Tuckey Hall Resident Director, Jessica Lyons, kicks off BABE week.
Manges Hall Resident Director, Reed Lyons, kicks off Dude Week.
Jonathan Brooks is no stranger to Bethel. In fact, this past fall he served as our Spiritual Emphasis Week speaker. Having just released his first book, Church Forsaken: Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods, Pastor J is back to share about how we can fulfill God’s great commission in our own backyards, “our Jerusalems'”. Pastor J serves as Senior Pastor at Canaan Community Church in West Englewood. He’s a mentor, professor, musician, artist and minister. Jonathan continues to merge his academic knowledge, practical tools, spiritual gifts, and ministry training in order to turn his convictions into solutions. His hope is to help change neighborhoods, his own, and ours, for future generations.
Skye Jethani is an award winning author, speaker, consultant and ordained Pastor. He is the president of Measure the Clouds, a non-profit organization helping a post-Christian generation discover a ravishing vision of life with God.
Redgina Hill, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, Joy Moore and Renae Moore, student interns involved in the Urban Ministry Experience at Bethel College, share in chapel.
Reverend Keith Witherspoon has served as Pastor of the Bethlehem Missionary Baptist church for nearly 13 years. Pastor Witherspoon has a dynamic itinerant preaching ministry that extends across the country. He has been described as a prominent biblically sound preacher of his generation and is known for his powerful, practical, and relevant proclamation of God’s word. He is motivated by his love for people, preaching, and ministry and believes that only the proclamation of God’s Word can truly save souls and change the community. Of all the characteristics demonstrated by Pastor Witherspoon none is more outstanding than his ability to explain the truths of God’s word and how it should be applied to our daily lives. Pastor Keith is married to Nichole and they have four beautiful children.
Dr. Chenoweth gives his traditional end of the semester message.
Dr. Melanie Hulbert is a storyteller and speaker. As a university sociology professor and now as a university administrator she brings a unique and scholarly prospective to issues of organizational leadership and change, diversity and reconciliation, women’s leadership, identity development and the millennial generation. Dr. Hulbert speaks across the nation on university campuses, at businesses and organizations, and community retreats. She lives in a small mountain town in the Rocky Mountains where she enjoys everything that has to do with the outdoors and adventure. She’s a world traveler, a marathoner, and loves her family.
Dr. John Dendiu grew up in Ohio. Throughout his career John has served as a music teacher, Campus Crusade staff member, missionary and church planter in Indonesia, a Pastor and most recently professor of Bible and Ministry at Bethel College until retiring in 2016. Lately he has served in the Elkhart County Jail ministry and as a hospice volunteer. John is married to Diane and they have three children and six grandchildren.
