Leadership & Faculty

The Antioch School is led by practitioners—men and women who are actively engaged in church planting, leadership development, and theological education around the world. Our faculty bring both deep biblical scholarship and real-world ministry experience to their teaching.

Our Faculty

Senior Faculty

Develop curriculum, design assessment tools, train Associate Faculty, set academic policies, and commend degree candidates.

Senior Faculty. Ministry and Theology.

Randy Beckett

Associate Dean, Antioch School of Church Planting and Leadership Development; Assistant Pastor, CityChurch of Ames-Des Moines (Ames, IA). B.S....

Senior Faculty. Ministry and Theology.

Bill Burns

Associate Dean, Antioch School of Church Planting and Leadership Development; Associate Pastor, CityChurch of Ames-Des Moines, (Ames, IA). B.S....

Senior Faculty. Ministry and Theology.

Caleb Keller

SIMA Consultant Working Knowledge, Inc. B.A. Philosophy and History, Iowa State University; M.Min. Antioch School of Church Planting and...

Senior Faculty. Ministry and Theology.

Stephen Kemp

Academic Dean, Antioch School of Church Planting and Leadership Development; Associate Pastor of CityChurch of Ames-Des Moines (Ames, IA). B.A....

Senior Faculty. Ministry and Theology.

Jeff Reed

President, Antioch School of Church Planting and Leadership Development; Senior Pastor, CityChurch of Ames-Des Moines (Ames, IA).

Associate Faculty

Provide academic quality assurance primarily in BILD Cloud through portfolio assessment validation reviews for all demonstrations of competency by students.

Associate Faculty. Ministry and Theology.

Subhash Dongardive

Associate General Secretary for the Evangelical Fellowship of India. B.Th., B.D., M.Th. Union Biblical Seminary (Pune); D.Min. candidate...

Associate Faculty. Ministry.

Carol Francis

Spiritual Formation Facilitator, Institute of Ministry and Leadership Development, Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral, (Atlanta, GA); Senior...

Associate Faculty. Ministry.

Chuanitra Merrell

Director of Academic and Student Affairs, Dale C. Bronner Institute of Ministry and Leadership Development (Atlanta, GA); Multi-tiered Support...

Associate Faculty. Ministry and Theology.

Chadwick Mohan

Lead Pastor of New Life Assemblies of God Church (Chennai, India). B.E. Karunya Institute of Technology; M.Div. South Asia Bible College; D.Min....

Associate Faculty. Ministry and Theology.

Thinagaran Richard

Director, EKTA Church Planting and Leadership Development Network. B.A. University of Madras; B.D. Union Biblical Seminary (Pune); D.Min....

Associate Faculty. Ministry.

Mathews Varghese

Director, Good News Ministries; Senior Pastor of Good News Centre and Church. BA, Bhopal University; MA, Barkatullah University; B.D., Southern...

Associate Faculty. Ministry and Theology.

Javier Velasquez

Associate Dean, Antioch School of Church Planting and Leadership Development . B.S. Columbia International University; M.Ed. Wheaton College...

Associate Faculty. Ministry and Theology.

J. Watson

Executive Director, Church Growth Association of India. B.S. Madurai Kamaraj University; B.D Serampore College ; D.Min. candidate Gordon-Conwell...

Associate Faculty. Ministry.

Ray Williams

Community Ministries Pastor, Fellowship Bible Church, Little Rock; Founder and Network Team Leader, Nehemiah Network. B.S.E. Ouachita Baptist...

Associate Faculty. Ministry.

Zhiqiu Xu

Faculty, Columbia International University; Executive Director of the North American Mainland Chinese Mission. B.A., Renmin University; M.A.,...

Administration:

Michael Vos, Chief Executive Officer.
Jeff Reed, Founder and President.
Stephen Kemp, Academic Dean.
Bill Burns, Associate Dean.
Randy Beckett, Associate Dean.
Javier Velasquez, Associate Dean.
Nathan Haila, Chief Innovation Officer.
Josh Sents, Chief Operating Officer.

Board:

Jay Staker, Secretary, Director. Huxley, Iowa.
Don Johnson, Director. Ames, Iowa.
Jeff Reed, Director. Ames, Iowa.
Michael Vos, President. Ames, Iowa.
Bob Shuka, Director. Ames, Iowa.