Dr Margar Alminana

Margaret English de Alminana (Ph.D., University of Wales at Glynd?r) teaches theology at Southeastern University. She formerly served as Chair, Department of Bible and Theology, Barnett College of Ministry and Theology, and as Executive Director of the Society for Pentecostal Studies. De Alminana also serves as co-pastor at Central Assemblies of God, Auburndale, FL, and previously as the senior chaplain of women at Orange County Correctional Facility's Female Detention Center, overseeing a vibrant ministry for more than 3,000 women in crisis annually. There she developed and launched an in-jail, faith-based drug rehabilitation dorm, including the development of corresponding programs and curriculum. She also launched and oversaw an inner-city mission for street women at the heart of Orlando's red-light district. Her works include: Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Ministry: Informing an Ongoing Gender-Focused Dialogue on the Faith Contributions of Women, (Brill, 2016), co-editor and contributor; Removing the Veil (Bridge-Logos, 2008); "Aimee Semple McPherson's Pentecostalism, the Disenfranchised, and the Scopes Monkey Trial," Pneuma; "Scandal and Censure: A Reinvestigation of the Socio-Political Forces Surrounding the Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson" Canadian Journal of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity; "A Biblical Investigation of Matriarchal Structures in Ancient Semitic Life," (JPT); "Incarcerated Women, Reflections on Their Stories," (Priscilla Papers); "Reconnecting with the Mystics: Kathryn Kuhlman and the Reshaping of Early Pentecostalism," (JEPTA). She resides in Winter Haven, Florida, with her husband, Marty. Marty and Peg have three grown children and four grandchildren. She is passionate about prayer and seeing women rise to their full measure of calling.