Background
Dempster, Murray Wayne was born on June 27, 1942 in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada. Came to the United States, 1965. Son of Raymond Daniel Rudolph and June (Bellamy) Rynbend.
academic administrator minister Religion educator
Dempster, Murray Wayne was born on June 27, 1942 in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada. Came to the United States, 1965. Son of Raymond Daniel Rudolph and June (Bellamy) Rynbend.
Ministerial diploma, Northwest Bible College, Canada, 1963. Bachelor in Biblical Studies summa cum laude, Southern California College, 1968. Master of Arts in Social Ethics, University Southern California, 1969.
Doctor of Philosophy in Social Ethics, University Southern California, 1980.
Assistant minister, Center Pentecostal Church, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1963-1965;
associate minister, 1st Assembly of God, Long Beach, California, 1965-1968;
dean of men, Southern California College, Costa Mesa, 1969-1970;
campus pastor, Southern California College, Costa Mesa, 1970-1971;
assistant professor religion, Southern California College, Costa Mesa, 1971-1978;
associate professor, Southern California College, Costa Mesa, 1980-1987;
professor social ethics, Southern California College, Costa Mesa, since 1987. Visiting professor Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, since 1980. Pentecostal lecturer Regent College, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1988.
Staley lecturer Southeastern College, Lakeland, Florida, 1991.
("An unprecedented mix of pentecostal theology and mission...)
(Salt and Light: Evangelical Political Thought in Modern A...)
Member institutional review team California State Department Education, 1984, 86. Member Society for Pentecostal Studies (Second vice president 1989, 1st vice president, program chair annual meeting 1990, president 1990-1991), American Academy Religion, Society for Science Study of Religion, Society Christian Ethics, Society Christian Philosophers.
Married Coralie Faith Erickson, September 26, 1964. 1 child, Marlon Murray.