Woodie J. Stevens is director of Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries for the International Church of the Nazarene. Prior to this, he served as superintendent for the New Mexico district and pastored churches in Colorado, Illinois, and South Dakota. Dr. Stevens earned a M.Div. degree from Nazarene Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He and his wife, Cheryl, live in the Kansas City area.