Our Global Missions Emphasis Week kicks off this Sunday! Join us April 11 as Ryan & Bethany Reedy share with us from Taiwan and on April 18 as we hear from Jon Hardin of Frontiers.
Rev. Dr. Jon Hardin - April 18th
Rev. Dr. Jon Hardin - National Communications Specialist, Frontiers
Dr. Jon Hardin is the National Communications Specialist for Frontiers, an international mission agency focused on reaching the Muslim world. He also ministered with Caleb Project for over fifteen years, serving in various executive leadership roles.
Jon regularly speaks and teaches on missions in local churches, at conferences, and in training events throughout the world. He has taught over thirty thousand Perspectives students in the U.S. and elsewhere and has coordinated Perspectives courses. Jon has a passion for seeing local churches and ordinary Christians step into strategic roles in the global missions enterprise.
Jon holds a PhD from the VU University in Amsterdam. He also did postgraduate study at the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague, is a graduate of Denver Seminary, and holds an MBA. Jon is a C.P.A, and before going into full-time ministry worked for nine years in staff and management positions with IBM Corporation.
Jon is an ordained minister and serves on the preaching team of his home church. He has chaired a missions committee, led short-term mission trips for adults, facilitated evangelistic ministries, and has been involved in international-student ministry. Jon has also led church boards, youth ministries, and has served on boards of international ministries.
Jon and his wife Lynda live in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. They have three daughters, two sons-in-law, and two beautiful grandchildren.