Dr. J.D. Payne

Assistant Professor of Church Planting and Evangelism
National Missionary, North American Mission Board
Nehemiah Project Director
E-mail: jpayne@sbts.edu

Dr. Payne has served in pastoral and church planting ministries in churches both in Kentucky and Indiana. Prior to joining the Southern faculty, he was an Assistant Professor at Crossroads Bible College in Indianapolis, and an Adjunct Professor of Church Planting and Evangelism at Southern Seminary. He has written several articles and reviews for academic periodicals in the areas of church planting and church growth. He has professional memberships in the American Society for Church Growth, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Evangelical Missiological Society.

Education

• B.A., University of Kentucky
• M.Div., Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Additional Graduate Studies, University of Louisville Department of Sociology

Amber Walsh
Secretary
Email: churchplanting@sbts.edu
Norton 167
(502) 897-4498