Acknowledgements

Several people and organizations deserve thanks for their assistance in this project.

David Bundy encouraged this project from the very beginning.

John Greene, the co-curator, of the Plainsmen Museum in Aurora, Nebraska was patient and knowledgeable about the land and community of H. Orton Wiley's birthplace.

The staff of the Religion and Philosophy Department of Point Loma Nazarene University, especially Pat Veynor and Darlene Forward. Thanks especially to the library staff, including Marcia Pehrsson and Doug Fruehling. Religion professors Sam Powell, Michael Lodahl, John Wesley Wright, and Herb Prince listened and responded to endless questions and proddings. Ron Kirkemo and James Jackson were gracious enough to give insights into Wiley and his time at Pasadena/Point Loma College.

Sharon Bull and Robert Woodward of Northwest Nazarene University opened wide the doors of the university archives and gave much needed encouragement. C.S. Cowles of NNU also shared with me his experiences as a student of Wiley's.

Stan Ingersol and the staff of Nazarene Archives for the Church of the Nazarene eagerly joined my search for sources and artifacts from Wiley's life and ministry. My colleagues in Sunday School Ministries for the Church of the Nazarene offered informal training and tips in the process of writing. My advisor H. Ray Hiner guided the research process with skill and a smile. Thanks also to the rest of the professors in the Department of Teaching and Leadership at the University of Kansas. Ed Robinson gave necessary and helpful suggestions to this manuscript.

Even my mother was involved in this project. She scanned and gave the initial edit to the primary sources found in this volume. Much thanks to Mom.

Finally, my family, especially Sonya, my wife, and my two boys, Parker and Payton, for giving the time and space to their husband and Dad so I could finish this book.