Photo of Dr. Sherrill Hayes Dr. Sherrill Hayes - hayess@warner.edu
Director of Online Church Ministry Degree Program
Adjunct Faculty

PRESENT STATUS
Adjunct Professor, Department of Church Ministries
Ordained Minister, Church of God

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

  • D. Min., Drew University, Madison, N.J.
    Project: "A Strategy for Involving Lay Persons Who Have Skills in Human Services in the Pastoral Care Functions of the Church."
  • M. Educ. Psych., Ball State University, Muncie, IN
    Project: "The Effective Teaching Laboratory," a laboratory design for training volunteer teachers in the church.
  • M. Div., Anderson School of Theology, Anderson, IN
    Project: "Concerns for Christian Education in the Church of God as Expressed by the Ministry of the National Board of Christian Education of the Church of God."
  • B.A., Anderson University, Anderson, IN
    Secondary Teaching Certificate in English, Speech and Social Studies.
MINISTRY EXPERIENCE:
  • Executive Director, National Board of Christian Education of the Christian Education of the Church of God, Anderson, IN, 1988-1998
  • Senior Pastor, Pennway Church of God, Lansing, MI, 1978-88 Anderson, IN, 1978-1988
  • Assistant Professor, Anderson University, Christian Education and Early Childhood Educ., 1975-78.
  • Director of Leadership Development and Children's Ministry, Board of Christian Education of the Church of God. 1968-74
  • Minister of Christian Education, West Court St. Church of God, Flint, MI; First Church of God, Lima, OH, 1961-68
LEADERSHIP ROLES:
  • President of Capital Area Holiness Association, Lansing, MI, President of Michigan Council of Churches.
  • Moderator for Consultations of the Church of God: "Biblical Inerrancy," "Doctrine," "Glossalia," "Cross Cultural Consultation," "Racial Reconciliation," "Multiple Staff Ministry."
PUBLICATIONS:
LET'S LOOK AT EFFECTIVE TEACHING
Editor: CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP, Numerous periodical articles, curriculum units
Contributor: LIVING LEADERSHIP, WHEN HOPE SHINES THROUGH

PERSONAL:
Married to Phyllis M. Fritzler, Early Childhood Educator, Children: Jeffrey D. Hayes, Lake Wales,FL, Vici L. Bryde, Lansing, MI, Jennifer Hayes Withrow, Cincinnati, OH, six grandchildren.