Jo Anne Lyon

Dr. Jo Anne Lyon (born 1940 in Blackwell, Oklahoma) is one of the three General Superintendents of the Wesleyan Church . Lyon was elected as the first woman General Superintendent at the June 2008 General Conference.^[1] Lyon was ordained as a minister in the Wesleyan Church in 1996 the same year that she founded World Hope International,^[2] an organization desiring to alleviate suffering and injustice through education, enterprise and community health.

Lyon holds a Bachelor's degree in education from the University of Cincinnati, a Masters in Counseling from The University of Missouri-Kansas City and further graduate work at St. Louis University in Historical Theology. She has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from United Wesleyan College and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from both Southern Wesleyan University and Indiana Wesleyan University.

References

1. ^ Dr. Jo Anne Lyon - Board of General Superintendents - The Wesleyan Church
2. ^ World Hope International - About Us - Our History

External links

• Works by or about Jo Anne Lyon in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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