Meet Our Evangelists
Francis Asbury Society evangelists are gifted evangelists and teachers who proclaim the message of salvation and scriptural holiness. They come alongside organizations to lead evangelistic and renewal ministries, they embrace Wesleyan-holiness theology, they model a godly lifestyle, and they spread God’s life-changing message. Meet our evangelists!
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Chris Bounds
FAS Evangelist
Dr. Chris Bounds is a noted educator, author, and evangelist, specializing in preaching and teaching for revivals and camp meetings. His passion is to equip the next generation of leaders in the church with the full Gospel of Jesus Christ for the salvation of the world.
Chris received his B.A. degree in Bible with a minor in Greek from Asbury University in 1988. He earned his M.Div. degree in 1991 from Asbury Theological Seminary with an emphasis in theological studies. He was awarded his M.Phil. in 1994 and Ph.D. in 1997 from Drew University with a focus in systematic theology.
Chris is an Ordained Elder in the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church, where he served as an associate and senior pastor for eight years. Chris taught more than a decade in the School of Theology and Ministry at Indiana Wesleyan University. He currently serves as professor of Christian Doctrine at Wesley Seminary in Marion, IN.
He has published articles in popular and scholarly venues, including Aldersgate Papers: Theological Journal of the Australasian Centre for Wesleyan Research; Asbury Theological Journal; Catalyst: Contemporary Evangelical Perspectives for United Methodist Seminarians; East-West Church and Ministry Report; Expository Times; Good News Magazine; Religious Studies Review; Studia Patristica; Wesleyan Life: The Magazine of the Wesleyan Church; The Wesleyan Theological Journal; and Wesley and Methodist Studies.
Chris has also co-authored three books: Holiness: The Power to Transform You, Your Church, and Your World with Jim Garlow, Christy Lipscomb, and Joann Lyon; Selecting Worship Songs: A Guide for Leaders with Constance Cherry and Mary Brown; and Unholiness: Overcoming the Forces that Attack Your Soul with Jim Lo.
Chris is the chair of the Francis Asbury Society Board of Directors and serves on the Board of Trustees of One Mission Society (OMS). Previously, he served on the Board of Directors for Good News: A Forum for Scriptural Christianity in the United Methodist Church and the Manchester Wesley Research Centre.
He and his wife Tamara have two children, a daughter Maris and a son Morgan.