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C. DOUGLAS WEAVER 1028 South Haven Dr. | Hewitt, TX 76643
o- 1-254-710-7283 | e- Doug_Weaver@baylor.edu
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Baylor University
Department of Religion, Waco, Texas (2003- Present)
Professor of Religion (tenured; 2012 - Present)
Director of J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies (Summer 2015 – Present)
Director of Undergraduate Studies (2006 - Present)
Coordinator, Baptist Studies for Research (2010 - Present)
Graduate Faculty (2009 - Present)
Affiliate Faculty, G. W. Truett Baptist Theological Seminary (2003 - Present)
Associate Professor (2008-2012); Assistant Professor of Religion (2003 - 2008)
Brewton-Parker College
Mt. Vernon, Georgia (1989-2003)
Chair, Division of Religion and Philosophy (1993-2003)
Barney Averitt Professor of Christianity (2001-2003)
Barney Averitt Associate Professor of Christianity (1993-2001)
Assistant Professor of Christianity (1989-1992)
Other Academic Positions
Director of Admissions and Financial Aid with rank of Assistant Professor of Religion and
Philosophy, Bluefield College, Bluefield, Virginia (1986-1989)
Adjunct Professor of Church History, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville,
Kentucky (1985-1986)
Lecturer, Bellarmine College, Louisville, Kentucky (1985-1986)
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1985)
Dissertation Title: “The Healer-Prophet: William Marrion Branham, 1909-1965: A
Paradigm of the Prophetic in American Pentecostalism”
Areas of Concentration: Baptist History, American Religion, Early Christianity
Special Studies: The University of Kentucky, St. Meinrad Archabbey (Indiana)
Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1981)
Bachelor of Arts, Mississippi College (1978)
Major: Religion; Minor: History
Graduated with “Special Distinction”
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Member, Phi Alpha Theta, National Honor Society in History
Member, Alpha Chi, National Honor Scholarship Society
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed: Books
Mirrors and Microscopes: Historical Perceptions of Baptists. Papers from the International
Conference on Baptist Studies VI. C. Douglas Weaver, ed., Paternoster Press, 2015.
Exploring Christian Heritage: A Reader in History and Theology. C. Douglas Weaver, Rady
Roldan-Figueroa and Brandon Frick, eds. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2012.
Mullins, E. Y. The Axioms of Religion. C. Douglas Weaver, ed., Macon: Mercer University
Press, 2010 (original publication: 1908). 224 pp. plus indexes. I annotated the text and
wrote an introductory chapter that assessed Mullins’ contribution to Baptist life.
Barr, Beth Allison, Bill J. Leonard, Mikeal C. Parsons, and C. Douglas Weaver, eds. The Acts of
the Apostles: Four Centuries of Baptist Interpretation. Waco: Baylor University Press,
2009. 904 pp. plus indexes.
In Search of the New Testament Church: The Baptist Story. Macon: Mercer University
Press, 2008. 278 pp. plus index.
The Healer-Prophet, William Marrion Branham: A Study of the Prophetic in American
Pentecostalism. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2000. 180 pp. plus indexes. This is a
paperback reprint of my 1987 book with the same name, with a new preface that updates
the story and a new forward by David Edwin Harrell of Auburn University. **The
paperback edition entered its second printing in 2006.
Peer Reviewed: Articles
Editor, Festschrift of Bill J. Leonard, Perspectives in Religious Studies 42, 2 (Summer 2015).
Including C. Douglas Weaver, “Editorial Introduction: For Bill J. Leonard, Teacher and
Friend,” 109-114.
“McPhersonism? Aimee Semple McPherson and her Baptist Opponents (and Supporters),”
Perspectives in Religious Studies 42, 2 (Summer 2015): 127-142.
“Restoring the New Testament Church? Baptist Self-Perception(s) in America from the Mid-
Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries.” In C. Douglas Weaver, ed., Mirrors and
Microscopes: Historical Perceptions of Baptists. Papers from the International
Conference on Baptist Studies VI. Paternoster Press, Forthcoming, 2015.
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Editor, Festschrift of Walter Shurden, Baptist History and Heritage 50, 1 (Spring 2015).
Including C. Douglas Weaver, “A Tribute to Buddy Shurden,” pp. 4-9.
