Dr. Timothy C. Tennent is the Methodist Chair at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University. From 2009-2024, he served as President of Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY. Prior to his coming to Asbury, Dr. Tennent was the Professor of World Missions and Indian Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary where he served since 1998. An ordained in the Global Methodist Church, he has pastored churches in Georgia and 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 is the author of numerous books and articles. His books include, Building Christianity on Indian Foundations (ISPCK), Christianity at the Religious Roundtable (Baker Academic), Theology in the Context of World Christianity (Zondervan) and Invitation to World Missions: A Trinitarian Missiology for the 21st Century (Kregel Academic), and For the Body: Recovering a Theology of Gender, Sexuallity, and the Human Body (Zondervan). Dr. Tennent’s wife, Julie, is also a graduate of Gordon-Conwell and has led numerous Bible Studies and is active in Friendship International.
Dr. Tennent joined the JWI in 2024 as Distinguished Fellow for World Christianity and will give a yearly public lecture on the topic in Washington, DC.
