The E. Glenn Hinson Lecture Series honors the life and work of Dr. E. Glenn Hinson by inviting lecturers who share the late Dr. Hinson’s passion for Christian scholarship in and for the life of the church and the world.
Previous Speakers:
2025 – Dr. Brian Blount, President Emeritus, Union Presbyterian Seminary
2024 – Dr. Leah Payne, Portland Seminary
2023 – Dr. Amos Yong, Fuller Theological Seminary
2022 – Dr. Ellen Davis, Duke University Divinity School
2021 – Dr. Doug Weaver, Baylor University
2020 – Dr. Donyelle McCray, Yale Divinity School
2019 – Dr. Beth Allison Barr, Baylor University
2018 – Ruby Nell Sales, SpiritHouse Project
2017 – Dr. Sujin Pak, Duke Divinity School
2016 – Rev. Dr. Neville Callam, Baptist World Alliance
2015 – Dr. Molly Marshall, Central Baptist Theological Seminary
2014 – Dr. Willie Jennings, Duke University Divinity School
2013 – Dr. Robin Jensen, Vanderbilt University (Lecture 1 | Lecture 2)
2012 – Dr. Don Saliers, Emory University (Lecture 1 | Lecture 2)
2011 – Dr. Stephanie Paulsell, Harvard Divinity School (Lecture 1 | Lecture 2)
2010 – Dr. Loyd Allen, McAfee School of Theology
2009 – Dr. E. Glenn Hinson, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky
About Dr. Hinson:
Glenn Hinson (d. 2025), a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis (B.A.), The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (B.D., Th.D.), and Oxford University (D.Phil.), spent his life in seminary education. In 1992, after teaching church history at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, for thirty years, he helped in the founding of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond in Virginia. After his retirement in 1999, he taught classes at Candler School of Theology, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Lexington Theological Seminary, and as Senior Professor of Church History and Spirituality at BSK Theological Seminary.
Glenn authored or edited 26 books and more than a thousand articles and book reviews. From its beginning he served on the Board of Weavings and was a frequent contributor. Glenn was a member of the Faith and Order Commissions of both the National and World Council of Churches. He took part in numerous dialogues, including the international dialogue between Baptists and Roman Catholics and was a member of the Ecumenical Institute of Spirituality. He was a founding member of the Academy for Spiritual Formation in 1983.
Glenn was a member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, KY, and was married to Martha Burks (1930-2018). They had two children and two grandchildren.