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A dim university classroom with stacked books and a wall map

Media

On camera, on the page, on the wire

Five talks and interviews to watch here, plus the filmography he sent: FOX Nation, TBN, Olive Tree Media, Truth Network, Taylor Chapel.

  • 2024Sagamore of the Wabash
  • 2021Three Telly Awards
  • 2020United Nations address
  • 2017Museum of the Bible opens
  • 2014Inaugural University Professor
  • 1994NEH · Isthmia / Corinth
Pattengale at a chapel lectern
Pattengale in a museum gallery
Pattengale with colleagues over manuscripts

Watch

Interviews and keynotes

The five videos supplied for this site — Olive Tree Media, 1 Degree of Andy, So We Speak, Taylor University Chapel, and the TBN Heroes of the Faith special.

2025–2026 · Olive Tree Media · Encounter series

From Homelessness to History Maker: Jerry Pattengale’s Faith Story

Karl Faase’s Australian interview on the Buck Creek years, the camp-meeting conversion, Jerusalem study, the Yamauchi doctorate, and the founding of Museum of the Bible.

2026 · 1 Degree of Andy · Andy Chrisman

Jerry Pattengale | Author & Museum of the Bible scholar on faith, purpose & God’s surprising plans

A long-form conversation on purpose-guided education, the museum, and the surprising turns from homelessness at sixteen to a scholar’s desk.

April 2026 · So We Speak with Cole Feix

The Gospels: A Historical and Cultural Journey

On the 2025 volume The Gospels — history, art, and the invitation of the four evangelists, made for readers who still want to hold a beautiful book.

November 12, 2025 · Taylor University Chapel

Taylor University Chapel — Backing into the Future

Keynote on martyrs, memory, and how God uses a life’s past to prepare its future. Polycarp, Cheryl Beckett, and the long road from Buck Creek.

November 2023 · The Watchman with Erick Stakelbeck · TBN

Christian Persecution at Historic Levels; Unknown Heroes of Faith Revealed

On-camera with Rev. Johnnie Moore for The New Book of Christian Martyrs — the 60-minute Heroes of the Faith special the Tyndale volume prompted.

Film & television

Complete list from 2020 forward, and the earlier work

  • 2026David: King of IsraelFOX NationHistorian consultant and on-screen contributorFour-part series; ranked #1
  • 2026One Degree of AndyAndy ChrismanFeatured guest
  • 2026From Homeless to History MakerOlive Tree Media (Australia)Subject of the Encounter interview
  • 2026Risk and Resolve with Ben ConnerRisk and ResolveGuest
  • 2026Interview with Leading Christian Scholar Jerry PattengaleTruth Network · Stu Epperson Jr.GuestTied to the release of The Story of the Bible
  • 2026The Gospels RevealedSo We Speak with Cole FeixGuest
  • November 12, 2025Taylor University Chapel keynoteTaylor UniversityKeynote speaker
  • 2023Heroes of the FaithTBNOn camera, with Johnnie Moore60 minutes; prompted by The New Book of Christian Martyrs
  • 2020–2021Inexplicable: How Christianity Spread to the Ends of the EarthTBN, hosted by Dennis HaysbertCo-author and on-screen contributorSix hours; three Telly Awards
  • 2017The Case for ChristFeature filmConsultant
  • 2012101 Objects that Changed the WorldHistory ChannelSegments on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Gutenberg Bible, and King James Bible
  • 2006Leading the Way out of PovertyPBS / WIPBFeatured story — Buck Creek to the classroom

Columns & essays

Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Christianity Today, Inside Higher Ed, Religion News Service, Books & Culture. The Buck Creek newspaper columns ran for decades in the Chronicle Tribune and elsewhere; Hoosier State Press Association and Indiana AP writing awards, 2015–16. National Press Club Vivian Award, December 2021.

Stu Epperson Jr. (Truth Network) posted the 2026 interview alongside The Story of the Bible, naming Pattengale a friend and Museum of the Bible senior scholar.