Joseph B. Whitchurch jbw@insightbb.com GFM Graduate & Faculty Ministry  Serving with InterVarsity in Indiana (765) 532-4882

OBJECTIVE

My personal mission statement is; to keep my love for Jesus Christ central and unrivaled by other loves, and to spread that passion to my family and extended family, and to college and university students, staff, and other associates. Closely related is; to persuasively articulate, demonstrate and defend the Christian faith unapologetically in the marketplace of ideas -especially the western university world, and to equip family, students, faculty, friends, and associates to do the same and with all the energy that God alone can supply. My wife Kim Whitchurch teaches at Earhart Elementary School and we have two young adult children.

EDUCATION

TRINITY EVANGELICAL DIVINITY SCHOOL, Deerfield, IL. M.A. in Christian Thought 1987; Emphasis on Systematic Theology & Philosophy of Religion. Thesis topic - "Is the Civil Disobedience of the 'Operation Rescue Phenomenon' an Ethically or Theologically Legitimate Evangelical Option?". M.A. degree with honors. TRINITY COLLEGE, Deerfield, IL. B.A. Biblical Studies 1977 NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE, Roseville, MN. Two of three quarters toward the one year Bible Certificate 1975. ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE, Rockford, IL. Two years of course work primarily in Music Theory. Christian conversion between 1972 and 1973, between my 18th and 19th birthday while a freshman at Rock Valley College.

