Faculty Profile
Rev. Dr. Tony Curtis Henderson
Associate Professor of Practical Theology
For more than thirty-four years, the Rev. Dr. Henderson has had the opportunity to serve God through pastorates in seven Christian Methodist Episcopal congregations in the states of Alabama, Kansas, and Michigan, respectively. Presently, he serves as the founding pastor of Resurrection Christian Center. In addition to serving as a pastor, he has served as a teacher and pastoral leader in church discipleship ministries and institutes that were sponsored by various Methodist congregations and several Baptist congregations. His ministry has included roles in the development of the Edmonds-Carr Nonprofit Housing Corporation, being an Adjunct Hospital Chaplain, and serving as a Theological Field Education Supervisor.
In 2004, he was invited to ETS to teach and to direct its theological field education program, which is known as Ministry Practicum. One of the rich qualities of this vocation that he really loves is the diversity of its faculty and staff. Another aspect of his calling is teaching and learning from his students who come from various traditions within the Church, as well as, from diverse ethnic communities throughout the state of Michigan. Finally, a very significant part of his calling has to do with his constant advocacy for the intentional integration of spiritual or theological theory/principles with ministerial and/or ecclesiastical practice as the minister and the congregation look critically and honestly at the church’s mission against the landscape of devastating social, political, educational, economic, and justice issues that manifest themselves daily in the life of our various communities.
Classes
FE7001 Field Education (Fall Term)
2019 Fall / Field Education, General Courses
FE7002 Field Educaton (Winter Term)
2020 Winter / Field Education, General Courses
FE7003 Field Education (Spring Term)
2020 Spring / Field Education, General Courses
SYS7002 Theology in a Multicultural Context
2017 December Intensive / Theology
TPM6004 Introduction to Pastoral Care and Counseling
2020 Sping / Theory & Practice of Ministry (TPM)
TPM7001 Church Management for the 21st Century
2017 Fall, 2018 Fall / Theory & Practicee of Ministry (TPM)
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Organizational change -
Church financial management -
Mobilizing volunteers -
Analysis of ministry context -
Personnel management -
Building utilization -
Creating effective evangelism and mission programs
TPMT7007 Thought and Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
2020 Summer / History, Theory & Practice of Ministry (TPM)