Andy Miller III, PhD (NTC), D.Min (Southern Methodist University)

Title: ‘“More or Less”’ a Church: The Ecclesiology of General William Booth’ (NTC)

In the summer of 2024, Dr. Andy Miller III was elected to be the ninth president of Wesley Biblical Seminary in Ridgeland, MS. He also serves as Professor of Theology and Preaching at WBS. He also leads More to the Story Ministries, which “exists to create content with orthodox Wesleyan convictions to serve the world in the name of Jesus Christ.” The More to the Story Podcast comes out weekly and has more than 750,000 views and downloads. More to the Story Ministries produces video courses used in small groups, personal study, and bible studies. 

Andy holds degrees from Asbury University, Asbury Theological Seminary, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Manchester (UK) and is the author of Holistic Hospitality (2015), Stay the Course (2016), and Contender: Going Deeper in the Book of Jude (2023). He is an ordained elder in the Global Methodist Church, was a delegate to the GMC convening conference in 2024, and serves on the Ministry and Higher Education Commission of the GMC.

Andy and his wife, Abby, led Salvation Army churches for 15 years. The Millers have three children: Andy IV, Titus Wesley, and Georgia. He loves to preach, play with his kids, and date his wife when he’s not rooting for the Chicago Bears.

Publications

Stay the Course: Challenges to Salvationists from the Book of Acts (The Salvation Army, 2016)

Holistic Hospitality: A Bridge to a Future Army (The Salvation Army, 2015)

"Refreshing Salvation Army Ecclesiology: An Analysis in Light of the Protestant Reformation's 500th Anniversary" Word & Deed 8:1 (2018), 35-47.

“Can we ‘save souls’ while ‘serving suffering humanity’?” The Power of One Army Transforming the World (London: The Salvation Army International Headquarters, 2014), 47-52.

“Suffering to and for Christ in William Booth’s Eschatological Ecclesiology.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 43:1 (2008), 104-129. Republished in Word & Deed 14:1 (2011), 19-37.

“Eschatological Ethics: The Army’s Hospitable Legacy.” Word & Deed 10:1 (2007), 39-60.

Heaven, Hell, and Everything in Between (Franklin: Seedbed, forthcoming in Spring 2026).

Contender: Going Deeper in the Book of Jude (Wilmore: Francis Asbury Press, 2023).

‘Milton Agnew’, ‘Shaw Clifton’, ‘Frederick Coutts’, ‘Andrew Miller, Sr.’, ‘Phillip Needham’, ‘John Oswalt’, ‘Wesley Biblical Seminary’ in William Kostlevy, ed, Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement, 3rd Edition (Lanham: Rowman& Littlefield, 2024).

 “Bishops, Generals, and Evangelical Totalitarianism, Firebrand (17 September 2024). https://firebrandmag.com/articles/bishops-generals-and-evangelical-totalitarianism

Supervisors: Dr Geordan Hammond and Dr James Pedlar