CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Ronald E Man 1687 Regents Park Drive Memphis TN 38104 Tel.: (901) 517-0155 Email: ronman9@gmail.com Conversion: March 1975; Ordination: 1984 Educational Background: B.M. in Theory & Composition (University of Maryland, 1974) M.M. in Conducting (University of Maryland, 1975) One year of further conducting study (State Music Academy, Munich, Germany, 1975-76) Th.M. in New Testament (Dallas Theological Seminary, 1982) One year of Th.D. work (Dallas Theological Seminary, 1982-83) D.Min. (Dallas Theological Seminary, 2009) Ministry Background: Publications: Book Music Director/ Assistant Pastor/ Associate Pastor (Sherman Bible Church, Sherman, Texas, 1978 83) Assistant to Chaplain Richard Seume (Dallas Theological Seminary, 1982-83) Associate Pastor/ Interim Pastor (International Chapel of Vienna, Austria, 1983 88) Pastor of Worship and Music (First Evangelical Church, Memphis, Tennessee, 1988 2000) Director, Department of Worship Resources, Greater Europe Mission (2000 2003: based in Germany; 2003 2008: based in U.S.) Pastor of Worship/Missionary in Residence (First Evangelical Church, Memphis, Tennessee, 2009- present); Director, Worship Resources International (2009-present) Proclamation and Praise: Hebrews 2:12 and the Christology of Worship (Wipf & Stock, 2007) Published Articles The Value of Chiasm for New Testament Interpretation (Bibliotheca Sacra 141 [April-June 1984]:146-57) False and True Worship in Romans 1:18-25 (Bibliotheca Sacra 157 [Jan.-March 2000]:26-34) Jesus Our Worship Leader Worship and the Glory of God (Reformation and Revival 9:2 [Spring 2000]:31-43; 79-99; served as consulting editor for this issue also)
Worship and the Word What the Church Needs Now (Reformation and Revival 9:3 [Summer 2000]:11-21; 133-47; served as consulting editor for this issue also) Some Things Remain the Same (Mission Frontiers [June 2001]: 26-29) Worship Bridges (cover article); Guiding Principles for Worship Change (Worship Leader September 2005: 18-21,74; served as consulting editor for this issue also) Whose Gathering Is It Anyway? (Reformed Worship 87 [March 2008]:38-39) A Letter from Tapescrew (Reformed Worship 93 [September 2009]:39) Global Worship What in the World Can I Do about It? (Worship Leader November/December 2009: 82) Lessons from Global Worship (Evangelical Review of Theology 36.3 [July 2012]) The Bridge : Worship between Bible and Culture (in Worship and Mission for the Global Church: An Ethnodoxology Handbook [William Carey Library, 2013]: 17-25) numerous other articles published in Worship Leader, Creator, and Church Musician Today (all can be accessed at www.worr.org) Online Publications Review Article: Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation by James A. K. Smith. In Global Forum on Arts and Christian Faith Vol. 2, Nr. 1. Michigan: Baker Academic. 238 pp. ISBN 978-0801035777.Writer and editor since January 1, 2006 of Worship Notes, a monthly online worship newsletter (first 63 issues available at www.worr.org; since June 2011 in blog format at wornotes.wordpress.com) Worship quote blog at worr.wordpress.com. Teaching on Worship (chronologically arranged) Biblical Theological Seminary (Wroclaw, Poland, 1994, 1997, 1999) Western Seminary (Portland, Oregon, 1998) Zaporozhe Bible College (Zaporozhe, Ukraine, February 2001; December 2001; May 2002; February 2003) Munich International Community Church (Munich, Germany, March 2001) Alliance for Saturation Church Planting (Budapest, Hungary, March 2001) Tyndale Theological Seminary (Amsterdam, Netherlands, July-August 2001) Bethany Baptist Church (Cakovec, Croatia, November 2001) Rio Vida Bible School (Torchbearers) (Alicante, Spain, January 2002; February 2003; January 2004; January 2005; January 2006; February 2007; February 2008; February 2009; February 2010; February 2011; February 2012; January 2013; February 2014; upcoming: February 2015) Moscow Theological Seminary (Moscow, Russia, March 2002)
Freie Theologische Akademie (Giessen, Germany, May 2002) College of Theology and Education (Chisinau, Moldova, September 2002; October 2003; October 2004; October 2005; October 2006; April 2008; October 2010; April 2012; April 2013) Kiev Christian University (Kiev, Ukraine, November 2002) Odessa Theological Seminary (Odessa, Ukraine, March 2003, April 2004, April 2005; November 2007; October 2011) Kiev Theological Seminary (Kiev, Ukraine, September 2003) Global Consultation on Music in Missions (Fort Worth, Texas, September 2003; St. Paul, Minnesota, July 2006, keynote speaker; Singapore, July 2010, keynote speaker; upcoming: Thailand, July 2015, track leader) Worship Leader Seminar and Youth Rally (Sofia, Bulgaria, October 2004) Impact Ministries (Wehr, Germany, January 2004) Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, Kentucky, March 2004; March 2005; June 2008) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Fort Worth, Texas, April 2004) Cornerstone (WEC International Missionary Training College) (Beugen, Netherlands, April 