The Alabama-West Florida and
North Alabama Conferences
of the United Methodist Church

\u201cSpiritual formation is the process of being
conformed to the image of Christ for the
sake of others.\u201d

Rev. Dr. V. Bruce Rigdon re\ue005ired as Presiden\ue005
and Pro\ue004essor o\ue004 Church His\ue005ory o\ue004 \ue005he
Ecumenical Teological Seminary in De\ue005roi\ue005.
He was Pro\ue004essor o\ue004 Church His\ue005ory a\ue005
McCormick Teological Seminary in Chicago, and Pas\ue005or o\ue004 Grosse Poin\ue005
Memorial Church. In addi\ue005ion, he is an au\ue005hor, consul\ue005an\ue005, and narra\ue005or o\ue004 \ue002lms
on \ue005he Russian Or\ue005hodox Church produced \ue004or NBC and ABC \ue005elevision.
Troughou\ue005 his li\ue004e, he has shared his \ue005alen\ue005s on several na\ue005ional and in\ue005erna\ue005ional
boards in pursui\ue005 o\ue004 common good o\ue004 all peoples. He and his wi\ue004e now live in
Chicago, IL.

she juggles her \ue005ime as a re\ue005rea\ue005 leader, \ue005eacher, book
reviewer, spiri\ue005ual direc\ue005or, and wri\ue005er. She is a much sough\ue005-a\ue001er \ue004acul\ue005y presen\ue005er
in bo\ue005h \ue003wo-Year and Five-Day Academies. Linda lives in Memphis, \ue003N and wri\ue005es
\ue004or several publica\ue005ions. Her nex\ue005 book is being writen on \ue005he challenging issues in
\ue005he second hal\ue004 o\ue004 li\ue004e.

8500 Oakwood Lane Andalusia, AL 36420 phone: 334.222.5407