the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Faculty

Administration

Dean

Gregory A. Wills, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Dean
Donald S. Whitney, D.Min.

Associate Dean, Scripture and Interpretation
Thomas R. Schreiner, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Worldview and Culture
James  Parker, III, D.Theol.

Associate Dean, Ministry and Proclamation
Hershael W. York, Ph.D.

Scripture and Interpretation Division

Department of Old Testament

Terry J. Betts

Associate Professor of Old Testament Interpretation (2009)

Russell T. Fuller

Professor of Old Testament Interpretation (1998)

Duane A. Garrett

John R. Sampey Professor of Old Testament Interpretation (2004)

Peter J. Gentry

Professor of Old Testament Interpretation (1999)

George H. Martin

Professor of Biblical Studies (1996)

Department of New Testament

William F. Cook, III

Professor of New Testament Interpretation (2000)

Jonathan T. Pennington

Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation (2005); Director of Research Doctoral Studies

Robert L. Plummer

Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation (2002)

Thomas R. Schreiner

James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation (1997); Associate Dean, Scripture and Interpretation

Mark A. Seifrid

Mildred and Ernest Hogan Professor of New Testament Interpretation (1992)

Brian J. Vickers

Associate Professor of New Testament Interpretation (2004)

Department of Biblical Theology

James M. Hamilton

Associate Professor of Biblical Theology (2008)

Theology and Tradition Division

Department of Church History and Historical Theology

Michael A. G. Haykin

Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality (2008)

Thomas J. Nettles

Professor of Historical Theology (1997)

David L. Puckett

Professor of Church History (2002)

Gregory A. Wills

Professor of Church History (1997); Vice President for Research and Assessment; Dean, School of Theology (2013)

Shawn D. Wright

Associate Professor of Church History (2009)

Department of Christian Theology

Gregg R. Allison

Professor of Christian Theology (2009)

Phillip Bethancourt

Assistant Professor of Christian Theology (2011); Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management

Chad O. Brand

Professor of Christian Theology (2001)

R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Joseph Emerson Brown Professor of Christian Theology (1993)

Russell D. Moore

Professor of Christian Theology and Ethics (2009)

Bruce A. Ware

Professor of Christian Theology (1998)

Stephen J. Wellum

Professor of Christian Theology (1999); Editor, The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology

Worldview and Culture Division

Department of Christian Philosophy

Theodore J. Cabal

Professor of Christian Philosophy and Applied Apologetics (1998)

Mark T. Coppenger

Professor of Christian Apologetics (2004); Vice President for Extension Education; Director of the Nashville Extension Center

James Parker, III

Professor of Worldview and Culture (1999); Associate Dean, Worldview and Culture

Department of Christian Ethics

Kenneth T. Magnuson

Professor of Christian Ethics (1999)

Russell D. Moore

Professor of Christian Theology and Ethics (2001)

Ministry and Proclamation Division

Department of Christian Preaching

Kevin L. Smith

Assistant Professor of Christian Preaching (2011)

Robert A. Vogel

Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching (2003); Associate Vice President for Institutional Assessment; Advanced Master of Divinity Program Director

Hershael W. York

Victor and Louise Lester Professor of Christian Preaching (1997); Associate Dean, Ministry and Proclamation

Department of Practical Ministry

Donald S. Whitney

Associate Professor of Biblical Spirituality (2005); Senior Associate Dean of the School of Theology

Department of Biblical Counseling and Family Studies

William R. Cutrer

C. Edwin Gheens Professor of Christian Ministry (1999); Director, Gheens Center for Family Ministry

Chuck Hannaford

Clinical Professor of Biblical Counseling (2006)

Eric L. Johnson

Lawrence and Charlotte Hoover Professor of Pastoral Care (2009)

Jeremy P. Pierre

Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling (2011)

Stuart W. Scott

Associate Professor of Biblical Counseling (2005); Executive Director, National Center of Biblical Counseling

Senior Professors

  • James W. Cox
  • John B. Polhill
  • Robert H. Stein

Retired Professors

  • Gerald L. Borchert
  • William P. Cubine
  • Richard Cunningham
  • Joel F. Drinkard, Jr.
  • E. Glenn Hinson
  • Walter C. Jackson, III
  • J. Estill Jones
  • Duke K. McCall
  • G. Wade Rowatt, Jr.
  • Paul D. Simmons
  • Glen H. Stassen
  • Edward E. Thornton
  • E. Frank Tupper
  • John D. W. Watts

Distinguished Professors

  • Richard Land
  • Eugene Merrill

Visiting Professors

  • David Dockery
  • Millard J. Erickson
  • Paul Helm
  • Andreas Köstenberger
  • Kenneth A. Mathews
  • David Powlison
  • Robert Smith
  • Greg Thornbury
  • Ray Van Neste
  • Jarvis Williams
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.