Emanuel D. Naydenov

Emanuel D. Naydenov is Director of Extension and Affiliated Education at Trinity International University. His responsibilities include oversight of the MAR program offered through Extension and the fostering of partnerships with significant parachurch organizations in the area of higher education.

Naydenov holds an MDiv from Bethel Seminary and is currently a PhD candidate at Marquette University, where he is pursuing studies in Systematic Theology. He comes to Trinity after being involved in launching the first accredited seminary in the country of Bulgaria after the fall of Communism. He is a regular contributor to the Bulgarian Journal of Theology and other indigenous theological projects. In addition to his scholarly pursuits, his ministry experience includes serving on numerous boards, itinerant preaching, and teaching in churches throughout the U.S. and Bulgaria.

He was ordained to ministry at Crystal Evangelical Free Church, where he served for two years as Global Ministries Intern. With his wife, Nellie, and their two children, Martin and Christine, he currently resides in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where the family attends Elmbrook church.