CURRICULUM VITAE 2019 FRANK ALLISON JAMES III Missio Seminary 421 N. 7th Street Philadelphia, PA 19123 (O) 215 368 5000 [email protected] EDUCATION: 2000 Ph.D., Historical and Theological Studies, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA. 1993 D.Phil., Oxford University, Faculty of Modern History (St. Peter's College), Oxford, England. 1981 M.A., in Religion, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA. 1975 B.A., Political Science, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX. EMPLOYMENT: Current Appointments 2013- President and Professor of Historical Theology, Missio Seminary, Philadelphia, PA 1 Other Appointments 2013 Guest Professor of Reformation History, DMIN program, Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC (Summer 2013) 2009-12 Provost and Professor of Historical Theology, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Hamilton, MA 2009-11 Guest Professor of Reformation History, THM program, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL 2004-09 President, Reformed Theological Seminary/ Orlando, FL 1999-09 Professor of Historical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL 2006-07 Gubernatorial Appointment, Commission on Independent Education, State of Florida, Tallahassee FL 2002-05 Chief Academic Officer and Vice President for Academic Affairs 2004 Guest Lecturer of Church History, Evangelikaini Teologicky Seminar, Prague, Czech Republic (Fall 2004). 1989-01 Regular Visiting Professor, Medieval and Reformation History, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, affiliated to St. Peter’s College, Oxford University 1993-99 Associate Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, Florida. 1999 Guest Professor of Church History, Istanbul, Reformed Ilahiyat Fakulte, Istanbul, Turkey. 2 1996-97 Guest Professor of Church History, Briercrest Theological Seminary, Saskatchewan, Canada 1995 Adjunct Professor of History, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida. 1987-89 Assistant Professor, Systematic and Historical Theology, Department of Religious Studies, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA. 1986-87 Lecturer, Departments of Philosophy and History, Villanova University, Villanova, PA. 1986-89 Contributing Editor, Christian History Magazine, Christian History Institute), Worcester, PA. 1986-89 Contributing Editor and Scriptwriter for historical documentary film series, produced by Gateway Films, Lansdale, PA. MINISTRY ACTIVITIES: 1985— Active preaching and teaching ministry in a wide variety of churches and para-church organizations in North America, Europe, China and Latin America. 1994-02 Ruling Elder, St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church, Orlando, FL 1987-89 Ruling Elder, Ventura Bible Church, Ventura, CA 1985-87 Assistant Pastor (Evangelism and Small groups), Chelten Baptist Church, Dresher PA 1982-87 Youth Minister, Young Nak Korean Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, PA 3 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: Board of Directors, Safehouse, A non-profit for Overdose Prevention in Philadelphia, 2019— Member of Philadelphia Mayor’s Taskforce on the Opioid Crisis (Harm Reduction), 2017 Chair, Faith and Spiritual Affairs Advisory Board to the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral health and Intellectual Disability Services, 2016— 2019 Board Member, Missio Alliance, Missional Network, Baptist General Association of Baptists, Richmond, VA PA (2014 —). Leadership Committee for Philadelphia Prayer, sponsored by Philadelphia Leadership Foundation (former Mayor of Philadelphia, Wilson Goode), 2013-- Founder of the Polis Institute—a non-profit research center for urban renewal in Orlando, Florida (2005—). Founding Sponsor and Strategist (with Carolyn Custis James), Synergy Women’s Network, a non-profit advocacy group for women in leadership, Orlando, Florida (2004—2014). Co-founder (with Carolyn Custis James), Whitby Forum, an online blog and website dedicated to the advocacy of women in leadership, Philadelphia, PA (2003—) BUSINESS ACTIVITIES: Co-founder of Ad Fontes, LLC, (with Don Fuller) a for-profit educational- technology company that developed digital data-bases for sixteenth- century theological texts with sourcing partners (Bodelian Library, Oxford, 4 University Zurich library and the British Library). ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES: Awards 2007-08 Randall Academic Research Award, Reformed Theological Seminary, for research on Late Medieval and Reformation Conceptions of Justification 2005-2009 Lilly Grant, Sustaining Pastoral Excellence, Pastor’s Summit program ($2,000,000 grant awarded) 1999-2000 Lilly Theological Research Grant, Lilly Foundation, administered by the Association of Theological Schools, for research at Oxford University on the topic: “An Immigrant Theologian in England’s Emerging Reformation: Peter Martyr Vermigli’s Cross-Cultural Contribution to Edwardian Culture, Politics and Religion.” 