Wes Oden, Senior Pastor

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• Education:   B.A., George Fox University, 1977
• M. Div., Asbury Theological Seminary, 1985
• D. Min., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2006
• Birthplace: Clinton, Indiana
• Family: Cindy (wife), John and Heléna, Andrew, Hobbes
• Been at HWC Since: March 1996
• Favorite Music or (Music I listen to): I like everything (country, Bernstein, disco, oldies, classical, contemporary Christian, gospel quartet, rock and roll, Barry Manilow). It’s all on my iPod.
• Favorite Activities or (Things I like to do): playing and watching sports, tennis, golf, reading Vince Flynn, Sherlock Holmes and all kinds of spy and mystery novels, TV dramas, mysteries and comedies, most of all, being with my family
• Favorite Foods or (Things I Love to eat): I like and will eat most things—I like most any kind of meat, most vegetables, potatoes any way, birthday cake and ice cream
• Books/Writers that have influenced me: M. Scott Peck, N.T. Wright, Eugene Peterson, M. Craig Barnes, Haddon Robinson, Dennis Kinlaw