He and his wife Emily have 3 amazing children. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

He and his wife Kelly have three adult children who are all Bethel graduates, married to Bethel graduates, and now raising future Bethel graduates.

Her exceptional leadership in diversity and racial justice initiatives has earned her numerous accolades. After dedicating 38 and a half years to Calvin University, she retired from her career in higher education in June 2023.

Now, she focuses entirely on her consulting firm, Loyd-Paige and Associates, where she works as a diversity consultant and certified wellness coach. Additionally, she is the Founder and President of the organization Preach Sista!

Outside of her professional life, she is married to her husband Darrell, has three children, and is a proud grandmother of two.

Keith served in pastoral ministry for twenty-one years and brings that rich experience to the classroom in courses that address ministry practices – preaching, pastoral care, church leadership, evangelism, and discipleship.

In addition to teaching, Keith enjoys mentoring ministry students and supervising internships. He and his wife LeAnne regularly host student groups and classes in their home for dinner and fellowship.

Keith recently earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Asbury Theological Seminary.

He loves kayaking, hiking, coffee, chocolate, donuts and chasing tornadoes.

He currently serves as the Lead Pastor at a church in Aurora, Colorado, and is also the co-author of Financing Vision, a guide for church leaders on resource management.

Caleb and his wife, Morgan, share a love for sports and adventure with their three sons. Together, they are committed to making an impact in Colorado and beyond.

Stephen received his bachelor's degree from Moody Bible Institute and his masters from Reformed Theological Seminary. 

He has a heart to see disciples of Christ made in the city of South Bend. 

And he’s a huge Notre Dame and Denzel Washington fan!

After months of language instruction and jungle survival training, she embarked on a three-day boat trek up the Amazon River and made her home among the Amazonian “M” community. There, she lived without electricity, slept in a hammock, bathed in the river, dined on turtle heads, and cared for her pet monkey, Nicco, all while following the heart of the Father to reach the community for Christ.

After her first two-year stay, the community had a church congregation of over 60 members and two men trained to be pastors.

Jen returned to the U.S. in 2012 and started her own church-planting nonprofit organization called Stand Out Ministries. Through this ministry and the power of the Holy Spirit, she has started over 50 churches, distributed thousands of Bibles to unreached people groups, dug 27 safe drinking wells, and made countless disciples, several of whom are now ministering and planting churches themselves.

Jungle Jen’s countless stories of adventure and faith are being shared worldwide to encourage other Christians to answer their call from God to “Stand Out” and live lives of eternal significance.