Stephen Martyn
Stephen Martyn
Classes
Biography
Dr. Stephen L. Martyn is associate professor of Spiritual Formation at Asbury Theological Seminary. Before coming to Asbury he served for 28 years as a United Methodist pastor. Dr. Martyn has a passion for reclaiming the ministry of the laity and has spent the last 30 years refining a spiritual formation model for laity and clergy. The Servant Leaders Academy, which is heavily steeped in the Wesleyan Class Meeting model, is a two-year process of transforming, training, equipping and commissioning laity for the work of the ministry in their local church and community.
Dr. Martyn was the recipient of the New Mexico Annual Conference Evangelism Award in 1992 and was named a John Wesley Fellow and awarded a John Wesley Fellowship by A Foundation for Theological Education in 1985. In 1983, he was the recipient of the Texas Methodist College Association Award for Outstanding Leadership in Church and Community, Seymour District of the United Methodist Church.
Dr. Martyn is married to Diane Moore. He has three married children and eight grandchildren.
Organization
Asbury Theological SeminaryEducation
- Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) - Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost
- Master of Divinity (MDiv) - Asbury Theological Seminary
- Master of Art (MA) - Duquesne University of the Holy Ghost
- Bachelor of Arts (BA) - McMurry University
Books
The Lord’s Prayer and Spiritual Growth
How do you begin to grow spiritually? How do you continue to become more like Jesus? What does the Lord’s Prayer teach us about how we should relate to God, how God changes...
Understanding Spiritual Growth - Student Guide
This Student's Guide was created by BiblicalTraining.org to be used in conjunction with BiblicalTraining.org's free online class, The Basics of Spiritual Growth...
Inside the Leader's Head: Unraveling Personal Obstacles to Ministry
Right relationships begin with the leader's spiritual maturity.
For better and worse, the church is the family of God; and as families, congregations are also...
