Herman Alexander

“I was raised on a farm near Casa Arkansas and ultimately found my way to Harding University majoring in Bible and minoring in Speech. I graduated with a BA degree in Bible and later received my master’s degree from Harding Graduate School. Later while, living in Australia, I attended the Melbourne College of Divinity and earned a Masters of Divinity in 1978 and later upon our return to the states, went back to Harding School of Theology in 1989 and earned a Doctor of Ministry.
I married my dear wife, Rosann in 1957 and we have two sons, Tim and Tom and our “Special Daughter”, Emily. We have nine grandchildren in ages ranging from 2- 38 years old.
After graduating from Harding, I served as the local preacher at various congregations from 1956-1971 and moved to Adelaide, South Australia in 1971 to begin and work with a new congregation there in Adelaide. We remained there until moving back to Dallas in 1980 to become an instructor at the Center of Christian Education until 2005. During my time at the Center of Christian Education, I continued in the mission field with multiple trips to Lithuania and New Zealand. I continued to preach on a regular basis during my time at the Center of
Christian Education serving several churches in the Dallas area, Waco and Henderson Texas as well. I most recently preached at the Carrolton Church of Christ from 2014 to 2023. My mission work from 2006- 2013 includes teaching at the South Pacific Bible College in New Zealand, teaching Australia, Fiji, Cambodia and Vienna Austria. I am currently working with Nations University, an accredited online “school without walls” and teach regularly via Zoom for classes at Cambodia Bible School and Adelaide Australia. “

If you would like to contact Herman, email herman.alexander163@gmail.com

Mike Young

“I did not grow up attending church though starting college, I did have an interest in learning about the faith and what I needed to do to become a Christian. I took part in a Bible study at Colorado State University and within a few months I was baptized into Christ. My underlying thought was that if this teaching about Christ is true, then the only thing to do is to pursue it as my life’s work. Abilene Christian was the one school I knew of for studying Christianity and to become a minister. So, I transferred to ACU my sophomore year and later finished my undergraduate and graduate degrees.
I served churches in Texas, New Mexico, and Connecticut. I also spent a year in Santiago, Chile doing mission work. After nearly 20 years of teaching and preaching in churches, I returned to university studies at the University of Dallas and earned a masters and a doctoral degree in philosophy. I began teaching at Dallas Christian College and was eventually appointed as V. P. of Academics. After 11 years at DCC, I had a couple of year stint as the Academic Dean at a Classical Christian School. Then in 2004 we moved to Montgomery, Alabama to be a professor for the Great Books Honors College at Faulkner University. There, Carla re-started her career as
an architect for Goodwin, Mills, and Cawood Architectural Firm.
Carla and I have been married for 21 years. She retired last year and I continue to teach for Faulkner University online and I also serve as the Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Center for Christian Studies in Austin. We have four children and five grandchildren. Corey, along with his wife, Kate, and daughters, Ella and Evie, live in The Woodlands, Texas. Richard and his wife Sarah and their son Elijah live nearby in McKinney. Benjamin and his wife, Nicole, and sons, Connor and Wyatt, live in Fairhope, Alabama. Our youngest, Rebekah, teaches English in Tokyo, Japan.”

If you would like to contact Mike, email myoung@faulkner.edu

Lyn Wood

I made my commitment to following Jesus when I was very young, and it was the best decision that I ever made. God continues to bless me much more than I deserve. I am not perfect by any means, and, like all of us, I’ve had difficulties and setbacks at various stages of my life’s journey.

When I was approached about serving as an elder here at Walnut Hill, my first thought was much the same as Isaiah when he received his calling… “Woe to me! I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips…”. But after much prayer, like Isaiah, I realized that God had made me clean… not in anything that I had done, but in what Jesus had done… so my response was, “Here am I. Send me!”

My wife, Danette, and I have had a good life and are empty-nesters now, with three sons and two daughters and ten grandkids. Through all the challenges of life, we continue to possess an unwavering faith in God’s grace and love.

Over the past several years, I’ve felt God’s call to grow in my service to Him. When I was talking with one of our elders, he mentioned that he felt my true calling involved serving as a pulpit minister. Since mid-September 2015, I have been preaching and teaching classes at several small-town congregations as a fill-in minister. It has been a blessing. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed meeting and coming to know many brothers and sisters in Christ. It’s been an enjoyable journey.

I’ve been a member of Walnut Hill Church of Christ in Dallas for almost 35 years, and I’ve taught Sunday morning and Wednesday evening bible classes all the while… primarily adult classes but some youth classes as well. I’ve served as coordinator for the children’s church for the past 30+ years. Me and my team have presented children’s church training at a 1/2 dozen workshops including the ACU Lectureships and a seminar in Sacramento, California.

I guess that much of my service over the years has centered around our young people...coordinating our children’s church, teaching elementary classes on Wednesday evenings, leading / teaching our youth group, serving as game director for our Wednesday activities, etc. Looking back, I guess that makes sense… both of my parents were career teachers, and my family owned and operated a summer camp for four decades.

One thing I can say without reservation… regardless of the age or spiritual maturity of the recipients, the primary emphasis must be providing God’s truth in a manner in which it can be accepted and digested.

But… enough about me. I’m excited that you’re searching for a comfortable place to worship God… a place where you can grow in your faith and be everything that God desires for you to be. Come on in… you’re welcome here.