Dwight Perry
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Department:Applied Theology and Church Ministries
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Location:Chicago
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School:Graduate/Seminary in Chicago
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Position:Teaching
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Start Date:July 2024
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Educational Background:
BA, University of Illinois - Urbana, Illinois
MEd, University of Illinois - Urbana, Illinois
MS, National-Louis University - Chicago, Illinois
PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School - Deerfield, Illinois -
Publications:
How to Help Hurting People: A Manual on Lay Counselors. Contributing Author. Urban Ministries, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. 1999.
"Protection from the Pressures," Leadership Journal, April 1997.
"Ministerial Formation within the African American Church," chapter in the book, A Heart for the City, Moody Press. 1999
Learning Preferences in a Theological Institution, Master's Thesis. National-Louis University.
Breaking Down Barriers: A Black Evangelical Describes the Black Church. Baker Book House. 1998
Educational Precedents for Valued Ministerial Attributes and Practices in the African-American Church, Doctoral Dissertation. University of Michigan Dissertation Services. 1998
Building Unity in the Church in the New Millennium. General Editor. Moody Press. 2002
Connect: Proclaiming the Timeless Truths of Scripture: Harvest Publishers 2008
Funding Practices for Middle Judicatories in Ministry: Sabbatical Project, 2009
Organizational Leadership Transition and Succession: Sabbatical Project 2014
Turnaround: Renewing Organizations Small or Large from the Inside/Out 2012
The Hole in My Soul: The Importance of Mentoring and Investing in Others 2013
Finish Well: A Guide for Leadership Transition and Succession 2016
Fourth Quarter: Enduring Leadership Lessons that Will Leave a Legacy, Next Step Resources 2019
Even the Best of Us; Co Authored with Dr. Elizabeth Pierre Wipf and Stock Publishers 2021
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Professional / Personal Interests:
As a practitioner scholar, Dr. Dwight Perry has served in pastoral, denominational, and academic leadership for the past 45 years. He has spoken and taught extensively in the areas of Pastoral Studies and Applied Theology, including homiletics, organizational and systems development as well as diversity. Dr. Perry has published and contributed to resources focused on homiletics, racial and cultural diversity as well as urban ministry. He and his wife, Dr. Cynthia Perry, are parents of four adult children and six grandchildren. In his free time, Dr. Perry enjoys coaching football, baseball, softball, and basketball.