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE

EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH YOUTH PASTOR, Belvidere, IL. High School and Junior High Youth Pastor (1977-1978) Guided, Directed, and Implemented Youth Ministries. Organized Volunteers, Retreats, Conferences. Taught Bible study, faith sharing skills, and mentored teens. INTERVARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CSM (1978-1983) Oversaw the Campus Ministry of IVCF on six northern Illinois colleges and universities, and one college in Wisconsin. Training student leaders to implement evangelism, discipleship, and cross cultural missions ministries on campus. Assist in on the job training, and hands on involvement at strategic points, including help with music ministries. ZAMBIA FELLOWSHIP OF EVANGELICAL STUDENTS (1983-1986) Year one as Training Secretary; implemented Leadership, Bible study leaders and evangelism training on 12 different campuses with Zambian potential staff apprentices and Zambian campus ministers. Year two as Director of Campus Ministries; trained and assisted national staff in campus ministry including raising their financial support from among the Zambian churches. Year three as Acting General Secretary; director of the National Movement of ZAFES, overseeing the finances, training of staff, student training programs, the graduates' ministries, and serving under the Zambian board of directors. This enabled two strategic Zambian staff (of seven at that time) to pursue advanced Christian (graduate level) training outside of Zambia. It was rare at that time in the Zambian church to have ministers with graduate level theological training. PURDUE TEAM LEADER & NORTHWEST INDIANA AREA DIRECTOR 1988-1995, Lafayette, IN. Responsibilities are the same as those listed below only with a smaller Staff team and and a smaller budget. Pioneered and gave oversight to the development of a target group philosophy of ministry among fraternity and sorority students, and among graduate students. NORTHERN INDIANA AREA DIRECTOR 1995-1998, Lafayette, IN. Oversee a full time Staff team of five, growing to sixteen Campus Ministers with IVCF, and from five campuses with five student chapters of IVCF to fourteen campuses with seventeen chapters. We have sixteen Staff including two team leaders and two acting (still in training) team leaders as well as six staff volunteers. Most of the growth has come from increasing the Area size in 1995-6. Pastoring campus ministers and key graduate student leaders. Ministering as a team player on an Area Director team in the Great Lakes West Region of the USA including the States of IL, WI, IN. Drafting and overseeing expenses and income, and Staff accountability at raising a combined $800,000 yearly budget. Serving in IVCF nationally during our Urbana Missions Convention, National Management Meetings, and giving input on our national vision processes, and from time to time our publications through InterVarsity Press (IVP). Encouraging the development of Area training programs with International students, Spring break evangelism and refugee resettlement projects, potential urban ministry projects, evangelism, discipleship, missions, and leadership training through weekend training conferences locally, regionally, and nationally. Developing an Apologetics Course at a week long summer training camp for students regionally. Public speaking in churches and at many Area campus fellowships on Christian apologetics, university discipleship, evangelism, leadership, cultural critique, and world missions. Doing Bible expositions on campus and at training events. Managing our Area web page, IVCF staff e-mail listserves, and a Christian apologetics listserve. PURDUE / NOTRE DAME AREA DIRECTOR 1999-2001, Lafayette, IN. Oversee a full time Staff team of five, Campus Ministers with IVCF, with two Staff Volunteers and three campuses, and five student chapters of IVCF. Pastoring campus ministers and key graduate student leaders. Ministering as a team player on an Area Director team in the Great Lakes West Region of the USA including the States of IL, WI, IN. Drafting and overseeing expenses and income, and Staff accountability at raising a combined $340,000 yearly budget. Recruiting in IVCF nationally for our Urbana Missions Convention, National Management Meetings, and giving input on our Statement of Faith, and from time to time our publications through InterVarsity Press (IVP). Encouraging the development of Area training programs with International students, Spring break evangelism and Urban ministry projects, evangelism, discipleship, missions, and leadership training through weekend training conferences locally, Area-wide, divisionally, bi-regionally, and nationally. Doing Bible expositions on campus and at training events. Managing our Area web page, IVCF staff e-mail listserves, and a Christian apologetics listserve. PURDUE / STATE OF INDIANA GFM TEAMLEADER 2002-2004, Lafayette, IN. Encourage Graduate student and professional student ministries across the State of Indiana with a special focus on Graduate IVCF at Purdue, and Graduate IVCF at Indiana University. Networking and encouraging and doing some mentoring with student leaders in the Krannert Christians in Business and Kelley MBA Christian Fellowship, as well as with a performing arts masters student fellowship at I.U. called the Christian Musicians Fellowship. Further, I am encouraging I.U. student chapter of the Christian Legal Society, and have contacts with Law students at Notre Dame, and IUPUI, and graduate students at Ball State. Recruiting in IVCF nationally for our Urbana Missions Convention, teaching and training graduate students about Statement of Faith, and utilizing resources and publications through InterVarsity Press (IVP). Encouraging the development of a Statewide GFM training program called simply the 'Graduate Summit' which is a day conference in February, and with International students a huge percent of the total graduate student population in most campuses from 40-50% of all grad and professional students, regionally, and nationally. Public speaking in churches and at many Area campus fellowships on Christian apologetics, university discipleship, evangelism, leadership, cultural critique, and world missions. A lot of the same things listed above including doing Bible expositions, managing our Statewide GFM web page, and recruiting GFM Staff as currently I am the only GFM Staff in Indiana.

OTHER SKILLS

Publications and Other Training Trained instructor in the Australian based "Two Ways to Live" evan-gelism course, the Coral Ridge "Evangelism Explosion" course and  the "Bible and Life One" courses. Author of Heart Treasures, on Creative Approaches to Scripture Memory. Co-author of "A Concise Overview of Apologetic Arguments" with Eric Pement. Our article appears in the book "Contend for the Faith" from the Rockford Conference on Cults and Discernment, published by Evangelical Ministries to New Religions (EMNR). Sundry Other Articles & Booklets from the Whitchurch keyboard. Some favorite Bible Expositions done by Joe Whitchurch, in real time audio. Self-TrainingI play jazz guitar and while formally trained in piano, I've lost much of that but have a very good ear and play piano well by ear. I am self trained in Palm Pilot computing, Microsoft Word, Power Point, and some bit of HTML. I juggle and am a bit of a songwriter.

OTHER MINISTRIES

Founders' Board member of the Institute for Christian Apologetics, Individual member of EMNR. Founder's Board member of Mount Carmel Outreach, 1997-1998 Dean of Apologetics for Cedar Campus Chapter Training, Member of First Evangelical Free Church of Rockford, Illinois and Home missionary member of Evangelical Covenant Church of Lafayette, Indiana. Personal testimony.

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