Sarah Thebarge is a speaker, blogger, journalist, and author of The Invisible Girls, a memoir that weaves together her story of nearly dying of breast cancer in her 20’s with the story of a Somali refugee family she met on a train in Portland, Oregon, as she was recovering from her cancer treatments. Sarah’s blog has been featured by MSNBC.com and her writing has appeared in National Geographic, USA Today, Relevant Magazine, Christianity Today and the Huffington Post. As a speaker Sarah is a regular at retreats, churches, colleges and conference and she has given talks on topics like International Aide, Health Communications and Public Health. Sarah has practiced international medicine extensively volunteering in Togo, West Africa, Kenya and the Dominican Republic. Sarah currently lives in San Francisco.
Rich Cummins is Bethel’s Vice President for Institutional Advancement.
Jason Miller is a Bethel College graduate and the lead Pastor of South Bend City Church. He earned a master’s degree in Theology from University of Notre Dame and spent 13 years as Teaching Pastor and Creative Leader at Granger Community Church. Active at home and abroad, Jason has become a regular featured speaker at churches around the country. He is known for the uncommon intersection of creativity, passion, vulnerability and biblical scholarship in his teachings.
Amber graduated from Bethel in 2005 having studied Psychology and Music. She went on to complete her graduate studies in Clinical Social Work and has been a therapist in the greater Michiana area. In 2013 Amber returned to the classroom as an Adjunct Professor and then in 2015 joined Bethel’s full-time faculty. Amber is married to Joshua and they have two children Noah and Nicholas.
Tyler Grant serves as Director of Global and Community Engagement at Bethel. Tyler oversees our Study Abroad, Task Force, and Service Learning programs. He holds a BA in International Studies from Bethel and an MA in Global Development and Justice from Multnomah University. With a background in community development he has overseen program and policy work in Uganda and India and has worked with the American Red Cross. Tyler and his wife Ansley have a two year old daughter, Lily and enjoy hosting parties, dancing to old records, swimming, and being outdoors as much as possible.
Brian Brenberg serves as an Executive Vice President and Chair of the Program in Business and Finance at The King’s College. Prior to joining the King’s faculty, he worked in the financial services and medical device industries, as well as public policy research and philanthropy. He earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.
In addition to his teaching at King’s, Professor Brenberg is a frequent guest on several Fox News and Fox Business programs, and has also appeared on CNN and CNBC. He has written for publications including USA Today, Forbes and the New York Post. His speeches have been covered by Time and the Washington Post, and he regularly lectures for the Foundation for Economic Education and the American Enterprise Institute’s Values and Capitalism Project. Brian and his wife Krista have three children and live in New York City.
Jaime and Rachel Lindvall coach the Women’s Soccer Team at Bethel College.
Laura Bulgrien grew up in Michigan, graduated from Bethel College and spent some time living in Hawaii before her wandering feet found their current home in Colorado. Laura is a sojourner at heart, who deeply desires to live life in a way that is simply resting in the grip of grace. Laura’s greatest passion is seeking to discover and unveil the Kingdom of God at work in the here and now, and challenging others to step into a new reality that embraces the experience of life “on earth as it is in heaven”.
