Reverend, Dr. Theo Williams is an Associate Professor of Communications at Bethel University, where he has taught for almost two decades. He has a master’s degree in urban ministry from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, and a PhD in communication from Regent University. He and his wife Nicole have been married for 22 years and have ministered together locally, nationally and overseas. He is currently serving as the pastor at Covenant Community Church in South Bend. Theo has a heart and passion for young people, marriages, racial reconciliation and social justice. Would you please welcome to the Bethel University stage, Dr. Theo Williams.
Congressman Rudy Yakym is a fourth generation Hoosier who is proud to represent Bethel University and the people of Indiana’s Second District.
Born and raised in South Bend, Rudy received a bachelor’s degree in business finance and administration from Indiana University South Bend, and his Executive MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
Congressman Yakym serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, where, now in his second term, he has championed legislation like the Reducing Bureaucracy to Uplift Families Act and the bipartisan Improper Payments Transparency Act, both aimed at improving federal efficiency and supporting working families.
Rudy loves Jesus, his family, and representing Bethel and our surrounding district in Washington, D.C.
He and his wife Sallyann live in Granger with their three wonderful children. They worship at New Life Baptist Church just down the street, where Rudy serves as Head Usher.
Dr. Scott Camp is a pastor, evangelist, missionary, and global theological educator.
Born to a teenage mother and raised in a home marked by alcoholism and brokenness, Scott faced significant challenges including his own drug and alcohol abuse, which led to his arrest and a felony charge while in high school. During this time, he dedicated his life to Christ and soon felt a call to preach.
Dr. Camp has served as the senior pastor of five growing congregations. He has preached the Gospel throughout the Americas, the Caribbean Islands, Europe, Asia, and Africa, where he and his wife, Gina, served as full-time missionaries.
In the field of Christian Higher Education, he has served as Dean of Students, and a professor. He has also authored two bestselling books: “A Primer on Power” and “A Primer on Pain”.
Dr. Camp is married to his wife, Gina, and together they have four grown children and four grandchildren.
Dr. Sharon serves as a missionary with World Partners and a Global Leadership Consultant with Key Concepts.
Dr. Sharon lives in Hawaii mostly, but her ministry takes her around the world as she serves the underprivileged and marginalized in a variety of settings.
Sharon is a Doctor of Medicine, the President of GoHawaii and Co-Founder of Global Peacemakers, and a volunteer with the Global Hope Network International.
Sharon also serves as a Bethel University Trustee and loves and supports the Bethel community in a variety of tangible ways.
She has a passion for meeting the holistic needs of others while sharing the life-changing message of Jesus.
Garrett Howell is a prayer pastor for Asbury Church in Huntsville, Alabama, where his primary focus is training Christians in how to pray in small and large group settings. Garrett started the Asbury Furnace, a multi-generational prayer gathering that contends for awakening in the Huntsville region. Preaching stories from Scripture and writing devotionals are ways he operates in a prophetic calling to Christians in America. We have been blessed to have Garrett share at our Ignite and Deeper Life series and last year’s Desire Prayer Gathering.
