Timothy C. Tennent

Dr. Timothy C. Tennent (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh, Scotland) has served as President of

Asbury Theological Seminary and Professor of World Christianity since 2009. He is a frequent

conference speaker around the country and throughout the world.

Prior to his coming to Asbury Theological Seminary, Dr. Tennent was the Professor of World

Missions and Indian Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Ordained in the United Methodist Church in 1984, he has pastored churches in Georgia, and in several of the largest churches in New England. Since 1989, he has taught annually as an adjunct professor at the New Theological College in Dehra Dun, India.

He is the author of numerous books and articles. His books include, Building Christianity on

Indian Foundations, Christianity at the Religious Roundtable, Theology in the Context of World

Christianity, and Invitation to World Missions: A Trinitarian Missiology for the 21st Century.

Dr. Tennent and wife, Julie, reside in Wilmore, Ky. They have two grown children, Jonathan and

Bethany.