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Winchester, Virginia, October 25, 2009--A "Service of Life and Resurrection for The Rev. Dr. James C. Logan," 77, was held in Winchester, Virginia, on Saturday, October 24. The long-time professor at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, died on October 17 at a medical center in Winchester.

Professor Logan, a clergy member of the Virginia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, will be further remembered at a service on November 3 in the chapel at Wesley Seminary. Following that service, his ashes will be laid to rest at the feet of the equestrian statue of John Wesley on the seminary campus in northwest Washington.

The service of celebration was held at the Braddock Street United Methodist Church, Winchester, with Bishop Charlene Kammerer; the Rev. Dr. David McAllister-Wilson, president of Wesley Seminary; and the Rev. Dr. James A. Hewitt, III, pastor of the church, presiding.

Dr. Logan was deeply beloved by his students over many generations. He was renowned in the fields of evangelism, systematic theology, and Wesleyan studies. During his career he showered time, attention, knowledge, and presence on “literally thousands of students, church members, church leaders, and other people of all stations of life,” said the Rev. James Gulley, a Wesley graduate, who is a former missionary and now consultant to the General Board of Global Ministries.

James Cecil Logan retired from the seminary in 2001, having held the E. Stanley Jones Professorship of Evangelism since 1990. That professorship is now named for Dr. Logan. He was a professor of systematic theology at Wesley from 1966 to 1990. Professor Logan was educated at Florida Southern College and Boston University. He also did additional study at Harvard University, St. Andrews University in Scotland, Cambridge University, and the University of Basel in Switzerland.

He was active in the connectional life of The United Methodist Church and was a director of the General Board of Global Ministries in the 1980s. He was also deeply involved in ecumenical Christianity, including the Virginia Council of Churches.

Memorial gifts in honor of Dr. Logan may be made to Wesley Theological Seminary, 4500 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016.

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Date posted: Oct 26, 2009