Biography
Dr. Alan McMahan graduated with a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary, where his dissertation was entitled "Training Turnaround Leaders, Systemic Approaches to Reinstate Growth in Plateaued Churches." McMahan has also earned a Th.M. from Asbury Theological Seminary, a M. Div. at Alliance Theological Seminary, and a B.S. at Nyack College.
McMahan has served in churches in North America and on the Pacific Rim, and has taught in the disciplines of missiology, church growth, leadership, organizational development, and evangelism. His students have included both undergraduate and graduate, mid-career professionals, Bible school teachers, pastors, and denominational leaders through the U.S., Canada, and much of Southeast Asia. He maintains an active consulting service in churches and is the former president of the American Society of Church Growth. He has served as a Vice President for the Alliance Theological Seminary, and as the Academic Dean at The King's College in mid-town Manhattan. He currently serves as the chair of the undergraduate program at Biola University. He has a wife, Terri, and two sons, Billy and Jonathan, and lives in La Mirada, California.
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