Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Alumni=== <!-- ♦♦♦ please keep this list in alphabetical order; don't list *unless* they have an article, or their notability is obvious or is established in talk. ♦♦♦ --> * Jason K. Allen, President of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 2012–Present * [[Charles C. Baldwin]], [[Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force]] 2004–2008 * [[Reginald Bibby]], sociologist * LaVerne Butler, pastor of 9th & O Baptist Church in Louisville, 1969–1988; president of [[Mid-Continent University]] in [[Mayfield, Kentucky|Mayfield]], 1988–1997, leader of [[Southern Baptist Convention conservative resurgence|conservative resurgence in Southern Baptist Convention]] in the 1970s and 1980s<ref>Michael Foust, Obituary of LaVerne Butler, ''Baptist Press'', December 21, 2010</ref> * [[Douglas Carver (chaplain)|Douglas Carver]], [[Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army]] 2007–2011 * [[Chris Clarke (missionary)|Chris Clarke]], [[missionary]] to the [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] community in Kentucky and neighboring states * [[Dondi E. Costin]], [[Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force]] 2015–2018, 6th President of [[Liberty University]] 2023–Present <ref>{{Cite news |last=Svrluga |first=Susan |date=March 31, 2023 |title=Liberty University taps S.C. college leader, Air Force veteran as president |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/03/31/liberty-university-dondi-costin-president/ |access-date=March 31, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=Board unanimously appoints Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Dondi E. Costin, Ph.D., as president, Pastor Jonathan Falwell as chancellor » Liberty News |url=https://www.liberty.edu/news/2023/03/31/board-unanimously-appoints-maj-gen-ret-dondi-e-costin-ph-d-as-president-pastor-jonathan-falwell-as-chancellor/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Liberty News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CHAPLAIN DONDI E. COSTIN |url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/623192/chaplain-dondi-e-costin/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FBiographies%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F623192%2Fchaplain-dondi-e-costin%2F |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=www.af.mil |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[W.A. Criswell]], pastor of the First Baptist Church of [[Dallas, Texas]]; author; and president of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] (1969–1970). * [[Miguel A. De La Torre]], author on Hispanic religious life; social ethics professor at [[Iliff School of Theology]] in [[Denver|Denver, CO]], 1999–present. * [[Mark Dever]], pastor of [[Capitol Hill Baptist Church]]; well-known speaker, author, and theologian. * [[Amzi Dixon]], pastor of [[Moody Church]], Chicago, IL (1906–1911); and [[Metropolitan Tabernacle]], London, England (1911–1919). *[[Wilmer Clemont Fields]] (1922–2018), vice president for public relations for the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]; editor of ''Baptist Record ''and ''Baptist Program''; director of the [[Baptist Press]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilmer Clemont Fields Papers |url=http://www.sbhla.org/downloads/627-5.pdf |website=Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archive |access-date=December 4, 2018|date=August 2006}}</ref> * [[Steven Furtick]], pastor of [[Elevation Church]]; well-known pastor, speaker, and author. * [[Jimmy Scroggins]], Pastor of Family Church in West Palm Beach (multi campus neighborhood strategy church), creator of 3 Circles Evangelism Tool, former Dean of Boyce College. * [[David P. Gushee]], Christian [[ethicist]], historian, public intellectual, and Holocaust scholar. * [[Paul R. House]], scholar, author, and seminary professor. * [[Ben Campbell Johnson]], Professor Emeritus at [[Columbia Theological Seminary]], author * [[Clarence Jordan]], founder of [[Koinonia Farm]] (forerunner of Habitat for Humanity) and Greek scholar who translated the New Testament into a ''Cotton Patch'' version using the vernacular of the Civil Rights era in the South. * [[R.T. Kendall]], pastor of [[Westminster Chapel]], London, England, 1977–2002. * [[Pleasant Daniel Gold]], Baptist pastor and newspaper publisher * [[Matt Lockett]], member of the [[Kentucky House of Representatives]] for the 39th District, 2021–Present * [[David Gordon Lyon]], [[Hollis Chair of Divinity|Hollis Chair]] at [[Harvard Divinity School]] and founding curator of [[Semitic Museum]] * [[James Merritt]], pastor, president of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] from 2000 to 2002 * [[Russell D. Moore]], second president of the [[Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission]]. * [[J. Frank Norris]], fundamentalist Baptist pastor, trustee at [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]], established [[Arlington Baptist College]]. * [[Grady Nutt]], religious humorist and national television personality; died in air crash, 1982.<ref>{{Handbook of Texas | id=fnu07 | name=Grady Lee Nutt| author=H. Allen Anderson| date=n.d.| retrieved=January 31, 2001}}</ref> * [[Wayne Oates]], an American psychologist and religious educator who coined the word 'workaholic'. * [[Luis G. Pedraja]], Latino theologian, philosopher, author, scholar and educator * [[Cicero Washington Pruitt]], missionary to Northern [[China]]. * [[Bronson Ray]], Executive Secretary of the Foreign Mission Board of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] (1928–1932). * [[William Bell Riley]], late founder of the [[World Christian Fundamentals Association]] * [[Lee Roberson]], founder of [[Tennessee Temple University]], influential leader in the [[Southwide Baptist Fellowship]], and former pastor of Highland Park Baptist Church in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]] * [[Gregory Alan Thornbury]], president of [[The King's College (New York)|The King's College]] in [[New York City]] (2013–2018). * [[Jeff Struecker]], pastor, author, and former [[United States Army Rangers|US Army Ranger]] Chaplain. * [[Ed Stetzer]], author, speaker, researcher, pastor, church planter, and Christian [[missiologist]]. * [[John D. W. Watts]], Old Testament Scholar and Theologian, Old Testament Editor for the Word Biblical Commentary, Professor. * [[Edwin O. Ware Sr.]], [[Kentucky]] native who was first president of [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana]] * [[James Emery White]], pastor, author, and Professor of [[Theology]] and Culture * [[Steve Willis (pastor)|Steve Willis]], pastor and health activist * [[Norman Barton Wood]], pastor, author, lecturer * [[Bryant Wright]], pastor, president of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] from 2010 to 2011. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! 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