Phone: (626) 815-5647
Email: ssumner@apu.edu
Office Location: Duke 237
Office Hours: By appointment
Personal Home Page: http://home.apu.edu/~ssumner/
Sarah Sumner, Ph.D.
Professor of Theology and Ministry; Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Development; Director of the Master of Arts in Theological Formation Program, C.P. Haggard Graduate School of Theology
School of Theology
Profile
Sarah Sumner, Ph.D., serves as professor of theology and ministry, and as special assistant to the dean for strategic development in C.P. Haggard Graduate School of Theology. She is also the director of the Master of Arts in Theological Formation Program, which begins in January 2009. She is the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Her published books include Men and Women in the Church: Building Consensus on Christian Leadership (2003), Leadership Above the Line (2006), and Just How Married Do You Want to Be? Practicing Oneness in Marriage (slated for release in July 2008). Dr. Sumner also serves as a regular teaching pastor at New Song Church in San Dimas California, and as an aerobics instructor at Bally Total Fitness. In 2007, she founded www.sumnerconsulting.com and now travels internationally to do speaking and consulting. She has appeared on shows such as The Early Show for CBS News, and Lee Strobel’s Faith Under Fire. Sarah and her husband, Jim, have been married for eleven years and are in the process of adopting an older child.
Education
Ph.D. – Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1996
MBA - Azusa Pacific University, 2003
M.Div. equivalent- Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1991
M.A. – Theology, Wheaton College, 1986
B.A. – Elementary Education, Baylor University, 1985
MBA - Azusa Pacific University, 2003
M.Div. equivalent- Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1991
M.A. – Theology, Wheaton College, 1986
B.A. – Elementary Education, Baylor University, 1985
Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Presentations
"The Husband's Headship," National ETS, 2007.
Panel member, "A Response ot Frank Beckwith's Defending Life," National ETS, 2007.
"How Intellectual Should Christians Be?" National ETS, 2007.
"A Panel Response to Nigel Cameron's Lecture on Science and Ethics," Azusa Pacific University, 2007.
"Forging a Middle Way Between Complementarians and Egalitarians," 14th Wheaton Theological Conference, April 2005
Publications
Contracted and forthcoming, Just How Married Do You Want to Be? Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, January 2008.
Just How Married Do You Want to Be? Downer's Grove: Intervarsity Press, April, 2008.
"Forging a Middle Way Between Complementarians and Egalitarians." Women, Ministry, and the Gospel Eds. Mark Husbands and Timothy Larsen. Downers Grove: IVP, Spring 2007.
The Mixed Gender Team, Leadership Journal, Volume XXVII Number 1, Winter 2006
Leadership Above the Line. Carol Stream, Il: Tyndale House, June 2006.
Forthcoming, a chapter in the next ECT book.
View All Professional/Scholarly Presentations
"The Husband's Headship," National ETS, 2007.
Panel member, "A Response ot Frank Beckwith's Defending Life," National ETS, 2007.
"How Intellectual Should Christians Be?" National ETS, 2007.
"A Panel Response to Nigel Cameron's Lecture on Science and Ethics," Azusa Pacific University, 2007.
"Forging a Middle Way Between Complementarians and Egalitarians," 14th Wheaton Theological Conference, April 2005
Publications
Contracted and forthcoming, Just How Married Do You Want to Be? Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, January 2008.
Just How Married Do You Want to Be? Downer's Grove: Intervarsity Press, April, 2008.
"Forging a Middle Way Between Complementarians and Egalitarians." Women, Ministry, and the Gospel Eds. Mark Husbands and Timothy Larsen. Downers Grove: IVP, Spring 2007.
The Mixed Gender Team, Leadership Journal, Volume XXVII Number 1, Winter 2006
Leadership Above the Line. Carol Stream, Il: Tyndale House, June 2006.
Forthcoming, a chapter in the next ECT book.
View All Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Professional Experience
Academic Experience
Professor, Azusa Pacific University, 1997-present.
Adjunct Faculty, Wheaton College, Fall 1994
Industry Experience
Founder, Above the Line Consulting, 2007-present.
Teacher, West Elementary School, Texas
National sales consultant, Intervarsity Press, 1988-90
Ministerial/Para-church Experience
Teaching Pastor, New Song Church, San Dimas, CA, March 2001-present
Board of Reference for the Damaris Project in Dallas, TX, Feb 2001-present
Lausanne Comittee, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November, 2005.
Keynote Speaker, Crossroads Christian Church, Corona, CA, 2001, 2003.
Conference Leader, "Pausing for a Purpose," Azusa Pacific University, October, 2001.
View All Professional Experience
Professor, Azusa Pacific University, 1997-present.
Adjunct Faculty, Wheaton College, Fall 1994
Industry Experience
Founder, Above the Line Consulting, 2007-present.
Teacher, West Elementary School, Texas
National sales consultant, Intervarsity Press, 1988-90
Ministerial/Para-church Experience
Teaching Pastor, New Song Church, San Dimas, CA, March 2001-present
Board of Reference for the Damaris Project in Dallas, TX, Feb 2001-present
Lausanne Comittee, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November, 2005.
Keynote Speaker, Crossroads Christian Church, Corona, CA, 2001, 2003.
Conference Leader, "Pausing for a Purpose," Azusa Pacific University, October, 2001.
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Professional Involvement and Accomplishments
Honors, Awards, Recognition
Who's Who for American Teachers, 2004-07
Top 20 Teds Alumni, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2005
Dean’s Accomplished Scholar Award, 2002-2003
Dean’s Accomplished Scholar Award, 2000-2001
CMR article selected for "Best of CMR" online feature
Second place in age group at Paavo Nurmi Marathon, August 1990
Associations, Boards, Committees
Evangelicals & Catholics Together
Wesleyan Theological Society
Evangelical Theological Society
Board, Reaching Indians Ministry International
AAR-SBL
Editorial Board, www.preachingtoday.com
Editorial Board, Gifted for Leadership
Beeson Divinity School Committee for Best Christian Biography
Board of Reference, Damaris Project, Dallas, TX
Who's Who for American Teachers, 2004-07
Top 20 Teds Alumni, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2005
Dean’s Accomplished Scholar Award, 2002-2003
Dean’s Accomplished Scholar Award, 2000-2001
CMR article selected for "Best of CMR" online feature
Second place in age group at Paavo Nurmi Marathon, August 1990
Associations, Boards, Committees
Evangelicals & Catholics Together
Wesleyan Theological Society
Evangelical Theological Society
Board, Reaching Indians Ministry International
AAR-SBL
Editorial Board, www.preachingtoday.com
Editorial Board, Gifted for Leadership
Beeson Divinity School Committee for Best Christian Biography
Board of Reference, Damaris Project, Dallas, TX
Expertise
Intellectual Power of Christianity
Leadership
Marriage
Men and Women in the Church
Righteous Anger
Theology in Everyday Life
Special Interests and Activities
Theology, Leadership, Politics, Men and Women in the Church, Righteous Anger, Faith Integration
Note: This information is current for the 2008-09 academic year. To view 2009-10 program information, visit the Academic Catalogs page. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.
