Instructor

Tara Rye joined ASM’s team as Bible Engagement Director in December 2020. Tara’s love of God’s Word, her passion for discipleship, and her gift of serving equip her to effectively train leaders around the world in culturally-relevant ways of sharing Scripture.

Tara has incorporated Biblical storying along with inductive Bible study methods in church small groups, a homeless shelter, a home for human trafficking victims, on mission trips, at speaking engagements, on the radio, and on her Youtube channel. Tara has served as the Training Coordinator for Global Friends (a ministry that reaches international students), is an Executive Coach with Cru, a Podcast Host with Wholly Loved Ministries, and the President/Founder of Cultivating Hearts Ministries. In academia, Tara was Dean of Women at Grace University and a professor for Orality studies at Grace University and Nebraska Christian Colleges. She has served in numerous capacities with the International Orality Network and is the Program Director for 2021 North America Regional gathering of the International Orality Network.

Tara, and her husband, Greg, have two adult children—including one newly married—and live in Nebraska.