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Wheaton in Chicago

Selected Supporting Faculty

Rev. Dr. Astead N. Herndon
Adjunct Professor in Urban Studies and Christian Education
Dr. Herndon has a Bachelor of Arts in History from Northwestern University and a Masters of Arts in Theological Studies and a Doctorate in Ministry from McCormick Theological Seminary.

Passionate about teaching, he is an Adjunct Professor in Urban Studies at Wheaton College and Trinity International University.  At Wheaton he designed and teaches a history course on the African American experience.  In addition, he trains graduate students in Wheaton's Educational Ministries Department through a course on urban ministries to families and children.  Dr. Herndon has been a conference speaker for national Christian educators and has shared in numerous workshops and seminars.  In December of 2001, Bishop Ocie Booker, Prelate of the First Jurisdiction of Illinois for the Church of God in Christ, Inc. appointed Dr. Herndon dean of the C.H. Mason/William Roberts College of Ministry.  A newly formed body, Dr. Herndon will oversee development and formation of this school of ministry.

Currently, Dr. Herndon pastors the Hallelujah Temple, which he and his wife, Myrna, pioneered in 1995, with emphasis on a teaching ministry, outreach, deliverance and prayer. 

Ordained an Elder in 1984, under Pastor James C. Austin of St. Luke Church of God in Christ, Dr. Herndon has worked for years in the areas of outreach. He was also the Director of Men's Ministry and Founder/Director of Sanctified Scouts.

His keen interest in outreach ministry includes Herndon Bible Ministry, an interdenominational, interracial fellowship that provided Bible study training for 20 years for those working in downtown Chicago.  From 1979 to 1999, HBM ministered to tens of thousands through annual conferences and prayer breakfasts.  In addition, HBM visited nursing homes, fed the hungry and supported homeless ministries.

His corporate experience for 20 years was with Harris Trust and Saving Bank ranging from a personnel representative in human resources to vice president in real estate leasing and development. 

Dr. Henry Allen
Associate Professor of Sociology
Professor Allen's current urban interests center around conceptualizing and using social scientific research to empower effective power coalitions that promote tangible social justice within cities via organizational development, outreach, and policy formation. Over the past two decades, he has been active as a research consultant, board member, and servant with minority organizations, labor unions, church groups, foundations, the NAACP, the Urban League, the United Way, criminal justice agencies, social services, and many other civic organizations in several cities-- Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Grand Rapids (MI), Detroit, Rochester (NY), Washington, D.C., and New York City.

Dr. Paul C. Egeland
Associate Professor of Education
I am a product of the Chicago Public School system, having lived on the West side from birth until college. My present interest centers around one of the strands of our department's conceptual framework, namely teaching for social justice. In that role I have led over 20 field trips into the city to observe inner city schools, neighborhoods and to experience some of the foods of ethnic communities.

Dr. Annette Tomal
Associate Professor of Business and Economics
Ph.D. from UIC in Economics.  Current research area is on the urban informal sector in Latin America; recently traveled to Bogota, Colombia, to interview independent and small-business entrepreneurs in the formal and informal sectors to determine differences between formal/informal; men/women; microfinance/non-microfinance clients; independent/small business.