“Looking back, I always had a sense of God’s presence,” says Dave Janvier. As a licensed professional counselor who has worked and researched at the intersection of psychology and spirituality, awareness of God’s presence has been crucial throughout Dave’s life. [...]

According to Marty Cramer, she and her husband, Darrell, were raised in very different midwestern American subcultures. Marty was raised in an upper-middle-class family who attended a Methodist church while Darrell grew up in a lower-income family, of which he later became the first college graduate. However, of the many positive outcomes that came from their meeting [...]

Prasanth Bethu’s faith is both a product of the Lord’s grace and a testament to the faithfulness of a resilient woman who was radically saved in a majority-Hindu context: his grandmother. She heard the gospel from someone traveling through the area on business and the simple gospel was enough for the Lord to work. [...]

Though he grew up in the church, Mark Martin, in retrospect, doesn’t feel that he truly knew the Lord by the time he was in college. He was studying to become a doctor at the University of New Orleans when an encounter with the Lord changed the course of his life from pre-med to pastor. [...]

As a businesswoman and theologian with experience in both the marketplace and ministry, Andrea Baare struggled with a sense of guilt for many years. She often wondered if she made the right choice moving into the business world instead of pursuing full-time ministry. [...]

For Jess Avery, one of the first calls to leadership in the church came at a Dairy Queen in Dublin, Georgia, when she was 16 years old. At that age, Jess had already developed a desire for spiritual community and started a small group at her high school of like-minded students in their pursuit of the Lord. [...]

From Engineering to Pastoring Fernando Lua was educated as a civil engineer before becoming a pastor and theologian. Having become a follower of Jesus in his third year of college, he had already become very […]

James Hudson “Jamie” Taylor IV has dedicated his life to missionary work in China and among Chinese people around the world. With over 30 years in ministry, he has played a pivotal role in the […]

“What is it that we're offering which nobody else is? It's the opportunity to engage with God, to discover God, to be found by God in Christ.” 

“Instead of having a big guess for what we should do next, we kind of wait, and when something lands on our plate, then we're like, Lord, is this it? And off we go…” 

I grew up in a culturally Christian home. We were the kind who said a blessing at meals but never talked about God at home. My mother went to church most Sundays and I usually […]

Linda Adams was 17 years old in her hometown of Spring Arbor, Michigan, when she first felt the Lord calling her to ministry. The occasion was hearing a woman missionary preach. A powerful, two-year revival […]

Dean Cook joined the Navy because he wanted to see the world. As a young man, Dean was interested in many things, but like a jigsaw puzzle dumped on a table, nothing connected. After meeting […]

Battling with her own demons, Stephanie M. Raglin didn’t think she was fit to live based on where she’d been, what she’d done and what she’d been taught in the church. But through God’s grace, […]

Tammy Cessna’s heart beats for alumni. Since 2009, Tammy Cessna, Director of Alumni and Church Relations, has been pouring her life into the almost 11,000 Asbury Seminary alumni. She’s recently started new programs, such as […]

Dr. Brian and Chavonne Taylor planted Bethel Cincinnati Church in an area that was not always welcome to diversity.  Now the church is becoming one where it is hard to tell whether it is black […]

As a nine year old, Rev. Jessica LaGrone, wrote sermons in her head. Today, she serves as the first female Dean of Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary and is a widely published author with Abingdon […]

For Dr. Steve Gober, multiplication is about making disciples. He and his wife, Karoline, served for 17 years as missionaries with the Methodist Church of Costa Rica, working at the Methodist Seminary. Now, as Associate […]

Graham Singh isn’t your typical church planter. Pastor of St. Jax Montreal and Executive Director of Church Planting Canada, Graham seeks to restore the heart of cities by restarting churches in historic, yet abandoned church […]

Bishop Paul Korir grew up often going to bed hungry and not having shoes until he was 16. His local church blessed him to attend high school by raising his school fees. He found Christ […]

Vizianagaram, India, is known as the City of Victory due to its many businesses and colleges. However, even as the city becomes more urbanized, more and more people from lower caste systems dwell in the […]

Richard Waugh came to Asbury in 2007 for the residential Beeson pastor program. He and his wife Jane and three children arrived from far-away New Zealand. Richard graduated with a D.Min and was awarded the […]