Curriculum Vitae

2350 Old Bacone Rd.
Muskogee, OK 74403
918-360-6744
duncanr@bacone.edu

Education

1999	The Theological School Drew University Madison, NJ	Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) Director's Award Recipient First Graduate - Global Online Named Prize for Global Online D.Min.
1993	The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA	Office of Special Programs Certificate of Completion: The National Planned Giving Institute
1983	The Theological School Drew University Madison, NJ	Master of Divinity (M.Div.)
1980	Upsala College East Orange, NJ	Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Professional Experience

Bacone College	Muskogee, OK
President Professor of Religion (Serving under UMC Appointment from 2002-2012) Significant Leadership Touchstones: Full Accreditation to offer four-year degrees Increased enrollment from 824 to 1000 + Total dollars raised from December 2003 has exceeded $39 million Established a Center for American Indians Established a Center for Christian Ministry Established a Degree Location Site with Pawnee Nation College Established an Articulation Agreement with Comanche Nation College Established a MOU with Tulsa University for a Museum Studies Concentration Established a MOU with the Indian Resource Center in Oklahoma City Acceptance of 'The Chickasaw' statue as a gift from the Chickasaw Nation Established a Christian Counseling Center for students Providing Christian Life Coaching to staff Established a MOU with Muskogee Public Schools for shared use of Athletic Facilities Established a American Indian Research Library and Fellows program Established the Renard Strickland School of Tribal Law and Criminal Justice Established a MOU with Muskogee EMS for degree certification of Paramedic Training Established a MOU with Cherokee Nation EMS for degree certification of Paramedic Training Established a MOU with Sac & Fox Nation for a degree program in language preservation Completed the acquisition and occupancy of Bacone Commons (A Former Walmart Shopping Center) - Library - Welcome Center - Student Life Center - Athletic Field House - Weight Room - Bookstore	2002 to Present
The Theological School Drew University	Madison, NJ
Core Faculty - Doctor of Ministry Program	2000 to present
Adjunct - Doctor of Ministry Program	2000 to 2011
Director of Admissions (Served under UMC Appointment)	2000 to 2002
Acting Director of Admissions (Served under UMC Appointment)	1997 to 2000
Director of Institutional Advancement (Served under UMC Appointment)	1996 to 2000
The United Methodist Homes of New Jersey	Neptune, NJ
Director of Planned Giving (Served under UMC Appointment)	1991 to 1996
Duncan Associates - Computer Consulting	Northeast PA
President	1991 to 1996
Pocono Medical Care	Milford, PA
Administrator & Pastoral Counselor (Served under UMC Appointment)	1989 to 1991

Pastoral Experience

2012	Retired Elder	Greater New Jersey Annual Conference
1985	Ordained Elder	Northern New Jersey Annual Conference
1982	Ordained Deacon	Northern New Jersey Annual Conference
1982	Licensed Local Pastor	Northern New Jersey Annual Conference

The Church at Hemlock Farms	Associate Pastor	1999-2002
Pond Eddy UMC	Interim Pastor	1993-1996	UMC Appointment
Vernon UMC	Pulpit Supply	1991	UMC Assignment
Nyack UMC	Pulpit Supply	1990	UMC Assignment
Frankfort Plains UMC	Pulpit Supply	1989	UMC Assignment
Milford UMC	Pastor	1983-89	UMC Appointment
Westwood UMC	Student Assistant	1980-83	UMC Appointment
Bergen Highlands UMC	Youth Worker	1977-80

Church Involvement

Past Disaster Response Coordinator	Greater New Jersey Annual Conference
Past Member Board of Trustees	Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
Past Member - Bishop's Task Force on Budget	NNJC Annual Conference
Past Member - Board of Ordained Ministry	NNJC Annual Conference
Past Chair - Strategic Planning Commission	NNJC Annual Conference
Past Member- Parish & Community Development	NNJC Annual Conference

