Greg McKinzie

EDUCATION

Master of Divinity, May 2008
Harding University Graduate School of Religion - Memphis, Tennessee

Bachelor of Arts (Missions), May 2004
Harding University - Searcy, Arkansas
Minors
*Psychology
*Spanish
Elective concentration
*New Testament Greek
Extracurricular activities
*President of the Society of Near Eastern Archaeology
*Co-founder of ONE, a student-led missions unity movement


ACADEMIC HONORS

MDiv Academic Award, 2008 (for highest GPA)
Jack P. Lewis Ministry of Study Award, 2008
Graduated Cum Laude, Harding University, 2004
Dean's List, Fall 2003


EXPERIENCE

Short Term Missions and Cross-Cultural Experience
Thanksgiving break 2000. One-week campaign to Cozumel, Mexico.
Summer 2001. One-month campaign to Valera, Venezuela.
Summer 2001. Three-week campaign to Guatemala and El Salvador.
Summer 2002. Three-week internship in Cuenca, Ecuador.
Summer 2002. Three week research trip in Peruvian and Bolivian cities.
Fall Semester 2002. Study Abroad Program in Viña del Mar, Chile.
Summer 2004. One-month research trip to Peruvian and Bolivian cities.
School years 2000-2004. Membership at a Spanish-speaking Congregation in Searcy, AR.

Employment Experience
Summer 2003. Youth ministry internship at Shiloh Road Church of Christ (Tyler, TX).
Fall Semester 2004. Graduate assistant to Dr. Richard Oster, Harding Graduate School of Religion.
January 2005-May 2007. Part time employee of Sycamore View Church of Christ working with Iglesia de Cristo Memphis (Spanish-speaking congregation).
July 2007-January 2008. Missionary in Residence at Shiloh Road Church of Christ (Tyler, TX).
February 2008-August 2008. Missionary in Residence at The church of Christ at Cedar Lane (Tullahoma, TN).


CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

September 2008-Present. Cross-Cultural Missionary to Arequipa, Peru
Employer: The church of Christ at Cedar Lane (Tullahoma, TN)


SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Spanish (advanced-intermediate reading, writing and speaking ability)
Koine Greek (intermediate translation ability)
Missionary anthropology
Cross-cultural contextualization (especially Latin American contexts)
Missionary principles and practices
Theology of missions
Exegesis and interpretation of Scripture
Christian counseling


PUBLICATIONS

Articles
"Barton Stone's Unorthodox Christology." Stone-Campbell Journal 13, no. 1 (Spring 2010): 31-45.

Reviews
Review of The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative, by Christopher J. H. Wright. Restoration Quarterly 52, no. 2 (Second Quarter 2010): 123-25.

Cross-cultural missions
Holistic ministry
Biblical hermeneutics
Restoring the Restoration Movement
Latin American studies
And the dialog between all of the above

And I'm a bibliophile.
And I like coffee. A lot.