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Here's the "official" biographical sketch.
Dr. Howard Culbertson is presently missionary-in-residence at Southern Nazarene University where he teaches missions. In addition, Dr. Culbertson is involved with many of the university's short-term missions efforts. He is also the director of "Commission Unto Mexico," a large annual evangelistic/medical/construction thrust. Ten years ago, Dr. Culbertson spent a sabbatical year in Italy. During that year, he was asked by the denomination to serve as superintendent of the Italy North district. In the spring of 2009, Dr. Culbertson and his wife spent five months in South America.
A veteran missionary for the Church of the Nazarene, Dr. Culbertson spent nearly 15 years overseas. The Culbertsons served for almost a decade in Europe. Most of that time they lived in Florence, Italy.
In l984 they went to the Caribbean. Dr. Culbertson became mission director in Haiti, where Christianity is seeing explosive growth. Besides evangelistic thrusts, the 400 Haitian Nazarene churches run economic and farming aid projects, medical work, and elementary schools where sponsors from the U.S. provide daily hot lunches.
A native Arkansan, Dr. Culbertson grew up in Oklahoma. He graduated from Southern Nazarene University and Nazarene Theological Seminary. In l986, while a missionary to Haiti, he completed a doctorate in missions at Denver Seminary. Widely known for his missionary writings, Dr. Culbertson's most recent book is Discovering Missions. Earlier ones include The Kingdom Strikes Back and Our Balanced Attack: How Nazarenes Finance World Evangelism.
The Culbertsons began their missionary service in Italy in l974. During their nearly 10 years of service there, the Italian Nazarenes moved to full self-government. After moving to Haiti in 1984, they experienced the revolution that overthrew the oppressive Duvalier dictatorship.
Since 1988, Dr. Culbertson has been at SNU where he teaches missions, including courses in anthropology, linguistics, the expansion of Christianity and world religions.
Besides English, the Culbertsons speak Italian, French, Haitian Creole and Spanish.
As I sat down to breakfast not long ago with Nazarene General Superintendent Jerry Porter, he silently handed me a note. On it was written: I can only please one person per day.
Today is not your day.
Tomorrow doesn't look good either.
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Howard Culbertson, Southern Nazarene University, 6729 NW 39th, Bethany, OK 73008 | Phone: 405-491-6693 - Fax: 491-6658
Copyright © 1999, 2001 - Last Updated: February 4, 2010 | URL: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/personal.htm