Board Membership

National Association Intercollegiate Athletics	Past Member - National Council of Presidents Past Chain - National COP Audit Committee Past Chair – Red River Athletic Conference
Oklahoma Independent College and Universities	Member – President's Council Treasurer
Association of American Baptist Colleges and Universities	President
EIIA – Higher Education Insurance Consortium	Lead Director for American Baptist Churches- USA
Muskogee Chamber of Commerce	Term Expired
Muskogee Clergy Association

Family

Married to Cheryl Freeman Duncan
21 June 1980

Children:

Robert John Duncan, III
17 October 1983
Education:

• Bacone College – BS 2005
• Oklahoma City University – JD 2009

Christian Marie Swagers
24 June 1986
Education:

• Bacone College – BA 2007
• Oklahoma City University – MA 2008

Graduate Instruction

Central Baptist Seminary:

Adjunct Instructor: Spring 2007
Christian Ethics - Bacone Cohort, Master of Theological Studies

Drew Theological School:

Core Faculty and Coordinator - Hillard/Sweet Fellows Cohort
 - Coodinator - Devember 2012
 - Instructor - Tecnology and Social Media in Preaching - Spring 2013
 - Project Advisor - December 2013, May 2014, December 2014, May 2015

Instructor D.Min. Online JanTerm '12 course with Cassidy Dale guest lecturer;
Christian Futuring: An Operator's Manual to the Future – Online

Special Advisor D.Min. Online 2011-2012

Co-Instructor D.Min Online Spring '11 with Carl Savage, D.Min.
Next Church: Ministry in the New World

Instructor D.Min. Online JanTerm '10 course with Cassidy Dale guest lecturer;
Christian Futuring: An Operator's Manual to the Future - Online

Co-Instructor D.Min.Coloquium 2009 -2010 F/S Academic Year with William Presnell, D.Min
Drew's Global Online Doctor of Ministry - 2010 Bacone Regional Cohort

Co-Instructor D.Min Online Spring '09 with Carl Savage, D.Min.
Next Church: Ministry in the New World

Co-Instructor D.Min.Coloquium 2008 -2009 F/S Academic Year with William Presnell, D.Min
Drew's Global Online Doctor of Ministry - 2010 Bacone Regional Cohort

Instructor D.Min. Online JanTerm '08 course
Christian Futuring: An Operator's Manual to the Future – Bacone Cohort

Instructor D.Min. Online JanTerm '08 course with Cassidy Dale guest lecturer;
Christian Futuring: An Operator's Manual to the Future - Online

Co-Instructor D.Min.Coloquium 2007 -2008 F/S Academic Year with William Presnell, D.Min
Drew's Global Online Doctor of Ministry - 2010 Bacone Regional Cohort

Co-Instructor D.Min Online Spring '07 with Carl Savage, D.Min.
Models for a Future Church

Co-Instructor D.Min.Coloquium 2006 -2007 F/S Academic Year with William Presnell, D.Min
Drew's Global Online Doctor of Ministry - 2007 Bacone Regional Cohort

Instructor D.Min. Online JanTerm '06 course with Cassidy Dale guest lecturer;
Strategies for a Christian Future: An Operator's Manual to the Future

Host Instructor D.Min Fall '05 with Morris Davis, Ph.D. & Richard Twiss
Bacone Regional Group: 2nd Annual National Conference on Native American Spirituality

Co-Instructor D.Min.Coloquium 2005-2006 F/S Academic Year with William Presnell, D.Min
Drew's Global Online Doctor of Ministry - 2007 Bacone Regional Cohort

Co-Instructor D.Min Online Spring '05 with Carl Savage, D.Min.
Models for a Future Church

Co-Instructor D.Min Online JanTerm '05 with Leonard Sweet, Ph.D.
Preaching in a Postmodern Culture

Host Instructor D.Min Fall '04 with Morris Davis, Ph.D. and Michael Christensen, Ph.D.
Bacone Regional Group: Pastoral Leadership in Historical and Theological Perspective
National Conference on Native American Spirituality

Instructor D.Min. Online JanTerm '04 course with Cassidy Dale guest lecturer;
Strategies for a Christian Future: An Operator's Manual to the Future

