VDM McCulley, M: Beyond the Classroom

Murriell McCulley with her husband Bob, have served as missionaries in Africa since 1976. She began her career as a registered nurse and worked for ten years in coronary care nursing. She gravitated to education after becoming involved with a Bible school in Tanzania and has developed a passion for theological training. Her desire has been to move beyond academic knowledge to fully equipping men and women for works of ministry. Murriell's journey has had many interesting stops along the way as she has been involved in most of the different aspects of theological education in Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, and Sudan. She has been academic dean, director of textbook production and distribution, author of textbooks, and principal. Currently she serves as the Academic Dean for Sudan Theological College as well as being on the faculty of Pan Africa Theological Seminary helping to develop their educational core on the Ph.D. level. She is also involved as a curriculum development consultant for a number of different schools across Africa and conducts teachers' training workshops.