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Dr. Floyd Cunningham

Dr. Floyd Cunningham

Dr. Floyd Cunningham

President and Professor of the History of Christianity

Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary
Ortigas Avenue Extension, 1920 Taytay, Rizal
Republic of the Philippines

Tel: (63-2) 284-2741, ext. 1103; Fax: (63-2) 658-4510

e -mail: fcunningham@apnts.org

Permanent Address

403 Russell Avenue, #716
Gaithersburg , MD 20877 Ordained April 6, 1988

Tel: (301) 216-5337

Personal Information

Born September 22, 1954
Ordained April 6, 1988

Education

B.A. 1976 (History/Religion) cum laude, Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Massachusetts
M.Div. 1979 cum laude, Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri
M.A. (History) 1981; Ph.D. (History) 1984
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Research Fellow 1988, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut

Experience

Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary

Associate Professor 1983-91
Professor 1991-2004
Dean of Students 1983-87
Distinguished Professor, 2004-present
Academic Dean 1989-present
Officer-in-Charge, 2001-2003, 2007-Present

Asia-Pacific Region, Church of the Nazarene

Education Coordinator, 2002-present

Nazarene Theological Seminary

Missionary-Scholar-in-Residence 1993-94

Northwest Nazarene University ( Nampa, Idaho)

Visiting Professor of Religion 1988

The Johns Hopkins University

Research Assistant in American Religious History 1981-83

Publications

BOOKS

  • The Christian Faith Personally Given: Divergent Trends in Twentieth-Century American Methodist Thought . Ph.D. dissertation, The Johns Hopkins University, 1983. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1984.
  • Holiness Abroad: Nazarene Missions in Asia . Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003.
  • Examining Our Christian Heritage I . Kansas City: Clergy Services, 2003. Published on CD-rom.
  • Examining Our Christian Heritage II . Kansas City: Clergy Services, 2004. Published on CD-rom.

ARTICLES

  • “Wandering in the Wilderness: Black Baptist Thought after Emancipation.” American Baptist Quarterly 4 (September 1985): 268-281. Reprinted in Church and Community Among Black Southerners, 1865-1900. Ed. Donald G. Nieman. Hamden, CT: Garland, 1994.
  • “Lynn Harold Hough and Evangelical Humanism.” The Drew Gateway 56 (Fall 1985): 16-30.
  • “Harold Sloan and Methodist Essentialism.” The Asbury Theological Journal 42 (Spring 1987): 65-76.
  • “Christ, the Word, the Light and the Message: A Wesleyan Reflection on the World Mission.” Asia Journal of Theology 5 (April 1991): 104-118. Reprinted in Evangelical Review of Theology 16 (January 1992): 10-27.
  • “Mission Policy and National Leadership in the Church of the Nazarene in India, 1898-1960.” Indian Church History Review 25 (June 1991): 17-48.
  • “Pacifism and Perfectionism in the Preaching of Ernest F. Tittle.” Methodist History 31 (October 1992): 26-37.
  • “The Beginnings of the Church of the Nazarene in Korea (1932-1966).” Bokyum Gwa Shinhak [Gospel and Culture] 4 (1992): 145-170.
  • “The Early History of the Church of the Nazarene in the Philippines.” Philippine Studies 40 (First Quarter 1993): 51-76.
  • “Mission Policy and National Leadership in the Church of the Nazarene in Japan, 1905-1965.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 28 (Spring-Fall 1993): 128-164. Republished on-line.
  • “Reflections on Wesley’s Understanding of Social Holiness.” [ Taiwan Wesleyan Theological Journal ] 1 (1997): 87-101.
  • “Interreligious Dialogue: A Wesleyan Holiness Perspective.“ In Grounds for Understanding: Ecumenical Resources for Responses to Religious Pluralism, 188-207. Ed. S. Mark Heim. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
  • “Faithful: The Church of the Nazarene in North China.” The Mediator 3 (October 2001): 15-62.
  • “Telling the Story of the Church of the Nazarene: A Wesleyan Reflection on Church History.” The Mediator 4 (2002): 1-14.
  • “Diversities Within Post-War Philippine Protestantism.” The Mediator 5 (October 2003): 42-144.
  • “Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary: The First Twenty Years.” The Mediator 5 (April 2004): 36-59.
  • “Leadership in the Church of the Nazarene in Korea,” Nazarene InternationalTheological Conference, Korea Nazarene University, September 14, 2004.
  • “Holiness Embodied in the Asia-Pacific Context.” Didache: Faithful Teaching 4 (January 2005).
  • “The Wesleyan Middle Way in Asia Context,” In International Nazarene Festschrift in Commemoration of Dr. Kim, Young Baik, Ed. Park, Cheol-Woo. Seoul: Korean Nazarene Publishing House, 2007.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

