J. Kenneth Grider

Template:Short description J. Kenneth Grider (October 22, 1921 – December 6, 2006) was a Nazarene Christian theologian and former seminary professor primarily associated with the followers of John Wesley who are part of the Holiness movement.

BiographyEdit

Early lifeEdit

J. Kenneth Grider was born October 22, 1921, in Madison, IL to William Sanford and Elizabeth (Krone) Grider.Template:Sfn Template:Sfn In 1948, he got a M.A. from the Drew University, Madison, New Jersey in 1950.Template:Sfn In 1947, he graduated from the Nazarene Theological Seminary.Template:Citation needed He received his PhD from the University of Glasgow in 1952.Template:Sfn Template:Sfn

CareerEdit

Grider was a distinguished visiting professor of theology at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, IL, and professor of theology emeritus at Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City.Template:Sfn He taught courses in Hurlet Nazarene College (Scotland), Point Loma Nazarene University, Olivet Nazarene University, Southern Nazarene University, Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, and extension courses in Mexico and the Philippines.Template:Sfn

He was an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene.Template:Sfn

He was one of the translators of the New International Version of the Bible, working at two committee levels on six New Testament books.Template:Sfn His "magnum opus" is the systematic theology A Wesleyan-Holiness Theology (1994).Template:Sfn He also wrote over 2,000 poems, articles, commentaries, essays, and lessons and contributed to numerous symposia.Template:Sfn He was the editor of The Seminary Tower for 36 years.Template:Sfn

TheologyEdit

Grider had Arminian soteriological views in the Wesleyan tradition,Template:Sfn and was a supporter of the governmental theory of atonement view.Template:Sfn

DeathEdit

Grider died December 6, 2006, in Chandler, AZ.Template:Sfn

AwardsEdit

In 1966, Grider received the Olivet Nazarene University's Clergy Alumnus of the Year award.Template:Sfn In 1991, he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the Olivet Nazarene University.Template:Sfn In 1999, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Wesleyan Theological Society.Template:Sfn Template:Sfn

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