Urbana 06 Speakers
Jim Tebbe
Vice President of Missions &
Director of Urbana,
InterVarsity/USA
Madison, WI
Jim Tebbe was born in Pakistan, the son of missionary parents. In 1966, he moved with his family to the United States, where he finished his final year of high school and began his college career. He graduated from Indiana University with a B.A. in Psychology. He received a M.Div. from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, his M.A. in Near Eastern studies/Islamics from Princeton University, and his Ph.D. in Religious Studies from St. John’s Nottingham/Open University.
Jim has been involved in widespread international ministry work for many years. He was involved with student ministry at Punjab University and was Pastor of International Christian Fellowship in Lahore, Pakistan. He was ordained through the Lahore Church Council (Presbyterian) in Pakistan in 1978. He pastored Dhaka International Christian Church in Bangladesh. He also served as a staff member of the Christian Study Centre in Pakistan. In 1986 he moved to Cyprus to become the Area Director West for Interserve. In 1992 he became the International Director for Interserve, also located in Cyprus, where he served until God led him to Madison, Wisconsin to lead the Urbana 03 team. He is currently the Vice President of Missions for InterVarsity/USA and the Director of Urbana. He is a frequent speaker, preacher, and lecturer at national and international events. He is married to Beth, and they have four children: Daniel, David, Andrew, and Esther.
Jim has many interesting hobbies, each based on the countries in which he lived:
- Flying fighting kites in Pakistan
- Raising chickens, broilers and egg-layers in Bangladesh
- Curing and flavoring olives in Cyprus
- Working on old cars in the U.S.
- Reading and computers in all countries
- He is interested in student missions because he believes that students are at a time and place in life when they make commitments that stay with them forever. He believes that students need to be reached with the Gospel and challenged to share that Gospel with the entire world.
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