Third Millennium Fellows
Dr. Christopher Bounds
Dr. Christopher Bounds
Associate Professor of Theology
Indiana Wesleyan University
Chris Bounds, an ordained elder in The Arkansas Conference of The United Methodist Church, is Associate Professor of Theology at Indiana Wesleyan University, where he has taught since 2002. Before coming to Indiana Wesleyan, he served as an Associate and Senior Minister for eight years in Searcy and Texarkana, Arkansas.
He earned a B. A. degree in Bible and Greek from Asbury College, an M. Div. degree with an emphasis in doctrinal studies from Asbury Theological Seminary, and an M. Phil. and Ph. D. degrees in Theological and Religious Studies from Drew University with a focus in systematic theology.
He has published articles in popular and scholarly venues, including The Asbury Theological Journal, East-West Church and Ministry Report, Expository Times, Good News Magazine, Religious Studies Review, Studia Patristica, and The Wesleyan Theological Journal. He has also contributed chapters or articles to popular and academic books, including Straight Talk, Scholars Coming to Faith, Recovering the Wesleyan Social Witness, Beginnings in Wesleyan Biblical Interpretation, Holiness: The Power to Transform You, Your Church and Your World and Dictionary of Everyday Theology and Culture.
He presently serves on the Board of Trustees at Asbury College, the Board of Directors for Good News: A Forum for Scriptural Christianity, and as a fellow for Third Millennium Faith.
Chris regularly preaches and lectures on university and college campuses, as well as speaks at local church and denominational forums in The United States and in other countries. As a pastor and theologian, he has a passionate commitment to the proclamation and experience of the historic holiness message.
He and his wife Tamara have two children, a daughter - Maris and a son - Morgan.