1994 Elected by the faculty of Keble College, Oxford University to membership to the Senior Common Room, Summer 1994, (awarded to visiting scholars). 1991-92 Overseas Research Students Award, Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals of the United Kingdom 1990-91 Isaiah Berlin Bursary, Taylor Institution, Oxford University 1991-92 Leonard J. Theberge Memorial Scholarship, St. Peter’s College, Oxford University. (Awarded twice) 1991 Research Grant, Committee for Graduate Studies, Oxford University. 1991 Travel Grant, St. Peter's College, Oxford University. 5 1991 Christina Drake Research Award for Early Modern Italian Studies, Taylor Institution, Oxford University 1990-92 St. Peter's College Graduate Award, St. Peter's College, Oxford University 1979-80 Graduate Award, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA. General/Senior/Managing Editorships: Member, Editorial Board, Africanus Guild Monograph Series, Wipf & Stock Publishers (2012—2013) Member, Editorial Board, Reformation Commentary on Scripture, General Editor, Timothy George, Dean, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, 27 vols (IVP, 2005—). General Editor (since 1996), Peter Martyr Library, Series One, 12 vols. with J. C. McLelland (McGill University) and J.P. Donnelly (Marquette University), Published by Truman State University Press, 1994—). Editorial Advisor, Perichoresis, Journal of Theology for Emanuel University, Oradea, Romania (2007—2012). Academic Affiliations American Society of Church History American Academy of Religion Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, St. Peter’s College, Oxford Sixteenth Century Studies Conference The American Society for Reformation Research 6 Books Co-author, Church History: Pre-Reformation to the Present, vol. 2 (Grand Rapids: Zondervan/HarperCollins, 2013). Translated into Portuguese by Editoria Central Gospel (Rio de Janeiro, 2017). Companion volume to Church History: From Christ to Pre- Reformation, vol. 1 by Everett Ferguson. Co-editor/Contributor, with Torrance Kirby (McGill University) and Emidio Campi (University of Zurich), Companion to Peter Martyr Vermigli, Companion to the Christian Tradition 16: The Intellectual and Religious Life of Europe 500–1700 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2009) Co-editor/Contributor, with Charles E. Hill, The Glory of the Atonement: In Biblical, Theological and Historical Perspective (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2004). Translated into Italian by Associazione Evangelica (Rome: Alfa & Omega, 2007). Editor/Contributor, Peter Martyr Vermigli and the European Reformations: Semper Reformanda, Studies in the History of Christian Thought CXV (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2004). Editor/ Translator, Two Theological Loci: Predestination and Justification. (Kirksville, MO: Truman State University Press, 2003). Co-Editor/Contributor, with Emidio Campi and Peter Opitz (both of University of Zurich), Petrus Martyr Vermigli: Humanismus, Republikanismus, Reformation/Peter Martyr Vermigli: Humanism, Republicanism and Reformation, Travaux d’Humanisme et Renaissance CCCLXV (Geneva: Librairie Droz, 2002). Co-editor/Translator, with J. Patrick Donnelly (Marquette) and Joseph C. McLelland (McGill University), Peter Martyr Reader (Kirksville, MO: Truman State University Press, 1999). Author, Peter Martyr Vermigli and Predestination: The Augustinian Inheritance of an Italian Reformer, Oxford Theological Monographs (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998). 7 Co-editor/Contributor, with Heiko Augustus Oberman (University of Tübingen/ Arizona), Via Augustini: The Recovery of Augustine in the Later Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation, Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought 48 (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1991). Representative Articles “Semper Reformanda: Spiritual Theology with Special Reference to the Reformation, Reformation and Church Reform, Sixth International Conference, Chongshin University, edited by Sang-Boep Shim (Seoul: Korean Evangelical Theological Society, 2017), pp. 35-47. “The Education of John Calvin: The Genevan Academy and the Renewal of Church and Society, The Church and Education, Fourth International Conference, Seoul Theological University (Seoul: Korean Theological Society, 2015), pp. 1-26. “The Missional Reformation: John Calvin and the Genevan Missionary Enterprise,” The Church and Mission, Third International Conference, Hapdong Theological Seminary, edited by Sang-Boep Shim (Busan: Korean Theological Society, 2014), pp. 1-20. “The Blessed Alliance: Already but Not Yet,” co-authored with Carolyn Custis James, Evangelical Scholarship: Retrospects and Prospects, Essays in honor of Stanley N. Gundry, edited by Dirk Buursma, Katya Covrett and Verlyn Verbrugge (Zondervan, 2017), pp. 255-271. "Theologies of Salvation in the Reformation and Counter Reformation,"