Thom Wolf

Infobox Person
name = Thom Wolf
birth_name = Thomas A. Wolf


birth_date = birth date and age|1944|1|1|mf=y
birth_place = Texas, U.S.
occupation = social entrepreneur, author and leadership educator
spouse = Linda Wolf
website = [http://www.drthomwolf.com/index2.html Dr. Thom Wolf]

Thom Wolf is International President and Professor of Global Studies of the University Institute of Global Spectrum [ [http://canyoninstitute.org/index.php?page=research-papers Professor of Global Studies] ] an Asia-based learning group in New Delhi, India serving South and East Asia, the Middle East, and Europe and is an International Fellow of Canyon Institute of Advanced Studies, Phoenix. [ [http://canyoninstitute.org/index.php?page=research-papers International Fellow of Canyon Institute of Advanced Studies] ] He has been a Baptist Pastor.

Known as "Bro Thom"" by some or "Dr. Thom"" by others, he has been called "one of the great thinkers of the Church."

Wolf is a social entrepreneur, author and educator in the fields of international education and leadership. He has B.A. Sociology, Baylor University, M.A. Cross-Cultural Studies, Fuller Graduate School, D.Lit. Humanities Grand Canyon University, Ph.D. Studies in Global Leadership Andrews University [ [http://www.andrews.edu/sed/lead_ed_admin/leadership/index.html Andrews University] ] . He has been a doctoral candidate at the University of OxfordFact|date=June 2008.

Wolf architected several Masters programs for US universities. Speaking engagements frequently take Wolf around the globe and include the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México [ [http://www.uaemex.mx/ Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México] ] , Kunming University (Yunan Province China), American University of Dubai, Delhi University, Lucknow University, Harvard, NYU, the Indiana University, the UCLA, the UC Berkeley, Princeton, and Stanford.

His teaching has centered on the ethical dimensions of comparative worldviews. Wolf is author of "India Progress-Prone" (2008) [ [http://canyoninstitute.org/Forms/Wolf_21st%20Century%20India.pdf India Progress-Prone] ] . His ideas have been published in the Far Eastern Economic Review, Journal of AC LeadershipFact|date=June 2008, "Buddhism and the Contemporary World" (2007) [ [http://canyoninstitute.org/Forms/Wolf_3%20Challenges-Buddhism.pdf Buddhism and the Contemporary World (2007)] ] , Buddhism in the 21st Century (2008)Fact|date=June 2008. He has co-author "Phule in His Own Words" (2007)Fact|date=June 2008(with Sunil Sardar), "India’s Conversation on Education" (2008)Fact|date=June 2008(with Suzana Andrade of Savitribai). Wolf has lectured at events side-by-side with otheworld class speakers such as former US President George H. W. Bush] .

=Biography=Born "Thomas A. Wolf" in a small town in Texas. Wolf studied in Chicago and traveled throughout the United States and Europe during the 1960's. Wolf moved to Los Angeles and at age 24 became senior pastor the "First Southern Baptist Church of East Los Angeles", "bringing enthusiasm" to a handful of people still attending. Located on "Brady Ave" he presided over the church as it became known as "The Church on Brady.". Wolf served for 25 years in this role.

He developed the direction for "Brady" to "become a spiritual reference point east of downtown Los Angeles and a sending base to the ends of the earth."

He has advocated a holistic lifestyle in which a person lives a transformed life as a follower of Jesus by becoming a change agent in their circle of influence, composed of family, neighbors, co-workers and friends [ [http://www.kristenonline.com/download/book/oikos%20evangelism.pdf Oikos Evangelism] ] and taking in discipleship training such as being part of Home Church/Discovery Bible Studies [ [http://www.baptist.ca/church/files/Need-Oriented%20Evangelism/Church%20for%20the%20Unchurched.doc Home Church/Discovery Bible Studies] ] groups or "Share Groups".

Known also for "The Universal Disciple" [ [http://www.geocities.com/g_westlake/UnivDiscTW.html The Universal Disciple] ] and the concept of the "Person of Peace" [ [http://www.kncsb.org/resources/PersonsofPeace.pdf Person of Peace] ]

Together with wife, Linda and colleague Carol Davis, Wolf was responsible for training and sending more international workers than any other Baptist church (1990's). Dr. Lyle Schaller has said, he "...tenaciously and persistently pursued the perennial apostolic paradigm of church ... multiplication ..." They initiated the "Spare Not Conference on World Evangelism" becoming influential globally. Hundreds of students and leaders sought to be discipled by Wolf. He gained a reputation for overseeing a ethnically diverse group of congregants. Wolf's communication style has been called "passionate" and his knowledge of biblical scripture "deep". He is known for his effects, acronyms, initialisms and other mnemonic memory teaching methods.

He and Linda have three children; Chris, Shane and Matthew.

=Articles=
* GlobalShift: The New History Vectors [ [http://canyoninstitute.org/Forms/Wolf_Global%20Shift.pdf GlobalShift: The New History Vectors] ]
* Hindu/Buddhist and Hebrew/Christian Meditation: A Gender Studies Comparison [ [http://canyoninstitute.org/Forms/Wolf_CV.pdf Hindu/Buddhist and Hebrew/Christian Meditation: A Gender Studies Comparison] ]
* Progress-Prone and Progress-Resistant Cultures: Worldview Issues [ [http://canyoninstitute.org/Forms/Wolf_21st%20Century%20India.pdf Progress-Prone and Progress-Resistant Cultures: Worldview Issues] ]
* Chair, International Practices of Buddhism Session, 2550th Anniversary of Mahaparinirvana of the Buddha, International Conference at Bodhgaya, India, the birthplace of Buddhism. A Conference of the Government of India, Ministry of Culture [ [http://www.tibet.com/NewsRoom/bodhgayahh.htm International Practices of Buddhism] ]
* Imitate Eagles to Make Global Impact [ [http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=1926 Imitate Eagles to Make Global Impact] ]
* The Journal of Applied Christian Leadership [ [http://www.andrews.edu/~mhanna/Journal_Final.pdf The Journal of Applied Christian Leadership] ]
* World Christian Fellowship Newsletter [ [http://www.wcfellowship.org/newsletter/Spring_2007_WCF_Newsletter.pdf World Christian Fellowship Newsletter] ] [ [http://www.wcfellowship.org/wcc/2007/workshops.html World Christian Fellowship Newsletter] ]
* In Jars of Clay [ [http://www.crossgloballink.org/xm_client/client_documents/IFMA-EFMA_Pers_Final_072507.pdf In Jars of Clay] ]
* Catching the Wave: the Shift from the Ordained to the Ordinary [ [http://www.svm2.citymaker.com/articles/article/2228495/43214.htm Catching the Wave: the Shift from the Ordained to the Ordinary] ]

=Other links=
* Thom Wolf [ [http://drthomwolf.com/994.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val* Thom Wolf] ]

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