Faculty Role: Visiting Lecturer
EuNC Learning Centres involved in: Portugal
Clusters teaching in:

• Bible

Education:

• Ph.D. in New Testament Exegesis, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1988
• M.Div., Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO, 1979
• B.A., MidAmerica Nazarene University, Olathe, KS, 1975

Publications:

Books:

• Foretaste of the Future: Reading Revelation in Light of God’s Mission. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2022.
• Self-giving Love: The Book of Philippians. Transformative Word. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2021.
• Why Mission? Nashville: Abingdon, 2015.
• Recovering the Full Mission of God: A Biblical Perspective on Being, Doing and Telling. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2013.
• Philippians: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition. New Beacon Bible Commentaries. Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill, 2009.
• Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission. Downers Grove, IL/Leicester, UK: InterVarsity Press/Apollos, 2005.

Selected Journal Articles and Book Chapters:

• “Mission.” In The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters. 2nd edition. Edited by Scot McKnight, Lynn H. Cohick, and Nijay K. Gupta. Downers Grove, IL.: IVP Academic, 2023, 703-14.
• “Steward of the Mission of God,” In The Pastor as Theological Steward. Edited by Al Truesdale. Kansas City: The Foundry, 2022, 158-72.
• “Following the Lamb Wherever He Goes: Missional Ecclesiology in Revelation 7 and 14:1-5.” In Cruciform Scripture: Cross, Participation, and Mission. Edited by Christopher W. Skinner, Nijay K. Gupta, Andy Johnson, Drew J. Strait. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2021, 260-78.
• "Divine Judgment and the Missio Dei in the Book of Revelation.” In Listening Again to the Text: New Testament Studies in Honor of George Lyons. Edited by Richard P. Thompson. Claremont, CA: Claremont Press, 2020, 171-91.
• “Locating and Leaving Babylon: A Missional Reading of Revelation 17 and 18 in Light of Ancient and Contemporary Political Contexts.” Missiology 48.2 (April 2020): 112-26.
• “The Book of Revelation.” In Wesley One Volume Commentary. Edited by Kenneth J. Collins and Robert W. Wall. Nashville: Abingdon, 2020, 908-34.
• “Missional Hermeneutics.” In Global Wesleyan Encyclopedia of Biblical Theology. Edited by Robert D. Branson. Kansas City: The Foundry, 2020, 279-82.
• “A Missional Reading of Colossians.” In Reading the Bible Missionally. Edited by Michael W. Goheen. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016, 213-37.
• “Review of Philippians and Philemon, by Daniel L. Migliore,” Interpretation 70.4 (2016): 493-94.
• “A Sent and Sanctified Community: Missional Holiness in the Gospel of John,” Wesleyan Theological Journal 50 (Spring 2015): 133-44.
• “‘Won Over without a Word’: Holiness and the Church’s Missional Identity in 1 Peter.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 49 (Spring 2014): 50-66.
• “Living Out the Future: Missional Ecclesiology in the Book of Revelation.” Didache: Faithful Teaching (Jan 2014).
• “Contextualization.” In Global Dictionary of Wesleyan Theology. Edited by Al Truesdale. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 2013, 123-25.
• “Idolatry.” In Global Dictionary of Wesleyan Theology. Edited by Al Truesdale. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 2013, 254-56.
• “Mission, Theology of.” In Global Dictionary of Wesleyan Theology. Edited by Al Truesdale. Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 2013, 332-34.
• “Revelation and the Missio Dei: Toward a Missional Reading of the Apocalypse.” Journal of Theological Interpretation 6.2 (2012): 161-78.
• “Exploring a Missional Reading of Scripture: Philippians as a Case Study.” Evangelical Quarterly 83 (January 2011): 3-18.
• “Major review of Philippians and Philemon: A Commentary, Charles B. Cousar.” Interpretation 65.1 (January 2011): 84-86.
• “Paul the Contextualizer.” In Local Theology for the Global Church: Principles for an Evangelical Approach to Contextualization. Edited by Matthew Cook, etal. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2010, 1-20.
• “Contextualization in a Wesleyan Spirit: A Case Study of Acts 15.” In World Mission in the Wesleyan Spirit. American Society of Missiology Series 44. Edited by Darrell L. Whiteman and Gerald H. Anderson. Nashville: Providence House, 2009, 16-27.
• “Biblical Notes on the Letter to the Colossians.” Wesley Study Bible. Edited by Joel B. Green and William H. Willimon. Nashville: Abingdon, 2009.
• Review of Contextualization and Syncretism: Navigating the Cultural Currents, Gailyn Van Rheenen, ed. Evangelical Missions Quarterly (October 2007):526, 528.
• “Contextualizing the Gospel in Athens: Paul’s Areopagus Address as a Paradigm for Missionary Communication.” Missiology 30 (April 2002): 199-214.
• “Biblical Theological Foundations for a Response to Religious Pluralism.” Asbury Theological Journal 52 (Fall 1997): 43-61.
• “Foundations for Responding to Religious Pluralism.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 31 (Spring, 1996): 51-75.
• “The Third Horizon: A Wesleyan Contribution to the Contextualization Debate.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 30 (Fall, 1995): 139-163.
• “The ClergyLaity Dichotomy: A New Testament Exegetical and Theological Analysis.” Asia Journal of Theology 8 (October, 1994): 232-250.

Biography:

Dean Flemming is Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Mission at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, KS and Professor of New Testament at the Missional Training Center in Phoenix, AZ. He served for 24 years as a Nazarene missionary educator at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary in the Philippines and at European Nazarene College in Büsingen, Germany and has taught in many other global settings. He has authored 6 books, including two that have received book awards. Dean is an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene and has pastored churches in Ohio and Japan. He enjoys hiking, traveling, and mentoring.