DAVID G. DAWSON January, 2006
30 Willow Drive, New Wilmington, PA 16142 USA david.dawson@shenango.org
Education:
- 1969 Westminster College BA Theology
New Wilmington, PA (Honors) - 1972 Pittsburgh Theological Seminary MDiv Theology
Pittsburgh, PA (cum laude) - 1987 Yale Divinity School STM Missiology
New Haven, CT (magna cum laude) - 1997 Westminster College DD honorary degree
New Wilmington, PA
Ministry:
Ordination in the United Presbyterian Church USA – May 14, 1972
- 1972 – 1981 Pastor Jamestown Presbyterian Church
Jamestown, PA - 1981 – 1992 Mission Funding Counselor Synod of the Northeast
Presbyterian Church (USA) - 1992 – present Executive Presbyter Presbytery of Shenango
Synod of the Trinity, PC(USA)
Mission Study Travel:
- Israel-Palestine ‘72, ‘83, ‘95
- Dominican Republic ‘80, ‘88
- Sudan ‘96, ‘98, ’01, ’04, ‘05
- Lebanon-Syria ‘79, ‘83, ‘97, 02
- Cuba ‘86, ‘88, ‘92
- China, Singapore, Thailand ‘02
- Japan ‘77 Egypt ’83, ‘05
- Kenya-Ethiopia ‘76 Mexico ‘86
Books:
- “Counting the Cost,” chapter in A History of Presbyterian Missions 1944 – 2007, Geneva Press, 2008, edited by Scott Sunquist and Caroline Becker.
Journals:
- “The Church and the Edinburgh Missionary Conference” publication pending in Missiology, April, 2011.
- “Mission Funding in the Future” The Presbyterian Outlook, July 26, 2004
- “Mission and Money in the Early Twentieth Century” The Journal of Presbyterian History, Spring, 2002
- “Funding Mission in the Early Twentieth Century” International Bulletin of Missionary Research, October, 2000
- “A Recurring Issue of Mission Administration” Missiology, October, 1997
- “Needed: A Re-orientation of the Funding System” Presbyterian Outlook, June 26, 1995
- “Mission Philanthropy, Selected Giving and Presbyterians” American Presbyterians (Journal of Presbyterian History) (Summer, 1990 and Fall, 1991)