J. Kenneth Grider (October 22, 1921 – December 6, 2006) was aNazareneChristiantheologian and former seminary professor primarily associated with the followers ofJohn Wesley who are part of theHoliness movement.
J. Kenneth Grider was born October 22, 1921, inMadison, IL to William Sanford and Elizabeth (Krone) Grider.[1][2] In 1948, he got a M.A. from theDrew University, Madison, New Jersey in 1950.[2] In 1947, he graduated from theNazarene Theological Seminary.[citation needed] He received hisPhD from theUniversity of Glasgow in 1952.[1][2]
Grider was a distinguishedvisiting professor of theology at Olivet Nazarene University inBourbonnais, IL, and professor of theology emeritus at Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City.[1] He taught courses in Hurlet Nazarene College (Scotland),Point Loma Nazarene University,Olivet Nazarene University,Southern Nazarene University,Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, and extension courses in Mexico and the Philippines.[3]
He was an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene.[1]
He was one of the translators of theNew International Version of the Bible, working at two committee levels on sixNew Testament books.[3] His "magnum opus" is thesystematic theologyA Wesleyan-Holiness Theology (1994).[3] He also wrote over 2,000 poems, articles, commentaries, essays, and lessons and contributed to numerous symposia.[3] He was the editor ofThe Seminary Tower for 36 years.[3]
Grider hadArminiansoteriological views in theWesleyan tradition,[4] and was a supporter of thegovernmental theory of atonement view.[5]
Grider died December 6, 2006, inChandler, AZ.[1]
In 1966, Grider received the Olivet Nazarene University's Clergy Alumnus of the Year award.[1] In 1991, he received an honoraryDoctor of Divinity degree from the Olivet Nazarene University.[1] In 1999, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Wesleyan Theological Society.[1][6]
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