Office of the President
Dr. Timothy C. Tennent has served as President since July 2009. Prior to his coming to Asbury Seminary, Dr. Tennent was the Professor of World Missions and Indian Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary where he served since 1998. Ordained in the United Methodist Church in 1984, he has pastored churches in Georgia, and in several of the largest churches in New England. He is a frequent conference speaker around the country and throughout the world, including numerous countries in Asia, Africa and Europe.
Dr. Tennent received his M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell, a Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.聽 He is also a 2008 graduate of a three year mentor project in Academic Leadership sponsored by the Lily endowment.
Dr. Tennent is the author of numerous books and articles. His books include,聽Building Christianity on Indian Foundations听(滨厂笔颁碍),听Christianity at the Religious Roundtable聽(Baker Academic),聽Theology in the Context of World Christianity聽(Zondervan) and聽Invitation to World Missions: A Trinitarian Missiology for the 21st Century聽(Kregel Academic).
Dr. Tennent鈥檚 wife, Julie, is also a graduate of Gordon-Conwell and has led numerous Bible Studies and is active in Friendship International in Lexington, Kentucky. She is a church organist and pianist, having produced several CDs and a cantata known as聽All the Glory. The Tennents have two children, Jonathan and Bethany. Jonathan works in Lexington and Bethany is in her second term as a missionary serving the Alagwa people with AIM in Tanzania.
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