Juan Carlos Téllez, PhD

Juan Carlos Téllez, PhD

Assistant Professor of Intercultural Studies

PhD in Intercultural Studies, Trinity International University

MDiv, Grace Theological Seminary

MA in Intercultural Studies, Grace Theological Seminary

Church Planting Degree from Sembrar Institute (Bogotá, Colombia)

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Téllez earned his undergraduate degree in church planting from the Sembrar Institute in Bogotá, Colombia. He earned an MA and MDiv from Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana. He received a PhD in Intercultural Studies from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. 

Dr. Téllez has been involved in a variety of ministries in the US and Latin America, including cross-cultural missions, preaching, music, youth, children and church planting. He has served in various types of churches ranging from suburban megachurches, to immigrant churches to multiethnic urban churches.

Research Interests

  • Immigration

  • Intercultural Competence

  • Multiethnic Church

  • Education 

  • Church Planting

Professional Memberships

  • EMS

  • ASM

Life Verse

“Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household.” Ephesians 2:19