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About Us: Staff
 Lovett H. Weems, Jr.
Distinguished Professor of Church Leadership
Director, G. Douglass Lewis Center for Church Leadership
lovettw@wesleyseminary.edu
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Education
- B.A., Millsaps College
- M.Th., Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
- D. Min., Wesley Theological Seminary
- D.D. (honorary), Baker University
- D.D. (honorary), Central Methodist University
Academic Positions
- Director, G. Douglass Lewis Center for Church Leadership and Distinguished Professor of Church Leadership, Wesley Theological Seminary, 2003-present
- President and Professor of Church Leadership, Saint Paul School of Theology, 1985-2003
- Vice President and Instructor in the Mission of the Church, Wesley Theological Seminary, 1982-1985
Local Church Leadership
- Senior Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Philadelphia, Mississippi, 1976-1982
- Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Raleigh, Mississippi, 1972-1976
- Pastor, Johnston Chapel United Methodist Church, Summit, Mississippi, 1969-1971
- Student Pastor in Mississippi and Oklahoma, 1964-1969
Church Leadership
- Council of Bishops Task Force on Theological Education, 2000-2004
- Trustee, United Methodist Higher Education Foundation, 1998-2005
- University Senate, United Methodist Church, 1993-2000
- Commission on Theological Education of the University Senate, United Methodist Church, 2000-2003
- United Methodist General Conference Delegate - 1980, 1996, 2000 (alternate)
- United Methodist Jurisdictional Conference Delegate - 1976 (alternate), 1980 [Southeastern Jurisdiction]; 1992, 1996, 2000 [South Central Jurisdiction]
- Director, General Board of Global Ministries, 1976-1984
Professional Leadership
- Editorial Board, Journal of Religious Leadership
- Advisory Committee on Leadership Education, ATS, 2000-2002
- President, Association of United Methodist Theological Schools in the U.S., 1999-2000
- Kellogg National Seminar on Religious Leadership, 1998-2001
- Member, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
- Member, Religious Research Association
- National Advisory Board for the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) weekly series Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
- Fellow, George H. Gallup International Institute
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