User:M. Rodney Webb, D. Min

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Dr. Rodney Webb is the Associate Director for Missional Partnerships at the Intercultural Institute for Contextual Ministry

Biographical Sketch

After thirty years in missions work in North America, Dr. Rodney Webb became burdened that existing churches would make the transition to become missionary congregations. Mentored by the likes of David Hesselgrave and Paul Hiebert, Dr. Rodney Webb received a doctorate in missiology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His doctoral project evaluated the church planting outcomes of the Tampa Bay Area Billy Graham Crusade. He also has a M.Div from Southwestern Seminary and a B.A. in Sociology from Carson-Newman College.

Dr. Webb serves at IICM as Associate Director for Missional Partnerships. In this capacity he develops relationships with denominational agencies, mission agencies, and other non-profit organizations. Before joining the Intercultural Institute, he served for 35 years with the Home Mission Board and then North American Mission Board. He has extensive experience relating to ethnic church growth and church planting, having been a director in Language Missions, Multiethnic Ministry, Ethnic Church Growth, and Language Church Starting. Dr. Webb also served as the manager of the Anglo Church Planting Unit, developing the North American Anglo Church Planting Strategy. He has also given leadership to deaf ministries in the US and Canada. Dr. Webb has taught as an adjunct for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, for Tri-State School of Theology for the Deaf, and Christian Deaf Virtual University at Gardner Webb University. He has written several journal and magazine articles and chapters on topics related to deaf ministry and multiethnic ministry. He is listed in Who's Who in Religion, Community Leaders and Noteworthy Americans, and in Who's Who in International Biography.