Dennis McCallum is an author, and pastor of Xenos Christian Fellowship, in Columbus, Ohio. Dennis is notable for having authored several books , including "Christianity: The Faith that Makes Sense.", "The Death of Truth", "Walking in Victory", "Spiritual Relationships That Last". Dennis is also notable for being the pastor of a church of 5000 members, is a noted speaker, is notable for some of his criticisms of other authors.
Bio
Dennis has an MA in theological studies from Ashland Theological Seminary. Dennis is married to Holly McCallum, who serves on the staff at Xenos. He also has three children, Joe, Bret, and Jessica, who he co-authored the book "Organic Disciplemaking" with. Dennis began Xenos with a group of friends in 1970, as a freshman in college.
Xenos Christian Fellowship
Xenos is a church of over 5000 people that Dennis began in 1970 as a small home Bible Study, after recently having become a Christian. Although Xenos is quite large, it does not consider itself a megachurch, but rather a movement of house churches, which are more independent than small groups in many other churches.
Xenos also has a number of features that it considers unique. These include the incorporation of "ministry houses", which are groups of single people of the same gender who chose to live together, particularly among people in the college ministry. Xenos also prides itself on having a high percentage of converts to Christianity, over 80% according to a church survey from 2005. Xenos does not hold large worship services, but large meetings are solely used for preaching.
Xenos is often considered quite controversial. It has been accused of being a cult, and over-using "church discipline" against members who won't fall into line. Xenos went through a large division in the early 90's, with approximately 1400 members leaving for other churches. Many of those who left protested that Xenos was moving away from its historical roots, and had doctrinal problems with the church.
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