Gregg R. Allison

Professor of Christian Theology

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Leading students through careful study of the entirety of the Bible to rightly understand Scripture’s teaching.


Dr. Gregg Allison serves as Professor of Christian Theology. Dr. Allison came to Southern in 2003 from Western Seminary in Portland, Oregon, where he taught theology and church history for nine years.

He has 18 years of ministry experience as a staff member of Campus Crusade (Cru), where he worked in campus ministry, as well as serving as a missionary in Italy and Switzerland. He also co-pastored a church in Lugano, Switzerland. He is the secretary of the Evangelical Theological Society and currently serves as the book review editor for theological, historical, and philosophical studies, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. Allison is married to Nora and they have three children and ten grandchildren. He is  an elder at Sojourn Carlisle Church in Louisville, Kentucky.

Books

God, Gift, and Guide: Knowing the Holy Spirit (B&H Books, 2023)

40 Questions about Roman Catholicism (Kregel Academic, 2021)

Embodied: Living as Whole People in a Fractured World (Baker Books, 2021)

The Church: An Introduction (Crossway, 2021)

The Holy Spirit (Theology for the People of God), Co-authored by Andreas J. Kostenberger (B&H Academic, 2020)

50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith: A Guide to Understanding and Teaching Theology (Baker Books, 2018)

MultiChurch: Exploring the Future of Multisite, Co-authored by Brad House (Zondervan, 2017)

The Unfinished Reformation: What Unites and Divides Catholics and Protestants After 500 Years, Co-authored by Christopher A. Castaldo (Zondervan, 2016)

The Baker Compact Dictionary of Theological Terms (Baker Books, 2016)

Roman Catholic Theology and Practice: An Evangelical Assessment (Crossway, 2014)

Sojourners and Strangers: The Doctrine of the Church (Crossway, 2012)

Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine (Zondervan Academic, 2011)

A Theology for Christian Education, Co-authored by James R. Estep and Michael Anthony (B&H Academic, 2008)

He is the secretary of the Evangelical Theological Society and currently serves as the book review editor for theological, historical, and philosophical studies, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.

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