“Baptist Ecclesiology in Historical Perspective.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 41, 3 (Fall
2014): 277-296.
“Baptists, the Holy Spirit and Corporate Worship,” American Baptist Quarterly 31 (Summer,
2014): 179-198.
“Baptists and Holiness in the Nineteenth Century: A Story Rarely Told,” 49, 1, Wesleyan
Theological Journal (Spring 2014): 156-174.
“William Fristoe (1742-1828): The Making of a Virginia Baptist Leader.” In Terry Wolever
Long, ed., A Noble Company: Biographical Essays on Notable Particular-Regular Baptists
in America, Volume 4 (Springfield, Missouri: Particular Baptist Press, 2014), 83-112.
“Baptist Ecclesiology from John Clarke to E. Y. Mullins: The Personal, The Communal, and the
Eschatological,” Perspectives in Religious Studies (Fall 2013): 219-234.
“David Thomas and the Regular Baptists in Colonial Virginia (reprint).” In Terry Wolever Long,
ed., A Noble Company: Biographical Essays on Notable Particular-Regular Baptists in
America, Volume 3 (Springfield, Missouri: Particular Baptist Press, 2013), 307-332.
“Early English Baptists: Individual Conscience and Eschatological Ecclesiology.” Perspectives
in Religious Studies 38, 4 (Summer 2011): 141-158.
“Reuben Alley: The SBC Conflict and Academic Freedom,” Baptist History and Heritage, 46, 2
(Summer 2011): 33-48.
“A Stink in Your Nostrils? A Sermon on the Baptist Distinctive of the Believers’ Church,” in
Distinctly Baptist: Proclaiming Identity in a New Generation, Brian C. Brewer, ed.
Valley Forge: Judson Press, 2011. See pp. 78-86.
“E. Y. Mullins: Soul Competency and Social Ministry.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 36, 4
(Winter 2009): 445-460.
“The Risk of Majority Faith.” Baptist History and Heritage 44, 3 (Summer/Fall 2009): 53-58.
Pamela R. Durso and C. Douglas Weaver, “So Many Books, So Little Time to Read: Baptist
Historiography, 1979-2009,” Baptist History and Heritage 44, 2 (Spring 2009): 18-30.
“Baptists and the First Amendment: A Historical Overview.” Baptist History and Heritage 43, 3
(Summer/Fall 2008): 8-26.
“The Baptist Ecclesiology of E. Y. Mullins: Individualism and the New Testament Church.”
Baptist History and Heritage 43, 1 (Winter 2008): 18-34.
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“Baptists and Denominational Identity and the Turn Toward Creedalism: 2000,” in Mike
Williams and Walter B. Shurden, eds. Turning Points in Baptist History. Macon:
Mercer University Press, 2008. See pp. 288-301.
Guest Editor. “Editorial Introduction” for the “Baptist Education Issue.” Perspectives in
Religious Studies 34, 4 (Winter 2007): 357-363.
“I Don’t Let Nobody Blow Smoke on My Blue Skies”: A Study of the “SBC Controversy” in a
Local Church.” Baptist History and Heritage 42, 1 (Winter 2007): 94-107.
“Southern Baptists” in The Baptist River: Essays on Many Tributaries of a Diverse Tradition.
Glenn Jonas, ed. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2006. See chapter three, pp. 45-67.
“Second Baptist Church, Atlanta: A Paradigm of Southern Baptist Identity in the Nineteenth
Century,” in Festschrift Walter B. Shurden: Distinctively Baptist, Essays on Baptist
History. Marc A. Jolley, ed. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2005. See chapter seven,
pp. 75-97.
“Youth For Calvin: Reformed Theology and Baptist Collegians.” (co-author with former student,
Nathan Finn). Baptist History and Heritage 39, 2 (Spring 2004): 40-55.
“The Spirituality of Martin Luther King, Jr.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 31, 1 (Spring
2004): 55-70.
The Story of Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church.” Viewpoints: Georgia Baptist History 19
(2004): 79-88.
“Preserving an Imperiled Heritage: A History of the William H. Whitsitt Baptist Heritage
Society.” American Baptist Quarterly 22, 3 (September 2003): 377-384.
