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SPCE's History: Presidents from 1951-Present

From its initial founding as a research commission in 1951, SPCE has been served by twenty-seven
presidents. Each president’s name and term(s) are listed below.

The Research Commission of the National Association of Evangelicals’ (NAE) National Sunday School
Association [NSSA]
1951 James DeForest Murch (*First Meeting Director)
1952-54 Warren Filkin (*First Elected President)
1954-57 Rebecca Price
1957-60 Howard Hendricks
1961-62 Gene Getz
1963-64 Kenneth Gangel
1965-66 Edward Hayes
1967 Clifford Anderson
1968-69 Paul Loth
1970 Clifford Anderson

The National Association of Professors in Christian Education [NAPCE]
1971-74 Ronald Chadwick
1975-77 Dennis Williams
1977-78 Bill Haburn
1979-80 Robert Wilson
1981 Brian Richardson
1983-84 Ed Smyth
1985 Dennis Williams
1986-87 Warren Benson
1988-90 James Plueddemann

The North American Professors of Christian Education [NAPCE]
1991-92 Eileen Starr
1993-94 Fred Wilson
1995-96 Michael Anthony
1997-98 Dave Rahn
1999-2000 Greg Carlson
2001-02 Mark Cannister
2003-06 Eileen Starr
2007-08 Robert Drovdahl
2009-11 Michael Anthony

The Society of Professors in Christian Education [SPCE]
2012-13 Mark Maddix
2014-15 Chris Kiesling
2016 Daryl Busby
2017 Jay Sedwick
2018-21 John David Trentham

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