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Dr. Clarence (Bud) Bence
Professor of Historical Theology
Office: Christian Ministries Center
Phone: (765) 677-2240
Email: bbence@indwes.edu |
Dr. Clarence Bence is currently Professor of Historical Theology at Indiana Wesleyan University. In 1999, he was also give the task of developing and coordinating the teaching of a new course for all 620 first-year students. "Becoming World Changers" is designed to
teach students the basics of the Christian faith and assist
them in using their university learning to address the challenges
of modern society.
Dr. Bence spent his childhood in upstate New York, where his
father pastored a Wesleyan Church and served as District Superintendent.
After studies at Houghton College and Asbury Seminary, Bud pastored
a Wesleyan Church in Rochester, New York, where he developed
a large youth program and church open to the "Jesus Movement"
of the early 1970's. After five years of pastoring, he entered
the doctoral program at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia,
where his studies centered on an in-depth analysis of the theology
of John Wesley.
For the past 20 years, Dr. Bence has devoted himself to teaching
in Wesleyan colleges -- first at United Wesleyan College in
Allentown, then at Indiana Wesleyan University (since 1982).
He did take five years out to serve as Academic Dean at Houghton
College, but since 1992 he has been the church history professor
at IWU.
He has authored a commentary, Romans, in a multi-volume
series produced by Wesley Press. For hobbies,
he enjoys carpentry and gardening.
Bud's wife, Carol, is also a faculty member at Indiana Wesleyan
in the Nursing Division. They have three children -- two daughters
and a son, Ryan, who is currently a student at Indiana Wesleyan
University.
Education
1966 B.A., Houghton College
- Philosophy
1969 M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary
- Church History
1981 Ph.D., Emory University
- Historical Theology | Dissertation: John Wesley's Theological
Hermeneutic
1982 Oxford (England) University
1997 Research Fellow at the World Institute of Methodist Studies
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