Professors
The professors below are teaching upcoming MATSIL courses.
W. Hayward Armstrong
Associate Professor of Christian Missions (2005); Associate Vice President for Online Learning and Intercultural Programs
Email: harmstrong@sbts.edu
Education:
- B.A., Samford University
- M.Div., Ph.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
- M.D.E., University of Maryland University College
Before coming to Southern Seminary, Dr. Armstrong served as Associate Director for Curriculum and then as Director of the International Centre for Excellence in Leadership at the Southern Baptist International Mission Board. Dr. Armstrong also served more than twenty years in South America, as church planter, theological educator, and missions administrator. He is the author of Bases para la Educacion Cristiana and Ayudas Practicas – I Reyes, Comentario Biblico Mundo Hispano, Tomo 6, the writer and/or editor of seventeen interactive leadership development courses for missionaries, and the Executive Producer of the En Familia educational/evangelistic video series.
Timothy K. Beougher
Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth (1996); Associate Dean, Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism
E-mail: tbeougher@sbts.edu
Education:
- B.S., Kansas State University
- M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Th.M., Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Prior to coming to Southern, Dr. Beougher served for six years as assistant professor of evangelism at the Wheaton College Graduate School and associate director of the Institute of Evangelism at the Billy Graham Center of Wheaton College. He has written and edited numerous materials related to evangelism, discipleship, and spiritual awakening, including: Overcoming Walls to Witnessing; Training Leaders to Make Disciples; Evangelism for a Changing World; and Accounts of a Campus Revival: Wheaton College 1995. He has ministry experience as an evangelist, church planter, pastor, and interim pastor.
Duane A. Garrett
John R. Sampey Professor of OT Interpretation (2004)
E-mail: dgarrett@sbts.edu
Education:
- B.A., Rice University
- M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Ph.D., Baylor University
Dr. Garrett brings to Southern Seminary many years of teaching, writing, research and pastoral experience. He has served on the faculty of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Bethel Seminary, Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary, Mid-America Baptist Seminary and Korea Baptist Seminary. His books include Song of Songs in the Word Biblical Commentary; A Modern Grammar for Classical Hebrew; Angels and the New Spirituality; Authority and Interpretation; and Hosea and Joel in the New American Commentary. He also serves as the general editor for The Archaeology Study Bible from Zondervan Press.
George H. Martin
M. Theron Rankin Professor of Christian Missions (1996); Associate Dean, Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism
E-mail: gmartin@sbts.edu
Education:
- B.S., Florida State University
- M.Div., Th.D., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
- Additional Studies: Asbury Theological Seminary
Dr. Martin served and taught in the Pacific Rim from 1988 to 1994. He was professor and academic dean at the Jakarta Baptist Theological Seminary, and he has also served as a professor at the Asia Baptist Graduate Theological Seminary. Dr. Martin has experience with volunteer missions through the local church. He was Associate Professor of Religion at North Greenville College before joining the faculty at Southern.
Lloyd W. Rodgers
Director of the International Centre for Excellence in Leadership
E-mail: lrodgers@imb.org
Education:
- B.A., Bluefield College
- M.Div., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Dr. Rodgers served overseas from 1979-1981 and from 1989-2006. While on the field, he was involved in church planting, theological education and missions administration. He was the Director of Graduate Studies at the Baptist Seminary in Los Teques, Venezuela. He helped found the School of Missions and served on the faculty at the Baptist Seminary in Cali, Colombia. He has written, edited and translated numerous articles and curriculum materials. Dr. Rodgers has been the director of ICEL since 2006.
Gregory A. Wills
Professor of Church History (1997); Director of the Center for the Study of the Southern Baptist Convention
E-mail: gwills@sbts.edu
Education:
- B.S., Duke University
- M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
- Th.M., Duke University
- Ph.D., Emory University
Dr. Wills was appointed to the faculty of Southern Seminary in 1997 after serving since 1994 as Archives and Special Collections Librarian with the seminary’s Boyce Centennial Library. Dr. Wills’ dissertation, Democratic Religion: Freedom, Authority, and Church Discipline in the Baptist South, 1785-1900, was published by Oxford University Press. Besides contributions to theological journals, Dr. Wills has authored entries on Basil Manly, Jr. and Jesse Mercer in the American National Biography.
