Meet the Speakers

Dr. Friedeman is a Wesleyan pastor-theologian dedicated to teaching, preaching, and writing in service to the church. He currently serves as David A. Case Chair of Biblical Studies and associate research professor of New Testament at Ohio Christian University.

Dr. Friedeman’s research interests include the Gospel birth narratives and holiness in biblical theology. He has authored, or co-authored, several book and has published several articles in academic journals.  He is the editor of Listen, Understand, Obey (Pickwick, 2017) and A Scripture Index to Rabbinic Literature (Hendrickson Academic, 2021).

Dr. Friedeman is an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene, and he preaches and teaches regularly at camps, churches, and conferences. He is married to Isabella, and they welcomed their son Paul in the spring of 2025.

Dr. Bounds has primarily served in academia and currently serves as Professor of Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary. Previously he served as a local pastor.

He has published numerous articles in popular and scholarly venues, contributed chapters or articles to popular and academic books, and has co-authored four books including Holiness: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Theology with Matt Ayars and Caleb Friedeman.

He presently serves on the Board of Trustees of One Mission Society (OMS) and the Board of Directors of The Francis Asbury Society.

He and his wife Tamara have been married for almost thirty years. They have two children. Chris loves Arkansas Razorback basketball and Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football.