Faculty
Faculty
Laura Rodgers Levens
Assistant Professor of Christian Mission (2014)
B.A., Baylor University; M.Div., Th.D., Duke University
Mark Medley
Professor of Theology (2007)
B.S., University of North Carolina; M.Div., Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; studies at University of Notre Dame
G. Wade Rowatt
Senior Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling (2009)
B.S. Southern Illinois University; M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; studies at Claremont School of Theology and Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry.
Associate Professor of Church History (2009)
B.S., Appalachian State University; M.Div., Campbell University Divinity School; Ph.D., Baylor University
Dalen C. Jackson
Academic Dean (2008) and Professor of Biblical Studies (2002)
B.A., Samford University; M.Div., Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Visiting Professor of Preaching and Black Church Studies (2019)
B.A., Bluefield College; M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Ph.D., Regent University
David L. Cassady
President (2017) and Professor of Christian Education and Media Studies (2018)
B.A., Ouachita Baptist University; M.Div.C.E., Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; studies at Baylor University
Adjunct Faculty
David Adams
Adjunct Professor of Christian Education (2003)
B.A., University of Kentucky; M.Div., Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Rev. Amber C. Inscore Essick
Adjunct Professor of Christian Worship (2017)
A.A., B.S., Gardner-Webb University; M.Div., George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University
Eileen R. Campbell-Reed
Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology (2012)
B.A., Carson-Newman College; M.Div., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Deborah L. Endean
Adjunct Professor of Old Testament (2014)
B.M., Wheaton College; M.M, University of Michigan; M.A, Ph.D. Candidate, Asbury Theological Seminary
Mark Johnson
Adjunct Professor of Christian Ministry (2005)
B.S., University of Kentucky; M.Div., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; D.Min., Lexington Theological Seminary
Roy Fuller
Adjunct Professor of World Religions (2006)
B.A., Southwest Baptist University; M.Div., Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Sheila Klopfer
Adjunct Professor of Theology (2006)
B.A., M.A., New Mexico State University; M.A.Th., Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
E. Glenn Hinson
Senior Professor of Church History and Spirituality (2002)
B A., Washington University; B. D., Th.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; D.Phil., Oxford University
Frank Houston
Adjunct Professor of New Testament and Black Church Studies (2009)
B.A., Carson-Newman College; M.Div., Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Richard L. Landon
Adjunct Professor of Spirituality and Pastoral Care (2002)
B.A., Oklahoma Baptist University; M.A., Oklahoma University; B.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; D. Min., Lexington Theological Seminary
Ryan D. Shrauner
Librarian (2014)
B.A., Willamette University; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary; S.T.M., General Theological Seminary; M.S.L.S, University of Kentucky
Steven S. Ivy
Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling (2020)
B.S., Austin Peay State University; M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Greg C. Earwood
President Emeritus and Adjunct Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament
B.A., Mississippi College; M.Div., Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary