Education

• Bachelor of Arts, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tennessee, 1974. Major: English. Minor: Religion.
• Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1977.
• Master of Arts in Religious Education, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1983. Dissertation Title: "The Biblical Concept of Servanthood Applied to Husband-Wife Relations."

Teaching Experience

• Presidential Appointment; Associate Professor of Missions, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 1, 1999 - Present.
• Guest Associate Professor of Ethics, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 1, 1998-July 31,1999.
• Instructor of Systematic Theology, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Birmingham, Alabama Extension Center, Spring semester of 1998.
• Teaching Fellow in Christian Ethics, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, Summer of 1979.
• Grader, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978-1979 and 1983.

Ministry Experience

• Pulpit supply in various states, August 1998 - Present.
• Missionary to Macau, a Chinese territory on the southern coast of China, March 1993-July 1998.
• Pastor, Memorial Baptist Church, Metairie, Louisiana, November 1986-February 1993.
• Pastor, Red Oak Baptist Church, Kaufman, Texas, January 1982-October 1986.
• Interim Pastor, White Sulphur Springs Baptist Church, White Sulphur Springs, W. VA., 1978.
• Pulpit Supply: Illinois, Tennessee, and Texas, 1975-1981.
• Preacher for Ministerial Education Days and Youth Revivals, Tennessee, 1973-1974.
• Pastor, Copper Ridge Majors Road Baptist Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1972-1973. (Now Majors Road Baptist Church)
• Pastor, County Line Baptist Mission, Maynardville, Tennessee, 1971-1972.
• Associate Pastor, Possum Valley Baptist Mission, Maynardville, Tennessee, 1971.

Honors

• T. B. Maston Scholarship Recipient, 1983.
• Outstanding Young Men of America: 1979, 1980, 1982, and 1983.
• Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, 1979.

Professional Memberships and Presentations

• Member of the Association for Case Teaching
• Member of the Evangelical Theological Society
• Spring 1999 Southwest Regional Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, March 26-27, 1999. "What Should I Do? Using the Bible to Address Ethical Issues in Postmodern Urban Society."
• Fall 1999 Annual Meeting of the Evanglical Theological Society, Nov. 17-19, 1999. "Making Ethical Decisions in a Postmodern World: A Preposed Biblically-Based Model." (Forthcoming Presentation)

General

• Member, Executive Board of the Louisiana Baptist Convention, 1989-1993.
• Vice-Moderator of the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans, 1990-1991.
• President of the Pastor’s Conference of the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans, 1987-1988.
• Church Planter, Home (now North American) Mission Board, Rock Island, Illinois, Summer 1981.
• Baptist Student Union Summer Missionary to Eskimos, Alaska, 1974.
• Summer Missionary, Tennessee Baptist Convention, Maynardville, Tennessee, 1972.
• Witness Coordinator, MISSION POSSIBLE: Evangelistic Association, 1971.

Foreign Languages

• Chinese (written and spoken dialect of Cantonese), French, German, Greek, and Hebrew.