Board of Directors
William J. Abraham, MDiv, DPhil - Chair
Albert Cook Outler Chair of Wesley Studies
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas
Wesley House of Studies, Inaugural Director
Baylor University
Waco, Texas
C. Douglas Caldwell, MTh, DMin - Vice Chair
Wesley UMC, Pastor
Nederland, Texas
Texas Annual Conference,
46 years pastoral ministry
Richard Whittier - Secretary
Schlumberger Industries (ret.)
Kingwood UMC, Lay Leader
Kingwood, Texas
Steve Reeves - Treasurer
Shell Oil Company (ret.)
Kingwood UMC, multiple offices
Kingwood, Texas
Troy Dodd
ExxonMobil (ret.)
Kingwood UMC, multiple offices
Kingwood, Texas
Jim Turley, JD, MDiv
Texas Annual Conference
Texas Methodist Foundation (ret.)
Leadership ministry with pastors
24 years ministry
Baker Botts Law Firm
24 years
Jim Welch, MDiv
Texas Annual Conference
48 years pastoral ministry
Kingwood UMC, Senior Pastor (ret.)
Kingwood, Texas





Nancy Pinkerton
Humble ISD, Elementary Principal
Kingwood UMC, multiple offices
Kingwood, Texas