2024 Speakers & Ministry Leaders

Ordained in the United Methodist Church in 1984, Dr. Timothy Tennent 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.

He has a deep passion for world missions and has spent extensive time teaching around the world.  He was the Professor of World Missions and Indian Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.  From 2009 until July 2024, Dr. Tennent served as president of Asbury Theological Seminary.

He is presently Professor of World Christianity at the Seminary.  In January 2025, he will become the Methodist Chair of Divinity at Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School where he will be involved with the new Wesleyan Methodist Global movement.  He looks forward to impacting the next generation of Christian leaders.  

He has an M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell, a Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

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 For the Body: Recovering a Theology of Gender, Sexuality, and the Human Body (Zondervan).

Dr. Tennent and his wife, Julie, live in Wilmore, Kentucky.

Dr. Jim Lo has served God in over 20 countries as a career and short-term missionary.  As a cross-cultural minister, he has been a church planter, mission director, district superintendent of Zimbabwe, Regional Director of Theological Education by Extension and professor with Emmanuel Wesleyan Bible College.

With his wife, Roxene, he wrote God’s Call to Holiness, which will be translated into 12 different languages and used in nine different African countries.  He presently is a professor in the School of Theology and Ministry (at Indiana Wesleyan University).  He mentors and equips students to lead deeply rich lives serving as stewards in Christian ministry paths.  We welcome Dr. Lo to Indian Springs!

Background

• M.Th. from University of South Africa, 1998
• MA from Wheaton College, 1992
• MA from Indiana Wesleyan University, 1982
• AB from Oklahoma Wesleyan University, 1978

Indian Springs welcomes Dr. Jim Schuppe as a 2024 evangelist. He attended the Washington Bible College and the Capital Bible Seminary, receiving his Th.M. degree in 1966.  At that time, he began teaching full time at the Washington Bible College.

He worked as a Bible instructor at the Washington Bible College for 23 years and at Liberty University for 7 years. In 1996 he accepted the pastorate of Belcroft Bible Church in Bowie, Maryland, and served there until retiring in 2012.  His vast knowledge of God’s Word, as well as his years of pastoral experience, give depth to Dr. Schuppe’s Bible teaching and scriptural applications.

Jim and his wife, Martha Jo, have six children, and are blessed with a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren. They reside in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Dr. Joseph R. Dongell has been part of the faculty at Asbury Theological Seminary since 1989. Presently, he serves as Professor of Biblical Studies, with primary responsibility in the Inductive Bible Studies Department.

Prior to joining the faculty, he served as an instructor in languages (Greek, Hebrew and Latin) at Asbury Seminary (1981-1983), Asbury College (1985-1986) and Union Theological Seminary (1987). His doctoral dissertation focused on the literary structure of Luke’s Gospel.  He has continued his interest into the Gospels of Mark and John. Dr. Dongell is the author of a commentary on the Gospel of John (Wesley Press).

As an ordained elder in the Wesleyan Church, Dr. Dongell has maintained an active ministry in that denomination as an associate pastor; an adult Sunday school teacher; an instructor in regional Wesleyan ministerial training.  He lives in Wilmore, Kentucky.

Background

• B.A. from Central Wesleyan College
• M.Div. from Asbury Theological Seminary
• M.A. from the University of Kentucky 
• Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary

Youth Ministry (9th Grade – College)

Youth Evangelist: Jeannie Banter
Youth Evangelist: Paul Epperspn
Worship Leader: To be announced

Nursery Ministry (Birth – 5 years)

Mrs. Nicole Butler & Team

Children’s Ministry (1st – 5th Grades)

Anna Adams & Team