HERBERT MONINGER wrote the original Training for Service in 1907, summarizing the content of his popular teacher-training seminars.CECIL JAMES (C. J.) SHARP, minister and high school principal, revised Moningerrsquo;s work in 1934.ORRIN ROOT, a former editor at Standard Publishing, revised the book in the 1960s, reducing the original 40-lesson format to the current 26 sessions.ELEANOR DANIEL, seminary professor and Christian education expert, revised the book in the 1980s.JIM EICHENBERGER, a former schoolteacher and principal, and currently a writer and editor at Standard Publishing, authored this revision.
James R. Estepis professor of Christian Education at Lincoln Christian College and Seminary in Lincoln, Illinois.nbsp; He holds degrees from Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary (B.A., M.A., M.Div.), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (D.Min.), and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (Ph.D.). Michael J. Anthonyis professor of Christian Education at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California.nbsp; He holds degrees from Biola College (B.A.), Talbot Theological Seminary (M.A.), Golden Gate Seminary (M.R.E.), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Ph.D.), and Claremont Graduate School (Ph.D.). Gregg Allisonis associate professor of Christian Theology at Southern Baptist… Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.nbsp; He holds degrees from Northern Illinois University (B.S.) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div., Ph.D.).