Highlights

NOTE: Dr. Jennings currently serves as Director of Program and Community Life for Overseas Ministries Study Center in New Haven, Connecticut. You may find out more about him at the OMSC staff page here.

Years On Faculty

1999-2011

Department

Theology, Tradition, and Mission

Educational Background

• BA (philosophy and mathematics), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• MDiv, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO
• PhD, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Expertise

• Teaching, research, and writing on Christian mission issues
• Administrative leadership for mission-focused organizations and publications
• Facilitating short-term, service-and-learning trips for students and faculty
• Speaking and reading Japanese in addition to reading biblical Greek and Hebrew and theological German

Classes I Taught

• God’s World Mission
• World Religions
• Cultures and Contextualization
• Muslim-Christian Relations
• Covenant Theology

Interests and Hobbies

• Keeping up with family: wife Kathy, three daughters and two son-in-laws
• Sports, particularly baseball

Projects/Research

• Christology in light of Jesus being the international Savior and King
• US Christians’ views of Islam
• See the "Interests" page for other special topics

Responsibilities

• Editor, Missiology: An International Review: