The Wayne E. Oates Institute is a Connected Learning Community exploring spirituality and health as a way to advance integrative care for the whole person. The Oates Institute is a non-profit educational organization made up of caregivers from the medical, spiritual and counseling communities providing a forum for joining together as an interdisciplinary dialogue toward understanding the relationship between spirituality and the healing process.

Carl Aiken, D.Min.
(Integrating Spirituality and Health )

Larry Austin, D.Min., BCC
(Spiritual Assessment: It's a SNAP)

Mark Bigley, M.Div., BCC
(Care of Troublesome People)

Rose Ann Briotte, M.Div.
(The Care Giver's Mental Health)

David Dillard, D.Min.
(Finding Hope When There Is No Cure)

David Fair, D.Min., BCETS
(Fighting the Tiger: The Psychological and Spiritual Effects of Emotional Trauma)

Vern Farnum, D.Min., BCC
(Care at the End of Life)

Alan Filippi, M.Div., BCC
(Spirituality and Aging, Dreams, Journals, and Spirituality)

Mary Fraser, Ph.D.
(Pastoral Care Specialist Certificate)

Susan Halvor, M.Div., BCC
(Hope as a Dynamic for Healing)

Jeffrey Hamilton, Ph.D.
(Pastoral Care Specialist Certificate)

A. Christopher Hammon, D.Min.
(Ministry with the Digital Generation)

Dan Kroger, D.Min
(Faith in Film: Developing a Lenten Film Series)

Jim Mahanes, M.S.S.W.
(Healing Power of Forgiveness; Baseball, Ghosts, and Field of Dreams;
Engaging One's Story: Transitions in Adult Life)

Marie McCanless, M.Div.
(Ministry with the Digital Generation)

Daniel Meister, D.Min.
(Exploring Celtic Spirituality)

Cherry Moore, M.Div., MFA
(Art and Healing)

Chrys Parker, JD
(Fighting the Tiger: The Psychological and Spiritual Effects of Emotional Trauma)

Karen Pickler, M.Div., BCC
(Finding Hope When There Is No Cure)

Bianca Ruach, M.Div., BCC
(Human Values and Health Care)

Martha Rogers, M.Div.
(Ministry to an Aging Society )

David Sawyer, Ph.D.
(Hope in Conflict: Discovering Wisdom in Congregational Turmoil)

Bill Sapp, D.Min.
(Pastoral Care Practicum)

Barry Sharp, MSHP, CHES
(Fighting the Tiger: The Psychological and Spiritual Effects of Emotional Trauma)

Lynn Smith, M.Div., RN
(Holding the Boundaries: Professional Ethics in Practice)

Jeanne Tessier, M.Div.
(Art as Centering Prayer)

Rick Underwood, D.Min.
(Preaching and Pastoral Care)

Jan Waples, M.Div., BCC
(Fiction as a Path to the Spirit, Spirituality of Ghost Stories)

Rev. Canon Marlin Whitmer, M.Div.
(Healing Power of Story Listening)

Alan Williams, D.Min.
(Nurturing Silence and Sabbath)