Dr. Dennis Kinlaw
Founder of The Francis Asbury Society
859-858-4222
 Dr.
Dennis F. Kinlaw, founder of the Francis Asbury Society and former
president of Asbury College, received his B.A. degree from Asbury
College in 1943 and his M.Div. degree from Asbury Theological Seminary
in 1946. He did further graduate study at Princeton Theological Seminary
and at New College, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He received
the M.A. degree from Brandeis University in 1963 and the Ph.D. degree
from Brandeis in 1967. His area of concentration was in Mediterranean
Studies.
Dr. Kinlaw was ordained in the North Carolina Conference of the
United Methodist Church. Subsequently he transferred to the Kentucky
Conference where he has recently received retired status.
In 1959, he served for one semester as a visiting professor at Seoul
Theological College, Seoul, Korea. In 1963, he joined the faculty of
Asbury Theological Seminary as professor of Old Testament Languages and
Literature. During his tenure at the Seminary, Dr. Kinlaw also taught
Old Testament History and Theology as well as Hebrew and other languages
related to the Old and New Testaments.
Dr. Kinlaw left the Seminary in 1968 to serve as president of Asbury
College, a post he held until 1981. In 1981 he resigned from the
presidency of Asbury College in order to pursue active preaching,
writing and other ministry. He again served as professor of Biblical
Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary in 1982-83. On July 1, 1986, Dr.
Kinlaw returned to the presidency of Asbury College until April of 1991;
he then was elevated to the role of Chancellor, where he served for one
year. He is the recipient of the honorary Doctor of Laws degree from
Houghton College and Doctor of Humane Letters from Asbury College.
Dr. Kinlaw has contributed to a number of publications. These include
commentaries on Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs in the Evangelical
Bible Commentary, and Leviticus in the Beacon Bible Commentary. He has
written articles for a number of magazines, journals and anthologies.
These include devotional, Biblical, theological, literary and
educational materials. He is the author of several books, including This
Day with the Master, Let’s Start with Jesus, Preaching in the Spirit,
The Mind of Christ, and We Live as Christ.
As to his family background, Dr. Kinlaw is the son of a North
Carolina lawyer. He was born in Lumberton, North Carolina. He and his
late wife Elsie have five children.
Dr. Kinlaw’s interests have been varied. A student of human culture
(both religious and secular), he has a special interest in those ideas
(moral, ethical, philosophical and theological) that shape our
destinies. In addition to his pastoral, education, and administrative
duties, he has preached widely in evangelistic outreach around the
globe. He has also preached or lectured on numerous college and
university campuses, both Christian and secular, throughout the United
States.
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