  • “A Charge to Become.” Conquest, February 1973, 15.
  • “The Church is Not the Buildings, but the People.” World Mission, November 1989, 12-13.
  • “Missionaries: Mortal Men and Women.” The Preacher’s Magazine, June/July/ August 1990, 31-32, 74.
  • “The Changing Missionary Role.” World Mission, October 1992, 17.
  • “Early Japanese Missions in Asia.” World Mission, February 1994, 14-16, and World Mission, March 1994, 4-5.
  • “Holiness: The Name of God Glorified in Us.” Word and Ministry, January/ February/March 1996, 36-38.
  • “Education for the Preparation of Ministers in Asia.” The Mediator 1 (January 1996): 17-21. Reprinted in Japan. Reprinted, The Mediator 5 (April 2004): 66-72.
  • With Ernesto Rulloda. “Jubilee Celebration: History of the Church ofthe Nazarene in the Philippines.” Cebu City, May 1996.
  • “Are We Ready for His Delay?” Word and Ministry, July-September 1996, 34-36.
  • “Thomas and Beginnings in India.” Word and Ministry, October-December 1996, 59-61.
  • “Aloben and Beginnings in China.” Word and Ministry, January-March 1997, 15-17.
  • “Christianity in the Mongol Empire,” Word and Ministry, July-December 1997, 16-19.
  • “Celebrating One Hundred Years of Nazarene Missions, 1898-1998,” The Preacher’s Magazine, December/ January/February 1997-1998, 38-39.
  • “Messages for the Month of June.” Worship and Preaching: The Annual Sermon Guidebook, 66-80. Ed. Kim Kwang Ki. Manila: The Mission Information Institute, 1998.
  • “Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary Heritage Day.” The Preacher’s Magazine, September/ October/ November 1998, 7-9.
  • “A Christian Mind.” Theological Education Today, July-December 1999, 1, 4.
  • Contributor, Dictionary of Asian Christianity . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
  • “Who are Nazarenes? Part 1.” Philippine Field Newsletter , August 2000, 1-2. Part 2, Philippine Field Newsletter , November-December 2000, 3, 5. Part 3,
  • “Phineas Bresee and the Church of the Nazarene in California,” Philippine Nazarenes Today , [2001], 3, 7. Part 4, “Nazarenes are Evangelistic,” Philippine Nazarenes Today , October 2002, 3. Part 5, “Nazarenes Believe in Education,” Philippine Nazarenes Today , February 2004. Part 6, “Nazarenes, Social Issues, and Politics,” Philippine Nazarenes Today , June 2004.
  • “A Word to the Wise.” The Mediator 2 (October 2000): 79-85.
  • With Al Truesdale, Hal Cauthron, Linda Alexander and Wes Eby. Following Jesus Discipleship Program . Published on-line by Jesus Film Harvest Partners, 2001.
  • “Response”[to “Characteristics of the Early Church of the Nazarene”]; and“Endnote: Memory,” Global Theology Conference, Church of the Nazarene,

    Guatemala City, April 4-7, 2002, published on-line ( http://Wesley.nnu.edu/2002-GNTC).

