Mr. Dumas models and promotes creative and transformational ministry by serving Southern Seminary as the Senior Vice President for Institutional Administration and Professor of Christian Ministry & Leadership. He came to Louisville from Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, where he served as Elder, Executive Pastor, Executive Director of Conferences, and Pastor of the Cornerstone Fellowship Group. In addition to his roles at Southern, Mr. Dumas is also Pastor-Teacher at Eastside Community Church in Louisville and is the Executive Director of the Center for Christian Preaching. He has served as editor and contributing author of A Guide to Expository Ministry, A Guide to Adoption & Orphan Care, A Guide to Biblical Manhood, and Fool’s Gold: Discerning Truth in an Age of Error.