James Brenneman

Who is James Brenneman?

James E. Brenneman is the sixteenth president of Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana. Originally from Kalona, Iowa, Jim grew up attending school and church in Ybor City, the Cuban quarter of Tampa, Florida. Jim is an ordained Mennonite minister and was the founding and lead pastor of Pasadena Mennonite Church. He also served on the faculty of the Episcopal Theological School at Claremont for 15 years, where he taught Hebrew Bible. He lived in South Pasadena, CA for 26 years prior to moving to Goshen, IN in 2006. He and his wife, Terri J. Plank Brenneman, a clinical psychologist, have one son, Quinn. On December 31, 2006, Brenneman was selected by the Elkhart Truth to be one of the "Ten People to Watch in 2007".