Co-Instructor D.Min.Coloquium 2003-2004 F/S Academic Year with Rick Diamond, D.Min
Drew's Global Online Doctor of Ministry - 2005 Online Cohort

Co-Instructor D.Min. Online Spring Term '03 course with Carl Savage, D.Min
Models for a Future Church

Co-Instructor D.Min. Advance April '03 with Carl Savage, D.Min
E-church Conference at Windsor Village UMC

Co-Instructor D.Min.Coloquium 2002-2003 F/S Academic Year with Rick Diamond, D.Min
Drew's Global Online Doctor of Ministry - 2003 Online Cohort

Workshop Presenter D.Min. Advance April '02;
Keys to the Kingdom - Postmodern Ministry in a New Urbanism

Co-Instructor M.Div. Spring '02 Seminar with Dean Maxine Clarke Beach, PhD
Dean's Seminar in Ministerial Formation

Instructor D.Min. Online JanTerm '02 course with Cassidy Dale guest lecturer;
Strategies for a Christian Future: An Operator's Manual to the Future

Co-Instructor D.Min.Coloquium 2001-2002 F/S Academic Year with Rick Diamond, D.Min
Drew's Global Online Doctor of Ministry - 2003 Online Group

Instructor D.Min. Online JanTerm '01 course with Cassidy Dale guest lecturer;
Strategies for a Christian Future: An Operator's Manual to the Future

Workshop Co-Presenter and Evaluator D.Min. Summer Term '00;
Faith facing the Future - Equipping the Saints: Circuit Riding in the 21st Century

Co-Instructor with Dean Leonard I. Sweet, Ph.D. for the Online JanTerm '00 course;
Postmodern Ministries in Postmodern Cultures: An EPIC Methodology

Co-Presenter and Evaluator D.Min. Summer Term '00;
Faith facing the Future - Equipping the Saints: Circuit Riding in the 21st Century

Instructor with Rev. Patrick Wrisley as Facilitator Spring '99
D.Min. Make Up Advance - "New Urbanism"

Instructor with Dean Leonard I. Sweet, Ph.D. for the Online Spring '99 course;
Christian Futuring; Stories of the Future

Co-Instructor with Dean Leonard I. Sweet, Ph.D. for the Online JanTerm '99 course;
11+ Navigational Requirements of Postmodern Leadership

Workshop Leader D.Min Advance - Canaan Valley, WV Jan Term '99
"The Electronification of the Church "

Workshop Leader with Rev. Larry William, Fall '99 D.Min. Advance
"Funding Ministry"

Workshop Leader D.Min Week - Ocean Grove, NJ Summer Term '98
"The Art of Giving and Receiving"

Undergraduate Instruction

Instructor – Lay Ministry; Fall '11 – Bacone College

Instructor – CM Senior Capstone; Fall '11 – Bacone College

Instructor – Homeletics; Spring '10 – Bacone College

Instructor – CM Senior Capstone; Spring '10 – Bacone College

Instructor – Christian Ethics; Spring '09 – Bacone College

Instructor – CM Senior Capstone; Spring '09– Bacone College

Instructor – Homeletics; Fall '08 – Bacone College

Instructor – Christian Ethics; Spring '07 – Bacone College

Instructor – Christian Ethics; Fall '06 – Bacone College

Instructor – Christian Ethics; Spring '07 – Bacone College

Instructor – Christian Ethics; Fall '06 – Bacone College

Instructor – Christian Ethics; Spring '07 – Bacone College

Instructor – Christian Ethics; Fall '06 – Bacone College

Instructor – Christian Ethics; Spring '06 – Bacone College

Guest Lecturer – Postmodernity and American History; Fall '05 – Bacone College

Instructor – Christian Ethics; Fall '05 – Bacone College

Guest Lecturer – Postmodernity and American History; Fall '04 – Bacone College

Instructor – Sociology of Christianity; Fall '04 – Bacone College

Guest Lecturer – Modernization Theory; Spring '04 – Bacone College

Instructor – Christian Ethics; Spring '04 – Bacone College

Instructor - Christian Ethics; Fall '03 – Bacone College

Publications

"Arno Profile System, Attendance & Learning Styles", North Central Association – The Higher Learning Commission, Annual Meeting Papers, Rev. Robert J. Duncan, Jr DMin., Robert K. Brown PhD, W. Watson PhD, Chicago 2009

