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The Third International Wesleyan/Holiness Women Clergy Conference
Then and Now: The Journey of Holiness
April 23-26, 1998
Four Points Hotel
Riverwalk North
San Antonio, Texas
The Plenary Speakers
"Reaping the Harvest"
"Rejoicing Holiness"Rev. Dr. Delia Nuesch-Olver is an ordained minister with the Free Methodist Church. In her twenty-four years of ministry she has pastored three exisiting churches and planted three new churches. She is currently the National Director of Social, Urban, and Ethnic Ministries for the Free Methodist Church of North America. She has earned a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Syracuse University, has taught in many educational institutions, and has been a guest speaker in a variety of conference settings.
Born and raised in Argentina in a Swiss missionary family, Delia combines the best of the Latin and European cultures in her approach to ministry. She is adept at crossing cultural barriers and assisting others to do the same. Delia and her husband, Paul, reside in Philadelphia, working together as part of a new church team.
"Remembering Our Heritage"Major Anne Pickup was commissioned and ordained as a Salvation Army officer in 1974 and served along with her husband, Bill, in several of the largest Corps (churches) in the Western Territory, including Hollywood Tabernacle and the Seattle Temple. In addition, the Pickups served on the teaching staff of the College of Officer Training in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
Anne graduated magna cum laude from Seattle Pacific University, focusing on religious history and psychology. She teaches and speaks in the areas of history, ministry, women in ministry, and Christian psychological development.
She is currently writing a book on the ministry of women Salvationists in the United States. Her present appointment is Discipleship and Lay Leadership Director for the Western Territory.
Major Pickup is a fourth generation Salvationist and a fourth generation officer whose relationship with the Lord and calling to ministry are ultimately and uniquely her own.
"Restoring Our Hope"Born in Panama, and a native of Trinidad and Tobago, Rev. Zena Toussaint is now serving the Church of the Nazarene, International as a pastor in New York. She was ordained as an elder in 1987.
Rev. Toussaint migrated to the United States in 1967 and now lives with her husband in Brooklyn. They have four children, three girls and one boy, and six grandchildren.
Zena is a registered nurse who has specialized in community health and issues related to caring for the homeless and urban poor.
In addition to her pastoral care duties and ministry as Assistant Pastor of the Brooklyn Beulah Church of the Nazarene, Rev. Toussaint also serves the wider Nazarene community and the people in New York as the Adult Ministries Director for the Metro New York District.
Rev. Jeannette Flynn is an ordained minister currently serving the Church of God at its Anderson, Indiana headquarters as the Director of Church and Ministry Services. Prior to coming to Anderson, Rev. Flynn pastored churches in Walla Walla and Vancouver, Washington over a period of fourteen years.
Jeannette received her B.S. degree from Kent State and Youngstown State Universities in Elementary Education and a B.A. in Bible and Theology from Gulf Coast Bible College before completing her M.Div. at Anderson University School of Theology.
Rev. Flynn frequently is asked to speak to such gatherings as the International Church of God Campmeeting, national conventions, and a variety of retreats. She was the 1995 recipient of the Women In Ministry and Missions award for Excellence in Administration. Rev. Flynn has served the Church of God at large on the Business Committee and the Anderson University Board of Trustees.
