Background
Bodey, Richard Allen was born on November 27, 1930 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Allen Zartman and Marie (Smith) Bodey.
Bodey, Richard Allen was born on November 27, 1930 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Allen Zartman and Marie (Smith) Bodey.
Student, Muhlenberg College, 1948—1949. AB, Lafayette College, 1952. Postgraduate, Moravian Theological Seminary, 1952.
Master of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1955. Postgraduate, Wycliffe College, 1961. Postgraduate, Knox College, 1961.
Postgraduate, Emmanuel College, 1961. Postgraduate, Gannon College, 1964. Postgraduate, Winona Lake School Theology, 1963.
Master of Theology, Westminster Theol Seminary, 1972. Doctor of Ministry, Trinity Evangelical Division School, 1984. Doctor of Ministry, Seabury-We.
Theological Seminary, 1985.
Student pastor Zion Welsh Presbyterian Church, Wind Gap, Pennsylvania, 1951. Student supply pastor Italian Presbyterian Church, Roseto, 1951. Student pastor Westminster Presbyterian Church, Allentown, 1952—1955.
Supply pastor Presbyterian Church, Brackney, 1955. Pastor Marshall Memorial Presby. Church, Lebanon, Illinois, 1955—1956.
Instructor Bible McKendree College, 1956—1962. Pastor 3d Presbyterian Church, North Tonawanda, New York, 1956—1962. Instructor Buffalo Bible Institute, 1961.
Pastor 1st Presbyterian Church, Corry, Pennsylvania, 1962—1964, Dales Memorial United Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 1964—1966. Assistant pastor Westminster Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi, 1966. Founding professor preaching, chairman Practical Theological Department Reformed Theological Seminary, 1966—1973.
Interim pastor 1st Presbyterian Church, Hazlehurst, 1967—1968. Stated supply pastor Presbyterian Church, Union Church, 1970—1973, supply pastor Fayette, 1970—1973. Head of staff 1st Associate Reformed Presby.
Church, Gastonia, North Carolina, 1973—1979. Chaplain Civitan, 1975. Founder, director Gastonia School Biblical Studies, 1978—1979.
Founding board chairman Gastonia Christian School, 1978—1979. Associate professor practical theological Trinity Evangelical Division School, Deerfield, Illinois, 1979—1987, professor, 1987—1995. Director continuing education Trinity Evangelical Division School, 1982-1987, Doctor of Ministry coordinator and examiner, 1989-1995.
Examiner Moody Bible Institute Corresponding School, Chicago, 1982-1986. Visiting instructor Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, 1987, 88. Lecturer, 1990; consultant in continuing education, 1990-1991.
Seminar leader National Conference on Preaching, 1990-1994. Doctor of Ministry examiner, 1994-1996, 2002-2003, 2007. Instructor North Chicago Theological Institute, 1991-1994, Seabury Western Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1993.
Visiting instructor Our Lady of the Lake College, Chicago, 1993. Visiting faculty Columbia (South Carolina) International University and Seminary, 1991. Assistant to rector Aquia Episcopal Church, Stafford, Virginia, since 2007.
Speaker in field.
Chairman Here's Life Metrolina, Gastonia Area, 1976. Founding board chairman Gaston Evangelical Association, 1978-1979. Board directors Gaston Christian School, 1978-1979.
Chairman planning committee Evangelical Affirmations, 1989. Chaplain Civitan, 1974. Member American Academy Ministry (charter, advisory board member).
Married Ruth Lois Price, 1955. Children: Bronlynn Beth Spindler, Richard Allen Junior.