Dr. Horn is the Mentor for the following courses in the online M.T.S. program:

CH510: History of the Charismatic Movements

E-mail:
nhorn@vision.edu

• Ph.D., University of Western Cape
• D.lur.(cand), Law (Germany), Ph.D.(cand), Free University of Amsterdam
• LL.M. - Constitutional and Criminal Law and Procedure, University of South Africa
• M.A. - Biblical Studies, University of Port Elizabeth
• B.Th. - University of South Africa
• B.Luris. - Law, Rand Afrikaans University

Dr. Nico Horn was born on 25 November 1952 in Johannesburg and grew up in the workers class suburb of Mayfair West.  He and his wife Elsa currently reside in Windhoek, Namibia, where Dr. Horn oversees Vision programs in the Region of Southern Africa and also works with the Human Rights Center at the University of Namibia.

Dr. Horn is a well-published scholar of Pentecostal theology.

Dr. Walters is the Mentor for the following courses in the online M.T.S. program:

CE503: Church Administration and Leadership

PT504: Christian Worldview
 

E-mail:
rwalters@vision.edu
  

• Ph.D. - Counseling Psychology, University of Georgia
• M. A. - Community Counseling, Western Carolina University
• M. S. - Business, Emporia State University
• B. S. - Business, Greenville College

Rich Walters describes himself as a sinner saved by grace who imperfectly seeks to be a bit useful within God’s family. He holds master’s degrees in business and counseling, and a Ph.D. (University of Georgia) in counseling psychology. As a licensed psychologist he worked in both hospital and church-based settings where he sought to incorporate the principles and power of Christian faith into clinical practice. In recent years he has taught in the behavioral sciences at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is the author of 17 books on counseling-related topics and Christian living, and has been published in eight countries.

His wife, Diana, recently completed her doctorate and they collaborate in providing seminars and written materials on prayer and on ministry to persons with dementia. The Walters live in Chattanooga, TN.

Dr. Walters is the director of The Foundation for Bold Endeavors (http://www.boldendeavors.org) and conducts ongoing research in the area of prayer.

Rev. Franke is the Mentor for the following courses in the online M.T.S. program:

CH505: Survey of Church History

OT505: The Book of Psalms

OT509: The Christian & Old Testament Theology

Rev. Al Franke is an ordained minister and has been active in ministry for more than 32 years.

He has been in the military for more than 40 years, including two tours in Vietnam, one in Bosnia, and a one year tour in Italy. He started his career as an enlisted man and worked up through the ranks to Colonel. He is in the U.S. Army Reserve assigned to the U.S. Army Chief of Chaplain’s Contingency force pool at Ft. McPherson, Georgia. In March 2005, he was mobilized to serve on active duty for a year in support of troops deplying to Iraq and Afganistan.

In addition to his military responsibilities and experience, he has served in a variety of church and christian school and college positions. He and his wife have been fellow ministers and joint pastors of Wings of Love Church and Ministries since 1983.

After receiving a bachelor degree in Biblical Literature from Azusa Pacific University, Rev. Franke was led to attend asbury theological seminary in Kentucky to complete his Master of Divinity degree in Theology and Ethics.

He was ordained in 1987 by the United Evangelical Churches in Thomasville, Georgia and accepted for affiliation and ordination with the Assemblies of God International Fellowship in San diego, California, and commission as a Chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard.
 

Rev. Hodges is the Mentor for the following courses in the online M.T.S. program:

MT504: Evangelism in the Local Church
 
NT508: The Epistles and Revelation

E-mail:
fhodges@vision.edu

• M.Div. - Asbury Theological Seminary
• B.A. - Biblical Studies, Asbury College

Frank Hodges is an ordained United Methodist minister of 20 years.  He was born in Youngsville, PA in 1956 and presently serves as Senior Pastor of Bethany United Methodist Church in Portage, PA.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Bible at Asbury College in Wilmore, KY in 1985 and his Master of Divinity at Asbury Theological Seminary in 1989.  During his time at Seminary, he served as a youth minister at the Frankfort First United Methodist Church, under the mentorship of David “Duffy” Robbins.

He worked with college students for eight years during his first appointment as an associate pastor. He served as a guest instructor for a youth ministry course at Grove City College in Grove City, PA.

Frank is also a Praise and Worship leader as well as a Senior Pastor.  He lead praise and worship (guitar) in youth ministry in The Franklin District (PA) for eleven years. During that time, he helped develop teen praise bands for district retreats.  In his three previous churches he established Contemporary Worship Services.  The past five years he has spent much time designing practical ways to help young people to move toward spiritual maturity.

His greatest love is spiritual formation and working with people in small groups and one-on-one discipleship. Frank has also developed a process that helps people to discover who God created them to be and how to move forward into their “Life Mission.”  He has extensively studied the “Purpose Driven Church Model” (Rick Warren) and has worked to implement its positive principles in his current Church.  Frank has been using the “Contagious Christian” model as a tool to prepare the congregation to share their faith.

Frank's gifts include the teaching, preaching, discipleship and evangelism.  He has a heart that longs to see his city saved.

Rev. Barber is the Mentor for the following courses in the online M.T.S. program:

WM501: Introduction to World Missions
 
ST503: Contemporary Theology

E-mail:
jbarber@vision.edu

• Th.M. - Dallas Theological Seminary
• B.A. - Biblical Languages, Bryan College

Jonathan was born to missionary parents, Albert and Doris Barber, in Managua, Nicaragua, Central America (1953). They were career missionaries with a passion for evangelism and church planting.

In 1973 he began undergraduate studies at Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham, Alabama, and eventually transferred to Bryan College to major in Greek and minor in Hebrew.  In April of 1984 Jonathan graduated with a Masters of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. These five years were some of the most memorable and certainly the most challenging of his life. Jonathan’s time in Seminary changed him forever.

In 1984 Jonathan, his Dawn, and his children Nathan and Jennifer moved to Burlington, Ontario Canada to become Assistant Pastor at the large and growing Park Bible Church.  He was ordained by the Associated Gospel Churches of Canada and was able to participate in all aspects of the pastorate including teaching, preaching, much administration, counseling and the tremendous opportunities to impact people with a street level faith. This was again a growing and stretching time for Jonathan and his family.

Jonathan and his family eventually left Park Bible Church and pastoral ministry to regain spiritual health, physical rest, and a fresh perspective to pursue a doctoral degree. They moved to Oklahoma City.  Although he was no longer on a pastoral team, Jonathan’s new pastor in Oklahoma City encouraged him to function as a lay-pastor, with some preaching, a lot of regular teaching and even conducting weddings and funerals. This is what he needed.

Jonathan is presently employed by the State Farm Insurance Company.  This gave them an opportunity to raise their now three children, put them through college and begin looking to the next phase in life…”early retirement” and fulltime mission work.  Throughout these years Jonathan never lost the passion to teach and to help others understand the depths and joys of studying God’s Word.

With this passion in mind, Jonathan is pursuing a doctorate degree at Oxford Graduate School in order to better prepare himself to spend the remaining years of “early retirement” in teaching bible and theology when and wherever the opportunity presents itself.

God allows many twists and turns in each life, some human error, some a person’s unwise decisions, but all of them can be used by God to create a dancing floor on which to celebrate life.