2004) Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary (Amman, Jordan, January 2005; January 2006; July 2013; upcoming: June 2015) All Nations Church of Luxembourg (Luxembourg, April 2005; April 2006; October 2009) Institute for Excellence in Christian Leadership Development (Overseas Council), speaking on Including Worship in the Seminary Curriculum (Dead Sea, Jordan, January 2006; Osijek, Croatia, April 2006; Lima, Peru, May 2006; Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2006; Bangkok, Thailand, December 2006) Center for Worship, Liberty University (Lynchburg, Virginia, March 2006; October 2006; June 2007; July 2008; March 2009; June 2010; October 2011; March 2013) Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Wake Forest, North Carolina, September 2006) WorshipNC (Greensboro, North Carolina, September 2006) Trainer, Global Church Advancement North America Church Planting Conference (Orlando FL, January 2007) London School of Theology (London, England, February 2007) Eastern Europe Worship Summit (Kiev, Ukraine, April 2007; April 2008) Mediterranean Bible College (Beirut, Lebanon, June 2007) Worship Theologians Summit (Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 2007; March 2009; January 2014) (co-planner) Calvin Symposium on Worship (Grand Rapids, Michigan, January 2008; January 2009; January 2014) (Presenter) School of Worship and Leadership (Malenovice, Czech Republic, February 2008)
Worship Seminar (Kaunas, Lithuania, April 2008) Introduction to Ethnodoxology, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, Kentucky, June 2008; June 2010; June 2014); Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Wake Forest, North Carolina, June 2009); Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Arkansas, May 2011); upcoming, Liberty University (Lynchburg, Virginia), July 2014; upcoming, Redeemer Seminary (Dallas, Texas, January 2015); upcoming, Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion, Indiana, May 2015) (member of teaching team) BEE World staff conference (Sligo, Ireland, July 2008) Operation Mobilisation headquarters (Carlisle, England, July 2008; September 2008) (staff devotionals) Worship seminar (Carlisle, England, September 2008) Musaic (Manila, Philippines, August 2008; July 2010) (keynote speaker) Deep Calls to Deep Worship Symposium: London School of Theology (London, England, September 2008) (seminar presenter) A World of Worship (global and multi-ethnic worship seminar) (Dallas, Texas, January 2009; Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2009) International College of Cultural Studies (Operation Mobilisation) (Hyderabad, India, June 2009, January 2010) Jubilate Foundation summer course (Sibiu, Romania, August 2009) (keynote speaker) International Christian Music Summit (Riga, Latvia, January 2011) (keynote speaker) National Consultation on Church Music and Worship (Gujranwala & Karachi, Pakistan, February 2011) (keynote speaker) Church Music Celebration (Philadelphia Biblical University, Philadelphia PA, March 2011) Church Planting Institute National Conference (Fuji Hakone Land, Japan, November 2011; upcoming: November 2013) (seminar leader) Worship Seminar (Tokyo, Japan, November 2011) Lessons from Global Worship (paper), Biblical Worship Section of the Evangelical Theological Society (San Francisco, November 2011) Areopagus Center for Christian Studies and Contemporary Culture (Timisoara, Romania, April 2012) Christian Music Academy (Jelgava, Latvia, April 2012) Lectures for Friends Missionary Prayer Band (Jhansi, October 2012) Pastors and Operation Mobilisation Staff Conferences (Lucknow, India, October 2012; upcoming, October 2014) Worship Heart and Art Seminar, Missouri Baptist University (St. Louis, Missouri, February 2013) The Trinity, the Church s Worship, and God s Mission (Worship Studies Program Seminar Series),
Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Arkansas, March 2013) Worship, Church and Theological Education in Africa (Theological Education in Africa conference) (Uganda, August 2013, keynote speaker; upcoming, August 2015, keynote speaker) Ethnodoxology and Mission: Worship and Arts for the Local Church (paper), American Society of Missiology (St. Paul, June 2014) Singapore Bible College (upcoming, July 2015) Other Ministries & Memberships Certified Instructor, Perspectives on the World Christian Movement Convenor: Europe Worship Link (ewl.shorturl.com) (2002-present); consultations in 2002, 2005, 2007) Co-founder (2007): Eurasian Worship Alliance Co-founder: Evangelical Worship Theologians Conference, Calvin College (2007, 2009, 2014) Co-founder (2007), member of steering committee: Biblical Worship Section of the Evangelical Theological Society Member, Executive Committee, Global Consultation on Music in Missions Member, Advisory Board, Global Renewal of Worship (GROW) Center (Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies) Member, Evangelical Theological Society Member, International Council of Ethnodoxologists