Academy Member New Positions and Promotions

ACADEMY OF HOMILETICS
NEW POSITIONS AND PROMOTIONS, 2024-2025

Jeffrey W. Frymire

Appointed as Director of the James Earl Massey Center for Compelling Preaching at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana.  You can read more here.

Mason Lee

Appointed as Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Theology at Abilene Christian University, where he has served since 2020.  Mason is Assistant Professor of Practical Theology and previously as Director of Contextual Education.

Matthew Love

Appointed as Instructor of Preaching and Ministry at the Harding School of Theology (which is relocating to Searcy, Arkansas), beginning this fall.

Susan McGurgan

Appointed as Associate Professor of Theology, Director of the Marian University Lilly Compelling Preaching Grant, and the Preach All Ways Initiative at Marian University in Indianapolis.  You can read the announcement here.

Joy J. Moore

Appointed the 13th president of Northern Seminary in Chicago, Illinois, beginning December 1.  She most recently served as Professor of Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and as Visiting Professor of Religion and Chapman-Benson Scholar in Residence at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama.  You can read the announcement here.

Casey Thornburgh Sigmon

Promoted to Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship (with tenure) at the Saint Paul School of Theology, effective July 1, 2025.  Casey is also the Director of Contextual Education and the Pause/Play Center (a Lily grant project), and has taught at SPST since 2016.

Raewynne Whiteley

Appointed as the Vocations Lead for Ministry Development in the Diocese of Carlisle (Northwest England).