Jeren Rowell

Jeren Rowell serves as president of Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to his election to this post in October 2017, he served as district superintendent of the Kansas City District Church of the Nazarene. Previously he served for fourteen years as Senior Pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in Shawnee, Kansas. He also served for twelve years in Associate Pastor assignments at Nampa, Idaho; Shawnee, Kansas; and Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of Northwest Nazarene University (B.A., Philosophy and Religion), and Olivet Nazarene University (M.A. Religion; Ed.D. in Ethical Leadership).

Dr. Rowell is a frequent speaker in churches, workshops, college and seminary classes, retreats and marriage enrichment events. He has been a writer and editor for two periodicals in the Church of the Nazarene: The Communicator and Preacher’s Magazine. He was a contributor to the books, Holiness 101, Dirty Hands - Pure Hearts, Ashes to Fire, Square Peg: Why Wesleyans Aren’t Fundamentalists, Conversations in Holiness, Relational Theology, Pastoral Practices: A Wesleyan Paradigm, Essential Church: A Wesleyan Ecclesiology, A Thrill of Hope, and For God So Loved: A Lenten Devotional. He also authored What’s A Pastor to Do?: The Good and Difficult Work of Ministry; Thinking, Listening, Being: A Wesleyan Pastoral Theology; These Forty Days: A Lenten Devotional Guide; and Preaching Holiness: Pastoral Considerations.