"Christian Futuring – An Alternative to Strategic Planning", North Central Association – The Higher Learning Commission, Annual Meeting Papers, Rev. Robert J. Duncan, Jr DMin., Robert K. Brown PhD, Chicago 2006

"Christians in Conflict", Presidential Leadership Series Volume IV, Editor, Indian University Press – Bacone College, Muskogee, OK, 2009

"Conflict Resolution", Presidential Leadership Series Volume III, Editor, Indian University Press – Bacone College, Muskogee, OK, 2007

"Mentoring & Coaching for Effectiveness", Presidential Leadership Series Volume II, Editor, Indian University Press – Bacone College, Muskogee, OK, 2008

"The Clash – Native American Spirituality and Christianity", Editor, Indian University Press – Bacone College, Muskogee, OK, 2008.

"Chrisitan Futuring & Planning", Presidential Leadership Series Volume I, Editor, Indian University Press – Bacone College, Muskogee, OK, 2007.

Chapter Titled, "Native American Spirituality", Freshman Seminar Book prepared for Little Priest Tribal College, Edited by W.E. Watson, Ph.D., currently being edited for publication, manuscript available by request from the Author.

"Serving on the Outside - A fresh look at extension ministry", currently being edited for publication, manuscript available by request from the Author.

"Futuring - an alternative to church planning", Indian University Press – Bacone College, Muskogee, OK, 2006. With Cassidy Dale including Scenarios by James Fenimore & Holt Clarke.

"Student Sunday Devotion", The American Baptist Churches, USA, 2004

"Recruiting Hispanic and Latino Students for Theological Education"
Hispanic Theological Institute Journal, Princeton, NJ 2001 (Submitted by request not yet published)

Chapter titled, Circuit Riding in the 21st Century in the new Faith Facing the Future - Drew@National Conference series, Equipping the Saints, Abingdon : Nashville, TN, 2000.

"E-worship in the small to mid-size church ", Circuit Rider Magazine, Abingdon : Nashville, TN, May/June 2000 Issue.

"Electronification Resource Guide ", Circuit Rider Magazine, Abingdon : Nashville, TN, May/June 2000 Issue.

"Using the Entering Student Questionnaire", Association of Theological Schools Journal, Pittsburgh, PA, Fall 1999 Issue.

Certifications

National Christian Counselors Association
Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor
Board Certified: Family Therapy, Crisis and Abuse Therapy, Marriage Therapy

National Board of Christian Clinical Therapists
Fellow

American Association of Christian Counselors
Charter Member

International Board of Christian Counseling
Board Certified Pastoral Counselor

International Board of Christian Life Coaching
Board Certified Master Life Coach

International Christian Coaching Association
Charter Member

American Counseling Associations
Member

American Society of Training and Development
Member

Presentations

"Arno Profile System, Attendance & Learning Styles", North Central Association – The Higher Learning Commission, Annual Meeting Workshop , Rev. Robert J. Duncan, Jr DMin., Robert K. Brown PhD, W. Watson PhD, Chicago 2009

"Christian Futuring – An Alternative to Strategic Planning", North Central Association – The Higher Learning Commission, Annual Meeting Workshop
Rev. Robert J. Duncan, Jr DMin., Robert K. Brown PhD, Chicago 2006

American Baptist Churches - USA:

American Indian Oklahoma Baptist Association – 2003
Central Region Area Meeting - 2004
Central Region Annual Meeting – 2005, 2007
Philadelphia Region Annual Meeting – 2011

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution:

Continental Congress, Washington, DC:
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

Oklahoma State Conference- 2005, 2008, 2010
Florida State Conference – 2007, 2009
Tennessee State Conference – 2011
Wisconsin State Conference – 2011

Texas Chapter Event: -2008
New Mexico State Gathering – 2009, 2011
Tulsa Chapter Event - 2010