- Alan McMahan
Dr. Martin Alan McMahan is an associate professor of
Intercultural Studies , and Chair of the Undergraduate Department ofAnthropology and Intercultural Studies atBiola University , and past president of theAmerican Society for Church Growth .Biography
Dr. Alan McMahan graduated with a
Ph.D. fromFuller Theological Seminary , where his dissertation was entitled "Training Turnaround Leaders, Systemic Approaches to Reinstate Growth in Plateaued Churches." McMahan has also earned aTh.M. fromAsbury Theological Seminary , aM. Div. atAlliance Theological Seminary , and aB.S. atNyack College .McMahan has served in churches in
North America and on thePacific Rim , and has taught in the disciplines ofmissiology ,church growth ,leadership ,organizational development , andevangelism . His students have included both undergraduate and graduate, mid-career professionals, Bible school teachers, pastors, and denominational leaders through theU.S. ,Canada , and much ofSoutheast Asia . He maintains an active consulting service in churches and is the former president of the American Society of Church Growth. He has served as a Vice President for the Alliance Theological Seminary, and as the Academic Dean atThe King's College in mid-townManhattan . He has a wife, Terri, and two sons, Billy and Jonathan, and lives inLa Mirada ,California .Affiliations and awards
As well as the American Society for Church Growth, McMahan is affiliated to the
American Society of Missiology and theInternational Association for Missions Studies , and is a member of theOverseas Missions Study Center (OMSC) Study Group on Missions Issues. McMahan was selected as a distinguished educator byWho’s Who Among America’s Teachers in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006. He received the Leadership Award from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1998, and the Donald McGavran Church Growth Award from Fuller Theological Seminary in the same year. As a student he was a member of theTheta Phi Honor Society at Asbury Theological Seminary in 1989, and was honoured in the Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities while at Nyack College in 1979 and 1980.Publications
*“Training Turnaround Leaders: Systematic Approaches to Reinstating Growth in Plateaued Churches.” 1998. University Microfilms, Inc.
*“Book Review: Human Capital: What it Is and Why People Invest It.” Strategies for Today's Leaders Third Quarter 2001 (Web edition).
*“Church Growth Consulting: Evolution of an Intervention.” Journal of the American Society for Church Growth Fall 2004.
*“Guest Editor” Journal for the American Society for Church Growth Fall 2004.References
* Biola University website: [http://www.biola.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.cfm?n=alan_mcmahan Alan McMahan]
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