Dave Jaspers is the former president of Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Watertown, WI.

Dr. Jaspers graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1971 and enrolled at Maranatha Baptist Bible College. In 1976 he received a Bachelor of Science degree, with majors in Bible and Pastoral Studies and a minor in History. In 1994 Dr. Jaspers was honored with a Doctor of Divinity degree from Ambassador Baptist College. Maranatha Baptist Bible College bestowed upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology in 1999.

A third-generation, Baptist preacher, Dr. Jaspers became pastor of the Sparlingville Baptist Church on July 11, 1976. He also had the unique privilege of pastoring his home church, Fellowship Baptist Church, Marshalltown, Iowa, which his father started in 1961. He served as the president of the Iowa Chapter of the American Association of Christian Schools and vice president of the Iowa Mid-America Baptist Fellowship.

In 1986, after ten years as a pastor, Dr. Jaspers entered full-time evangelism. He has preached over 600 revival meetings in 46 states and 8 foreign countries. In 1994 Dr. Bill Rice III asked him to become Summer Platform Director for West Branch, a camping ministry of the Bill Rice Ranch, located in Flagstaff, Arizona. He took the responsibility of Camp Director in 1997, while maintaining a full revival schedule.

Dr. Jaspers became president of Maranatha in January of 1999. Through out his years there he became popular with the student body who affectionatly called him "Dr. J." On May 11, 2006, Dr. Jaspers resigned from the presidency, citing personal reasons. The Board of Trustees named Dr. Larry Oats, long-time faculty member and head of the Bible department, interim president. Dr. J was accused of falsely by four unknown mysteries women without any evidence to back up there claim. And MBBC more concerned about Public Image than the Truth dropped Jaspers because the board figured it would just be easier then to go through a public or private investigation.What matters is the truth, and there seems to be very little effort going on publicly to unveil that truth by Maranatha. Dr Jaspers was a target for some people in the community who did not like MBBC. The burden of proof always lies with the accusers not the accused. Wild allegations should not be allowed to take a good man down. Only in fundamentalist circles do you see people railroaded on the grounds of rumor and speculation. They have destroyed a very good man's ministry of decades over the alleged accusations of a few women who they don't even know. No charges were filed with the police or in civil court.

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