Stan Ingersol has been the Church of the Nazarene's denominational archivist since 1985. The author of Nazarene Roots (2009) and numerous magazine and journal articles, he is also co-author of Here We Stand: Where Nazarenes Fit in the Religious Marketplace (1998) and Our Watchword and Song: The Centennial History of the Church of the Nazarene (2009). He served as a Nazarene representative to the World Methodist Council from 2001 to 2011 and lives in Overland Park, KS.