity School st Avenue South Nashville TN Dr. D. Stephen Long Professor, Marquette University Department of Theology Coughlin Hall 212 Milwaukee WI Rev. Tom Gildemeister Senior Pastor, Belle Meade United Methodist Church 121 Davidson Road Nashville, TN Rev. Marilyn E. Thornton Editor of African American Resources, Abingdon Press United Methodist Campus Minister, Fisk University 201 Eighth Avenue South Nashville, TN Dr. Nancy Bedford Georgia Harkness Professor of Applied Theology Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary 2121 Sheridan Road Evanston IL

8 Dr. Darrell Gwaltney Dean, School of Religion Belmont University 1900 Belmont Blvd. Nashville TN Dr. Susan Slusher Bell Director, Western Jurisdiction Course of Study 1325 N. College Avenue Claremont, CA