Hunter Cummings
- Assistant Professor, Religion
- School of Theology and Christian Ministry
- B.A., Trevecca Nazarene University
- M.A., Trevecca Nazarene University
- M.Div., Vanderbilt Divinity School
- Ph.D., Nazarene Theological College-University of Manchester
Contact Info
Hunter Cummings serves as assistant professor of religion and director of the CMO (Christian Ministry Online) program, teaching in the areas of Christian tradition, ecclesial theology, Wesleyan-holiness theology and biblical studies. He is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene and spent eleven years in full time youth ministry.
He previously pastored Mosaic Church of the Nazarene just outside of Atlanta and currently serves as the pastor of Chattanooga Valley Church of the Nazarene in Flintstone, Georgia.
Cummings is passionate about helping Christians explore not just the Christian tradition they are familiar with, but also the various expressions of Christianity found through church history and throughout the world today. He is also passionate about clergy education, helping students discern a call to ministry and accompanying them on their journey to ordination.
Before joining Trevecca's faculty full-time Hunter served as an adjunct/visiting instructor at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Evangeline Booth College and Asia Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary.
He enjoys Blue Bell ice cream, any kind of cookie, hiking, traveling, connecting on social media, and spending time with his wife and three sons.
Areas of Expertise
- Wesley Studies
- Church History
- Biblical Theology
- Ecclesiology
Doctoral Research
Cummings conducted his doctoral research on John Wesley's appropriation of the Works of Mercy tradition for both spiritual formation and the organization of ministry. The seven corporal works of mercy come from Matthew 25 (“the least of these” passage) and the apocryphal Book of Tobit and the seven spiritual works of mercy from the Apostle Paul's letters.
Select Publications
- Baptism as a Means of Grace. Holiness Today, Vol. 26, No. 4., July-August, The Foundry, 2024
- Trading Music and Experience for Something More Elementary. Illustrated Bible Life, Winter, The Foundry, 2020
- The Grace that Precedes (chapter six) in We Believe: Articles of Faith for the Global Nazarene Family, Nazarene Publishing House, 2017
- Folio –A Preaching Companion, Volumes 1-7, general assistant editor, Nazarene Publishing House, 2013-2015
