JBU Chapel

Various Speakers - BPAC (September 25, 2025)

Split Service/BPAC:

College of Bible, Humanities, and Arts Majors/Minors

⁠Kim Hadley

Split Service/CTH:

(Daniel 3:19-30)  

Dr. Kim Hadley is Executive Vice President and Associate Professor of Business at JBU

CTH:

(Daniel 3:1-18)  

Dr. Maxie Burch is Professor of Biblical Studies at JBU.

BPAC:

with Juniors  

Dr. Keith Jagger serves as the chaplain at JBU.

Juan Carlos Rodriguez

Spanish Service  

Juan Rodriguez, who is from El Salvador, earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering from JBU in 2006, an M.S. in mechanical engineering from University of Tulsa in 2008 and an M.S. in higher education and leadership from JBU in 2016. He worked at JBU for ten years, including as a professor of mechanical engineering, and most recently as Dean of Residence Life. It was during Juan's first semester at JBU that God saved him, so he wholeheartedly believes in the transformational power of Christian higher education. He currently works for Kawneer in Springdale, Arkansas, as an extrusion process engineer, and lives with his wife Lulu and three daughters, Emma, Valentina and Camila.

Keith Jagger

Dr. Keith Jagger serves as the chaplain at JBU.

Convocation /

Roberta Ahmanson

Roberta Green Ahmanson is a writer, speaker, and philanthropist who focuses on the confluence of religion, art, and culture. For the past 30 years her work has been influenced by travel across the globe. In 2022 she and her husband Howard led a tour for seven presidents of historic Christian colleges to experience the DNA of the Christian faith through its art and architecture, starting at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, journeying to Rome, Pisa, Bologna, Ravenna, Padua, Venice, Aachen, Ghent, and London. Her focus is on the ways built reality embodies ideas and even doctrine. She and her husband have sponsored exhibitions at the National Gallery in London including The Sacred Made Real and Francis of Assisi. She is a member of the Collectors Committee of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. She is coming to the finish line of a book on how longing for the New Jerusalem has shaped art and architecture in the West. She has been a teacher and a journalist covering religion.

BPAC:

Steve Beers

with Sophomores

Rev. Dr. Steve Beers has worked in higher education for four decades, most recently serving as Vice President for Student Development for 26 years prior to his retirement from JBU. He has a B.A. in psychology and Bible, an M.S. in counseling, an Ed.D. in education, and plans to earn a D.Min. in the fall of 2025. His publications include various articles and books, with his most recent being a chapter addressing student anxiety in Stewarding Our Bodies: A Vision for Christian Student Affairs.

Ryan Butler

(Daniel 2:24-49)

Dr. Ryan Butler is Director of the Honors Scholars Program and Assistant Professor of History at JBU.

Split Service/CTH:

with Returning Students (Daniel 2:1-23)  

Dr. Keith Jagger serves as the chaplain at JBU.

Keith Jagger