Senior Professor of Contextualized Theology and African Studies, School of 
Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena

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Born May 13, 1928 in Akron, Ohio
Married to Lois M (Harris) Gilliland
Five children : Dean II, David, Dale, Barbara Jo, Douglas
550 Mayflower Rd., Claremont, CA 91711
United Methodist, Ordained in 1954 (E.U.B.)

B.D. (Missions)
Th.M. (New Testament)
Ph.D (Religions)

Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperville, IL, 1954
Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, 1960
Hartford Seminary Foundation, Hartford, CT, 1971

1948
1948 - 50
1950 - 54
1954
1954 - 55
1955

1955 - 76

Licensed as Probationer, (Ohio Conference, Evangelical United Brethren)
Pastor: Warsaw and East Orangeville (NY) E.U.B. Churches
Pastor: Trinity Evangelical United Brethern Church, Clinton, IA
Ordained as Elder, Ohio Conference, Evangelical United Brethern Church
Assistant Pastor and Minister of Music: Calvary E.U.B. Church, Akron, OH
Commissioned as ordained Missionary to Nigeria, Board of Missions, E.U.B.
Church, Dayton, OH
Missionary to Nigeria in a variety of ministries as follows:

1956 - 58
1956 - 59
1960 - 63
1962 - 67
1966 - 68
1970 - 76
1971 - 76

1972 - 76
1974
1977 - 83

1983 - 92

1992 - 99

2000 -

Pastor, (Muri Church) Nigeria
Principal: Evangelists Training School, Banyam Nigeria
Principal: Pastor Training School, Banyam Nigeria
Field Secretary, E.U.B. Mission, Nigeria
Field Secretary, Sudan United mIssion, Nigeria
Professor: Theological College of Northern Nigeria
Principal: Theological College of Northern Nigeria
Pastors training institution for seven Nigerian denominations
International Committe, Sudan United Mission
Co-founder: West African Association of Theological Institutions
Assistant Professor of Contextualized Theology and African Studies
School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary
Associate Professor of Contextualized Theology and African Studies
School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary
Professor of Contextualized Theology and African Studies
School of World Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary
Senior Professor of Contextualized Theology and African Studies
School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary

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Zwemer Institute of Muslim Studies
Mission Society for United Methodist
Missions International, Nashville, TN
Advance Renewal Ministries, St. Louis, MO
West African Association of Theological Institutions
Rural Development Counselors for Christian Churches in African
African Studies Association
Association of Professors of Mission
American Society of Missiology
Theological Task Force for Mission (BOGM) United Methodist
American Society of Missiology, 1995 - 96
Western Association of Professors of Mission