  • “Answer” [on Daoism]. Holiness Today (June 2002): 4.
  • “Ministering Grace.” The Mediator 4 (October 2002): 104-105.
  • “Footprints: Samuel Bhujbal.” Holiness Today (April 2003): 10-11.
  • “Footprints: Chung Nam Soo.” Holiness Today (May 2003): 42-43.
  • “Footprints: Hsu Kwei Pin.” Holiness Today (September 2003): 8-9.
  • “Footprints: Nobumi Isayama.” Holiness Today (December 2003): 8-9.
  • “Embodying Holiness in the Asia-Pacific Context.” Presentation at the Asia-Pacific
    Regional Conference, Church of the Nazarene, Bangkok, Thailand, October

    25, 2003. Published on CD-rom.

  • “Tribute to the Manaoises.” The Mediator 5 (April 2004): 60-62.
  • “Leadership in the Church of the Nazarene in Korea,” Nazarene InternationalTheological Conference, Korea Nazarene University, September 14, 2004.
  • The Early History of the Asia Graduate School of Theology— Philippines.”Presentation, Twentieth Anniversary Thanksgiving Banquet, Quezon City,

    Philippines, March 11, 2005.

  • “The Triumph of Early American Methodism: A Review Essay.” Presentation,International Course of Study Advisory Council Meeting, Church of the

    Nazarene, Perth, Australia, October 11, 2005.

  • “Francis Asbury,” and “Phineas Bresee.” In All Out for Jesus. Ed. Everett Leadingham. Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House, 2007.
  • “Discussing Together as We Walk Along: Endnote to Global Theology Conference 2007.” Netherlands, April 3, 2007.
  • “The Name of God Glorified in Us.” In Holiness Sermons and Commentaries. Ed. Viollydia C. Lartec. La Trinidad, Benguet: Luzon Nazarene Bible College, [2007].
  • “The First General Assembly and Nazarene Identity.” Lecture, Korea District Pastors Conference, October 9, 2007.

Memberships

American Historical Association (25-year member, 2005)
American Church History Society
Wesleyan Theological Society
Philippine National Historical Society (Life Member)

Current Research

Completed, Part III to A Centennial History of the Church of the Nazarene. To be published by Nazarene Publishing House. General Editor of the same.
Currently writing, A History of Philippine Protestantism.

Other Achievements

Achieved perfect attendance, junior and senior high school, 1966-1972
Recipient, “Most Quiet for the Freshman Class of 1973,” Eastern Nazarene CollegeGreenbook
 Recipient of dedication of The Bridge ’94: APNTS Yearbook, 1994
Recipient, Bridge Builder’s Award, Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, 2000
Recipient, Smith-Wynkoop Award for Holiness Abroad from the Wesleyan Theological Society, 2004
Listed, Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 2004—–

Notices REGARDING

“LTL Program Given at Rockville,” White Ribbon Herald (January 1964), 13.
Charles Gailey, “A Man of Two Worlds,” World Mission (February 1994), 14.
Carmen Ringhiser, “If He Had Known,” Holiness Today (October 1999), 21.

Courses Taught

Montgomery College (undergraduate level)

Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (graduate level)

Heritage of the Christian Church I, II, & III
History of Nazarene Missions
Nazarene History and Polity
History, Religion and Culture
History of the Modern Evangelical Movement
History of Philippine Protestantism
World History (undergraduate level)
 Methods of Research
Thesis Seminar
Thesis Writing
Introduction to Theology
Constructive Theology I & II
Doctrine of Holiness
Doctrine of the Church
Readings in Contemporary Theology
Philosophical Backgrounds of the Christian Faith
Introduction to Missions
Gospel & Culture
Spiritual Formation II
Integrative Seminar

Asia Graduate School of Theology— Philippines

Spiritual Formation in Historical & Theological Perspective
The Wesleyan Holiness Tradition

Northwest Nazarene College (undergraduate level)

History of Missions
History of Christian Thought I & II
Nazarene History and Polity

Nazarene Theological Seminary (graduate level)

Crucial Issues in Missions
The Modern Missionary Movement
Theology of Mission
History of Nazarene Missions

Taiwan Nazarene Theological College (graduate level)

History of Missions

Wesleyan Institute of Pastoral Theology ( Taiwan) (graduate level)

The Wesleyan Holiness Tradition