“From Saint to Sinner: Missionary Pioneer to Gospel Mission Convert--The Legacy of Martha
Loftin Wilson.” Viewpoints: Georgia Baptist History 18 (2002): 71-85.
"David Thomas and the Regular Baptists in Colonial Virginia." Baptist History and Heritage 18, 4
(October 1983): 3-19.
Peer Reviewed: Books in Process
Baptist and the Holy Spirit: Interactions with the Pentecostal Tradition (tentative title; in
process).
Peer Reviewed: Articles in Process
“Samuel Eastman: 19th Century American Baptist (Pioneer) Missionary and Evangelist.” In Gary
Long, ed., A Noble Company, Volume 5, Particular Baptist Press, Forthcoming.
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“E. Y. Mullins: Freedom of Conscience (1860-1928),” in Michael Williams, ed. Witnesses to the
Baptist Heritage: Thirty-Five Baptists Every Christian Should Know. Macon: Mercer
University Press, February 2016.
Peer Reviewed: Ongoing Editorial Project
Series: Early English Baptist Texts, 11 vols. Co-editor with Rady Roldan-Figueroa. Macon:
Mercer University Press, forthcoming. These new editions of primary source full texts
(e.g., the writings of John Smyth) will include critical introductions.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Books
Walter Shurden with C. Douglas Weaver. Baptist Freedom: Celebrating our Baptist Heritage.
Macon: GA: NextSunday Resources, 2013. Includes a reprint of: “Baptists and Their
Freedoms, Acts 5:27-32,” Smyth and Helwys Sunday School Literature, Vol. 19, no., 1,
pp. 5-10, September 6, 2009.
Second to None: A History of Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia. Nashville:
Baptist History and Heritage Society and Fields Publishing, Inc., 2004. 246 pp. plus
appendices, index.
Every Town Needs a Downtown Church: A History of First Baptist Church, Gainesville, Florida.
Nashville: Baptist History and Heritage Society and Fields Publishing, Inc., 2000. 232 pp.
plus index.
Editor and primary contributor. From Our Christian Heritage: Hundreds of Ways to Add
Christian History to Teaching, Preaching, and Writing. Macon: Smyth & Helwys
Publishing Co., 1997. 376 pp. plus indexes.
Editor and primary contributor. A Cloud of Witnesses: Sermon Illustrations and Devotionals from
the Christian Heritage. Macon: Smyth & Helwys Publishing Co., 1993. 185 pp., indexes.
Journal Articles
“Freedom to Speak What We Have Seen and Heard,” The Truett Pulpit, Vol., V, Sermons
Preached During the Community Gathering of Worship at George W. Truett Theological
Seminary 2011-12 (2013): 129-142.
“The Origins of Truett Seminary,” Christian Ethics Today, 20, 3 (Summer 2012): 2-5.
“If You Have Cancer, This Is One of the Better Ones to Get,” in Charles Deweese, ed. Cancer
and Healing: Memoirs of Gratitude and Hope. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2012.
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"Philippi: A Historical Overview." Biblical Illustrator 21, 1 (Fall 1994): 48-51.
"The Elect Lady." Biblical Illustrator 18, 4 (Summer 1993): 64-66.
"Peace (a sermon).” Baptist Peacemaker (October 1989): 3.
Other Articles
(News Journals, Online Articles)
“Adoniram Judson—Shocked into belief,” Common Call; The Baptist Standard Magazine, 2, 8
(August 2014), 21.
“The Spiritual Discipline of Martin Luther King, Jr.” http://cbfblog.com/2014/01/20/the-
spiritual-discipline-of-martin-luther-king-jr-part-2/ (re-published), January 1, 2014.
“Parents’ sacrifice made possible future seminary president’s education,” Common Call; The
Baptist Standard Magazine, 1, 9 (September 2013): 17.
“’Street Questions About Baptists’: ‘Are Baptists Calvinists or not?,’” Baptists Today, 27, 11,
(November 2009): 8-9.
“Baptists and Their Freedoms, Acts 5:27-32,” Smyth and Helwys Sunday School Literature, Vol.
19, no., 1, pp. 5-10, September 6, 2009.
