Jo Anne Lyon
Female, Person
1940 –
Who is Jo Anne Lyon?
Dr. Jo Anne Lyon is the General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Church . Lyon was elected as the first woman General Superintendent at the June 2008 General Conference. In 2012 she was elected as the only General Superintendent of the denomination. Lyon was ordained as a minister in the Wesleyan Church in 1996 the same year that she founded World Hope International, an organization desiring to alleviate suffering and injustice through education, enterprise and community health.
Lyon holds a Bachelor's degree in education from the University of Cincinnati, a Masters in Counseling from The University of Missouri-Kansas City and further graduate work at St. Louis University in Historical Theology. She has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from United Wesleyan College and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from both Southern Wesleyan University and Indiana Wesleyan University.
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- Born
- 1940
- Also known as
- Dr. Jo Anne Lyon
- Education
- University of Cincinnati
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on July 23, 2013
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