Larry Vern Newman

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Larry Vern Newman, comes from family roots deep in the

Anglican and Methodist traditions. His maternal great grandfather,

Rev. Reuben Henderson Morgan, was a Circuit Rider in Scott

County, Virginia. The Morgans eventually united with the emerging

Free Methodists. The Newmans were Anglican and Methodist. Dr.

Newman's parents met at the Free Methodist Church in Wenatchee,

Washington and later became involved with the local Four Square

Church. This congregation became an Assemblies of God

congregation.

Born and raised in the Assemblies of God, Newman was ordained

by that denomination in 1966. In 1974 he was ordained by the Iowa

Conference of the United Church of Christ. Dr. Newman has earned

degrees from Northwest University -- BA (Theology), 1962, the University of

Dubuque Theological Seminary -- M.Div (Church History), 1974 and Fuller Theological

Seminary, School of Theology -- D.Min.(Church Growth), 1983.

State, and taught Pastoral Theology and Apologetics at Open Bible

College, Des Moines, Iowa.

Dr. Newman is a biographee in the Dictionary of International

Biography Cambridge, England, Who's Who in Religion, and

Personalities of the West and Midwest.

Newman and his wife, Marlena, are retired and reside in Wenatchee,

Washington.