“Baptist Survival: What Are the Top Challenges Facing Baptists Today,” Website of the Baptist
History and Heritage Society, July 2009
http://www.baptisthistory.org/celebrating400years.htm and then reprinted as an article for
Associated Baptist Press, September 30, 2009
http://www.abpnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4442&Itemid
=9
“Freedom of the Press a Baptist ‘Trophy’,” Associated Baptist Press, February 4, 2009,
http://www.abpnews.com/content/view/3812/9/ and reprinted in Baptists Today, 27, 3
(March 2009): 29.
“The Baptist Story.” Baylor Magazine 7, 2 (Winter 2008-2009): 26-29, 31.
Monthly articles on “Baptists and Presidential Elections.” Baptist Studies Bulletin of the Center
for Baptist Studies of Mercer University, January - June, 2008.
http://www.centerforbaptiststudies.org/
“Baptists and Presidential Elections: 1928.” Baptist Studies Bulletin of the Center for
Baptist Studies of Mercer University, January 2008.
http://www.centerforbaptiststudies.org/bulletin/2008/january.htm
“Baptists and Presidential Elections: Harry Truman.” Baptist Studies Bulletin of the
Center for Baptist Studies of Mercer University, February 2008.
http://www.centerforbaptiststudies.org/bulletin/2008/february.htm
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“1960 Presidential Campaign: John F. Kennedy and 'the religious issue'.” Baptist Studies
Bulletin of the Center for Baptist Studies of Mercer University, March 2008.
http://www.centerforbaptiststudies.org/bulletin/2008/march.htm
“Election of Jimmy Carter: The Traditional Southern Baptist.” Baptist Studies Bulletin of
the Center for Baptist Studies of Mercer University, April 2008.
http://www.centerforbaptiststudies.org/bulletin/2008/april.htm
“Election of Ronald Reagan: Baptists and the Religious Right.” Baptist Studies Bulletin
of the Center for Baptist Studies of Mercer University, May 2008.
http://www.centerforbaptiststudies.org/bulletin/2008/may.htm
“1992: Southern Baptists Don’t Vote for the Southern Baptist Presidential Ticket of
Clinton-Gore.” Baptist Studies Bulletin of the Center for Baptist Studies of
Mercer University, May 2008.
http://www.centerforbaptiststudies.org/bulletin/2008/june.htm
“The Spirituality of Roger Williams.” Baptist Studies Bulletin of the Center for Baptist Studies
of Mercer University, July 2007.
http://www.centerforbaptiststudies.org/bulletin/2007/july.htm.
“Some Thoughts on Writing Local Church History.” Baptist Studies Bulletin of the Center for
Baptist Studies of Mercer University, September 2005.
http://www.centerforbaptiststudies.org/bulletin/2005/september.htm
Columnist. Numerous Articles on the Baptist Tradition. Webpage of the Baptist Center for
Ethics: http://www.ethicsdaily.com (January 2002-2004; and July 20, 2007).
“A Legacy of Courage.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/a-legacy-of-courage-cms-1518
“A Tale of Three Ordained Women.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/a-tale-of-three-
ordained-women-cms-3955
“A Traditional Baptist Church.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/a-traditional-baptist-church-
cms-2935
“Baptists and Fasting. An Oxymoron?” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/baptists-and-fasting-
an-oxymoron-cms-1347
“Baptists and Women Deacons.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/baptists-and-women-
deacons-cms-3555
“Baptist Women and Temperance: A Look at the Movement.”
http://www.ethicsdaily.com/baptist-women-andtemperance-a-look-at-the-movement-
cms-417
“Because He Lives: Baptists and Elvis.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/because-he-lives-
baptists-and-elvis-cms-1402
“I Believe in Santa Claus.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/i-believe-in-santa-claus-cms-
1945
“Isaac Backus: A Vote for the Common People.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/isaac-
backus-a-vote-for-the-common-people-cms-4810
“Koinonia Farm Grows Disciples.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/koinonia-farm-grows-
disciples-cms-683
“Martha Wilson: A Disloyal Prophetess.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/martha-wilson-a-
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disloyal-prophetess-cms-3361
“Mennonites Almost Like the Baptists.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/mennonites-almost-
like-the-baptists-cms-993
“Molly Marshall to Receive Whitsitt’s Courage Award.”
