Special Guest - Jon Ruthven

Jon M. Ruthven, Ph.D., spent his entire adult life in ministry, starting with David Wilkerson’s Teen Challenge centers in Boston and New York City in the mid-‘60s. After spending a dozen years pastoring, a couple a years as a missionary in Africa as the head of Bible school, he ended up teaching theology at Regent University Divinity School for 18 years. Ruthven later developed a DMin track in power evangelism and healing at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio for 4 years, with over a hundred graduates, including Randy Clark and Rolland Baker. Always interested in training and discipleship, Jon is developing a radically biblical approach to ministry training that seeks to replicate the discipling mission of Jesus in both content and method. This is the subject of his latest book, How Jesus Defined Christianity: His 7 Foundational Mandates, now in its final editing stages. Jon has written numerous scholarly papers and books including On the Cessation of the Charismata: The Protestant Polemic on Postbiblical Miracles (1993 and 2009) and What’s Wrong with Protestant Theology? Tradition vs. Biblical Emphasis (2013). He continues to emphasize the biblical grounding for a practical ministry of healing, signs and wonders in the power of the Spirit. At present he is the Director of the online professional PhD program at the new Iris University in Mozambique, founded by Heidi and Rolland Baker. Facebook.