2024 Award Winners

Each year, the Wesleyan Theological Society hosts an Awards Banquet Dinner to
present four awards for outstanding achievements in the areas of
scholarship, publishing, and pastoral ministry.

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    Lifetime Achievement Award

    Winner: DR. THOMAS A. NOBLE

    Presenter: DR. GEORDAN HAMMOND

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    Timothy Smith / Mildred Bangs Wynkoop Book Award

    Winners: DR. DAVID BUNDY, DR. GEORDAN HAMMOND, & DR. DAVID HAN

    Presenter: DR. STEVEN HOSKINS

    Book: Holiness and Pentecostal Movements: Intertwined Pasts, Presents, and Futures, Studies in the Holiness and Pentecostal Movements
    (Penn State University Press, 2022)

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    Timothy Smith / Mildred Bangs Wynkoop Book Award

    Winners: DR. KENNETH J. COLLINS & DR. RYAN N. DANKER

    Presenter: DR. STEVEN HOSKINS

    Book: The Next Methodism: Theological, Social, and Missional
    Foundations for Global Methodism
    (Seedbed, 2022)

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    Pastor / Preacher / Scholar Award

    Winner: DR. DENNIS C. DICKERSON

    Presenter: DR. DAVID BUNDY

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    Outstanding Dissertation Award

    Winner: Not Awarded in 2024