Randy CloudDr. Randy Cloud currently serves as a professor, for the School of Christian Ministry and Formation at Mid America Nazarene University. After graduating from Point Loma College, Randy received an M.Div from Nazarene Theological Seminary in 1982 and his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. Dr. Cloud’s areas of specialties are church history, biblical languages, New Testament, archeology, and philosophy.

 

 

 

Dr. Todd Bowman

Dr. Todd Bowman, an Associate Professor of Counseling at Indiana Weslyan University, earned his doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from Oklahoma State University in 2008. He has taught counselor education since the fall of 2008 and joined the IWU Counselor Education department in the fall of 2014. Dr. Bowman specializes in human sexuality, sexual addiction, and psychological assessment, and published his first book, Angry birds and killer bees: Talking to you kids about sex through Beacon Hill Press in 2013. He has taught for the Hong Kong Institute for Christian Counselors and presents regularly at state, national and international conferences. Dr. Bowman is a 2003 graduate of Mount Vernon Nazarene University and served as the director of the Oklahoma State University Nazarene Student Center during the course of his doctoral studies at OSU. He is married to Rebekah and they have three boys, Ethan, Graham and Titus.

 

LesAndLeslieParrottDr. Les Parrott is a psychologist and #1 New York Times best-selling author.  He and his wife, Dr. Leslie Parrott are co-founders of the game changing pre-marital tool, SYMBIS Assessment. Dr. Parrott’s books have sold over two million copies in more than two dozen languages and include the award-winning, Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts.  Other titles include The Parent You Want to Be, Crazy Good Sex, Trading Places, and Love Talk.  Dr. Parrott’s TV appearances include CNN, FOX News, Good Morning America, The Today Show, O’Reilly Factor, The View, and Oprah.

 

RichardParrottDPRichard Leslie Parrott teaches in the Master of Organizational Leadership Program. Before coming to Trevecca, he was the director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Ashland Theological Seminary. His writings include Double Vision, Welcome to the Church of the Nazarene, When Pastors Pray, Personalities@Work, True and Best: Living Authentically, Better Answers to Tougher Questions, Essentials: The Proven Guide to Effective Leadership, and My Soul Purpose. Parrott was a minister in the Church of the Nazarene for 25 years before entering academics. He is a frequent speaker for both business and the church. He lives in Nashville with his wife, Shirley.

 

 

LarryBarnettLarry is an ordained minister with the Church of God Anderson and has been in vocational ministry for more than 25 years. He has pastored churches in Texas and Indiana and taught at a Christian university in addition to working in student ministry at a state university. For the past five years, Larry has headed the Next Generation Project, a research and ministry training organization seeking to understand and reverse the decline of Christianity among young Americans. He holds a master’s degree in theology from Fuller Seminary and received his training in social science research at the University of Minnesota. Larry and his wife, Janelda, live in Greenwood, Indiana. They have four grown children.