William P. Payne

Dr. Payne has pastored small and large membership churches. After spending a year in Iraq, he retired from the Navy Chaplain Corps in 2012. Currently, he pastors First Methodist of Live Oak, FL, and is a professor emeritus at Ashland Theological Seminary, a Graduate Division of Ashland University. In his free time, he travels across Africa and Latin America.

Education: Florida Southern College (BA Religion), Emory University (M.Div.), Asbury Theological Seminary (PhD), and a graduate certificate in online teaching from United Theological Seminary.

He studies folk religion, mythology, revival theory, spiritual warfare, global Christianity, early Methodism, Latino Pentecostalism, and Evangelicalism. He has published 22 peer-reviewed papers in various academic journals.

You may read his daily devotionals and see his video blogs at firstmethodistchurchliveoak . org. Remove the spaces to view it.