Denver Seminary

158 In addition to speaking at numerous Bible conferences and churches, Dr. Means has served as senior pastor of Southern Gables Evangelical Free Church in Denver and pastor of Evangelical Free churches in Nebraska. He has served several congregations as an interim preacher since 1978 and has preached and taught through the African Enterprise Immunization Programs. Through Denver Seminary's globalization program, he has visited the Philippines, China, and Ukraine. His writings include A Tearful Celebration, Leadership in Christian Ministry, and Effective Pastors for a New Century. Sarah Miller Professor Sarah Miller served as director of the Carey S. Thomas Library at Denver Seminary from 1966 to 2001. She is senior professor of bibliography. She is a member of the American Theological Library Association and the Association of Christian Librarians. Professor Miller earned an MA from the University of Denver, an MRE from Denver Seminary, and a BS from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She served on the American Theological Library Association membership committee and was on the index board and the board of directors. She also served on the executive committee of the ATLA board of directors. David Osborn Dr. David Osborn joined the faculty in 1996 and is senior professor of Christian leadership. He served as past president of the Association for Doctor of Ministry Education in the United States and Canada and is currently the historian of the organization. Dr. Osborn earned the DMin and MDiv from Denver Seminary, an MA from Harding College Graduate School of Religion, and an AB from Johnson Bible College. He studied research and statistics at the University of Colorado in order to do research for cross-cultural church planting. He was also a part of the Lilly Foundation-funded Cooperative Congregational Studies Project, the most extensive research ever undertaken of congregations in the United States, serving for a time on the executive committee. 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.

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