Taylor University Chapel

Dr. Jerry Pattengale

Dr. Pattengale serves as the University Professor, and the co-director and co-founder of the Lumen Research Institute (partnering with Excelsia College, Australia). He founded J.C. Body Shop (youth program) in Marion, Indiana and co-founded The Night of Champions (Azusa Pacific). He serves on various boards including Yale’s Jonathan Edwards Center, Christianity Today, Christian Scholar’s Review (assoc. pub.), Africa New Life (Rwanda), Changing Destiny (Asia), and the National Press Club’s Membership Committee (DC). He was also one of the two founding scholars and among the three founding leaders of the Museum of the Bible (DC), and has served in executive leadership during most of its existence.