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Taylor Walters Denyer is a neuroqueer United Methodist elder and missiologist specializing in responses to toxic beliefs, structural oppression, and traumas that undermine relationships. She is appointed as Executive Assistant to the Bishop (North Katanga Area), teaches UM studies and mission courses at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, and serves on the UMC’s Judicial Council and the Wesley College (Tanzania) board of directors. Having lived in seventeen towns spanning nine countries, Taylor coaches those who seek belonging and those yearning to build boundary-crossing relationships.
Degrees: BA/MA in International Development, MDiv, and ThD in Missiology.
Substack: @taylordenyer
Rev. Dr. Jonathan Page is the director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership. Previously he was director of Connection and Innovation for the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church and has served as a pastor in churches of a variety of sizes and contexts. Jonathan holds a Doctor of Education with a degree focus in Organizational Change and Leadership from the University of Southern California and a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School.
Podcast Episode 178 What happens when you look at the American church from the outside? In this episode we sit down with missiologist Taylor Walters…
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