2015-2016 Parkhurst Lecture

Dr. Kevin Watson of Candler Divinity School will deliver the annual Parkhurst Lecture on Tuesday, March 29, at 7 pm in Wroten Hall. His topic is “No Holiness but Social Holiness: Small Group Formation in Early Methodist Theology and Practice.” Dr. Watson is a leading scholar in current Methodism. He holds a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma, a Master of Divinity from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington D.C., and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Southern Methodist University. He is an ordained United Methodist elder and a John Wesley Fellow. He is the author of many important works including A Blueprint for Discipleship: Wesley’s General Rules as a Guide for Christian Living (2009) and, most recently, The Class Meeting: Reclaiming a Forgotten (and Essential) Small Group Experience (2014).