Ronald Hines is a United Methodist ordained elder in the Pacific Northwest Annual Conference. He served as pastor at Seattle First Church (associate), Prosser, Tacoma Asbury, Puyallup First, and Yakima Wesley. He was Superintendent of Seven Rivers District from 2001 through 2009. Under supervision of United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, he served as pastor at Knox UMC, Manila, and the ecumenical University Church on the campus of Philippine Christian University and Union Theological Seminary, where I served on the faculty from 1986-94. He received an MDiv from United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, in 1970 and a PhD in Personality and Religion, focus on education, from School of Theology at Claremont, California, 1976.