BIO (for publicity)

Brief Bio:

Bob Whitesel (D.Min. and Ph.D. Fuller Theological Seminary) is a sought-after speaker, church health/growth consultant and award-winning writer/scholar on missional leadership, church change and church growth. He is the author of hundreds of articles and 14 books in two decades. He has been called by a national magazine: “the key spokesperson on change theory in the church today.”  His websites are Leadership.church and ChurchLeadership.university

General Speaking Bio:

Bob Whitesel (D.Min., Ph.D.) is a sought-after speaker, church health/growth consultant and award-winning writer on missional leadership, church change and church growth; who has been called by a national magazine: “the key spokesperson on change theory in the church today.” He is the founding professor and former professor of missional leadership at Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University. He holds two earned doctorates (D.Min. and Ph.D.) from Fuller Theological Seminary where the faculty awarded him “The Donald McGavran Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Church Growth.” He is the author of 14 books in 20 years, including an award-winning series on evangelism titled, Spiritual Waypoints: Helping Other Navigate the Journey (2010). His book ORGANIX: Signs of Leadership in a Changing Church (2011) describes emerging leadership changes that churches must embrace to grow in the 21st Century.  Cure for the Common Church: God’s Plan to Restore Church Health (2012) has been hailed as “a much needed practical guide for setting a path for renewal and growth” that is “achievable, simple and wise in one stroke.”  The Healthy Church: Practical Ways to Strengthen a Church’s Heart (2013) is the followup to Cure for the Common Church and includes field-tested exercises that will make a church resilient and healthy.  In 2016, the watershed book ReMix: Transitioning Your Church to Living Color was released with co-author Mark DeYmaz. And in 2018 his popular book Enthusiast! Finding a Faith that Fills introduces readers to a 30-day devotional to rejuvenate their spiritual lives based on the principles of John Wesley and his “method.” And Growing the Post-pandemic Church is “A Leadership.church Guide” to the practices that grow churches in difficult times. His websites are Leadership.church and ChurchLeadership.university

Speaking on Change Bio:

Bob Whitesel (D.Min., Ph.D.) is a sought-after speaker, church health/growth consultant and award-winning writer on missional leadership, church change and church growth; who has been called by a national magazine: “the key spokesperson on change theory in the church today.” He is the founding professor and former professor of missional leadership at Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University. He holds two earned doctorates (D.Min. and Ph.D.) from Fuller Theological Seminary where the faculty awarded him “The Donald McGavran Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Church Growth.” He is the author of 13 books in just 17 years dealing with change and evangelism. He will dissect how to bring about change in a unifying manner. A national magazine called him, “the key spokesperson on change theory in the church today,” and for 30+ years he has led a nationally-recognized ministry for coaching churches at Leadership.church and ChurchLeadership.university.