M. Brandon Winstead (BA, Trevecca Nazarene University; MA, Nazarene Theological Seminary; PhD, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary) is the Student Ministry Director at Killearn United Methodist Church. Winstead has served as adjunct professor at Nazarene Theological Seminary and St. Paul School of Theology. He has written and delivered numerous articles and presentations on African American religious history. Winstead’s particular emphasis lies in the historical experiences of African Americans in holiness denominations and the historical theologies of black women.