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He brought to his role as director of the DMin program wide experience as a pastor, church leader, and conciliator in conflicts. In Tupelo, Mississippi, in the 1960s, he was involved with other ministers in assisting the school system to integrate peacefully. It was in Tupelo that he first served as president of the ministerial association, a position that he held in different ministerial associations fourteen different times. Ministering in Florida in the 1970s, he served as president of state and regional conventions and of a P.T.A. He has also managed a youth camp. In the 1980s while ministering in New Zealand, he served as president of city, regional, and national ministerial associations and helped to resolve conflicts between and within churches. Since then, he has been involved in the study of leadership, has done research on churches, has edited directories of church information, and continues to work with churches to resolve conflicts. Joan Wells Dr. Joan Wells joined Denver Seminary as an adjunct faculty member in 1988. She became a full-time faculty member of the counseling department in 1991. She is a member of the American Counseling Association, Christian Association for Psychological Studies, and Christians for Biblical Equality. Dr. Wells received a PhD from the University of Denver, an MA from Adams State College, and a BA from the University of Southern Colorado. She was on the faculty of Metropolitan State College in the special education program from 1979–1988. She is a licensed psychologist and a certified school psychologist interested in psychological and educational assessment. She has also served as a psychologist for the Littleton public schools and in private practice with the Minirth-Meier Clinics. She has served as state president for the Council for Exceptional Children in Colorado and has chaired the Colorado Advisory Committee for Exceptional Children. She also coordinated the Political Action Network for Colorado on behalf of handicapped and gifted children. Dr. Wells is the author of book chapters relating to topics in pastoral care, pro-life issues, and gender studies and has conducted research under grants from the Association of Theological Schools and the U.S. Department of Justice. Harold Westing Dr. Harold Westing is senior professor of mentoring at Denver Seminary. He served as professor of pastoral ministries and dean of students from 1976 to 1993. He ministered as a church educator in Oregon churches, as the director of Christian education for the Conservative Baptist Association of Oregon and later for the Conservative Baptists of America. He has partnered with Mission Hills Church as director of the Center for Leadership Development and currently serves as director emeritus. He gives direction to the student mentoring program at Mission Hills and works with Denver Seminary's training and mentoring program. 146