We’re continuing our STORIES OF GRACE series, highlighting God’s faithfulness and loving-kindness in the lives of Bethel University faculty and staff.
We are blessed to hear from Dr. Abson Joseph, Bethel’s Vice President for Academic Services.
Prior to arriving at Bethel University, he served for 13 years at Indiana Wesleyan University, as the chief academic officer at Wesley Seminary and teaching New Testament in the School of Theology and Ministry.
Dr Joseph holds a Diploma in Theology from Caribbean Wesleyan College in Jamaica; a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary; and a Ph.D. in New Testament Interpretation from the London School of Theology/Brunel University, England. He is also an ordained minister of the Wesleyan Church of Haiti.
Dr. Joseph has authored and edited a number of books and published several book chapters and articles.
Abson is married to his wife Lara and they have two daughters. As a family, they enjoy sports, music, and travel.
We are continuing our STORIES OF GRACE series, highlighting God’s faithfulness and loving-kindness in the lives of Bethel University faculty and staff.
Seth attended Bethel University, where he played baseball for 4 years. After graduation, he began coaching baseball, and has served as a collegiate Head Baseball Coach for 26 years, 22 of those years at BU.
Seth has been married Anitra for over 24 years and they have four children. In his my spare time, Seth enjoys spending time with his family, camping, fishing, and sitting on his porch swing with his wife.
we kick off our STORIES OF GRACE series, highlighting God’s faithfulness and loving-kindness in the lives of Bethel University faculty and staff.
Dr. Katie Weakland has served at Bethel University for 15 years, teaching environmental science, botany and zoology, and reminding our community that it is our responsibility as Christians to care for Our Father’s world.
Katie has lived a surrendered life, serving her Savior as a campus staff member for Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and as a missionary to Tajikistan where she proclaimed the gospel and worked to alleviate poverty, improve healthcare and access to clean water, and to provide services for children with disabilities in rural villages.
She leads a weekly small group Bible study for her Church, and started a “flower ministry,” where she grows and shares fresh cut flowers with friends and strangers as a ministry of encouragement.
Katie loves gardening, hiking, birding, traveling, and kayaking.
The DEEPER LIFE SERIES is a time when we consider what it means to deepen our relationship with Christ and submit more fully to His work in our lives.
Garrett Howell serves as the prayer pastor for Asbury Church in Huntsville, Alabama, his primary focus is training Christians 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.
Garrett is privileged to learn under incredible leaders and mentors in Asbury Church and within the Seedbed community.
Dr. Linhart has served at Bethel University for 24 years. He oversees all academic programs for adults, graduate students, and online students. Terry has written eight books and over 24 book chapters, and he consults with various Christian ministries around the country.
He and his wife Kelly have three adult children who are all Bethel graduates, married to Bethel graduates, and now raising future Bethel graduates.