http://www.ethicsdaily.com/molly-marshall-to-receive-whitsitt-societys-courage-award-
cms-4343
“Please Keep Baptist Calendar Free From Phil.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/keep-
baptist-calendar-free-from-phil-cms-2093
“Racial Reconciliation is not a Past Event.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/racial-
reconciliation-is-not-a-past-event-cms-9210
“Reflecting on Baptist-Catholic Relations.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/reflecting-on-
baptist-catholic-relations-cms-522
“Restoring the New Testament. Churches of Christ.”
http://www.ethicsdaily.com/restoring-the-new-testament-churches-of-christ-cms-1130
“Southern Baptists and Race: A Historical Perspective.”
http://www.ethicsdaily.com/southern-baptists-and-race-a-historical-perspective-cms-399
“St. Christopher?” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/st-christopher-cms-1646
“The Baptist World Alliance and Religious Liberty.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/the-
baptist-world-alliance-and-religious-liberty-cms-3686
“The Catholic Spirit (John Wesley).” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/the-catholic-spirit-cms-
4286
“The Flag: A Symbol of Unity?” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/the-flag-a-symbol-of-unity-
cms-2489
“The Southern Baptist Convention.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/the-southern-baptist-
convention-cms-194
“The Spiritual Discipline of Martin Luther King, Jr.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/the-
spiritual-discipline-of-martin-luther-king-jr-cms-3127
“The Whitsitt Society: Preserving an Imperiled Heritage.”
http://www.ethicsdaily.com/the-whitsitt-society-preserving-an-imperiled-heritage-cms-
862
“We Need to Read Roger Williams.” http://www.ethicsdaily.com/we-need-to-read-
roger-williams-cms-1866
“A Footnote Depicting Troubling Times.” Baptist Heritage (September 2003): 6-7, 9.
“The Pursuit of Happiness.” Living Wisely, Living Well: Lessons From the Proverbs. Baptist
Center for Ethics/Acacia Resources Sunday School Lessons (2003). Online resource.
“Bits of Baptist History.” Monthly Column in The Circular Letter of the Center for Baptist
Studies of Mercer University, January-June 2002. http://www.centerforbaptiststudies.org/.
“Bible Study” lessons for August 1996 (four weeks). The Christian Index, newspaper of the
Georgia Baptist Convention.
“Essence of Christian Higher Education: Views of Reuben Alley, Late of Virginia.” SBC Today 7,
6 (September 1989): 16.
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Book Reviews:
Review of Keith Harper and Nathan Finn, eds, Richard Fuller and Francis Wayland. Domestic
Slavery Considered As A Scriptural Institution (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press,
2008). Journal of Southern Religion, 15 (2013).
http://jsr.fsu.edu/issues/vol15/weaver.html
Review of Carl Kell’s Against the Wind: The Moderate Voice in Baptist Life. Journal of Southern
History, 57, 2 (2011): 489-490.
Review of Steven Harmon’s Towards Baptist Catholicity: Essays on Tradition and the Baptist
Vision. Baptist History and Heritage, 43, 3 (2008): 105-107.
Review of Michael Williams’ Isaac Taylor Tichenor: The Creation of the Baptist New South.
Baptist History and Heritage, 41, 3 (2006): 118-119.
Review of Arlene M. Sanchez Walsh’s Latino Pentecostal Identity: Evangelical Faith, Self, and
Society and Grant Wacker’s Heaven Below: Pentecostals and American Culture and
Waldo Cesar’s and Richard Shuall’s Pentecostalism and the Future of the Christian
Churches and Nancy Hardesty’s, Faith Cure: Divine Healing in the Holiness and
Pentecostal Movements. Perspectives in Religious Studies, 32, 4 (Winter 2005): 473-478.
Review of Chester Raymond Young’s, ed., Baptists on the American Frontier: A History of Ten
Churches by John Taylor, annotated 3rd ed. Filson Club History Quarterly, 71 (April
1997): 229-231.
Review of Paul Basden’s ed., Has Our Theology Changed? Southern Baptist Thought Since
1845. Church History, 65, 2 (June 1996): 313-314.
“Remembering Our Roots: A Life of Roger Williams,” a Review of Edwin S. Gaustad’s Liberty
of Conscience: Roger Williams in America. Baptists Today, 10, 22 (December 15, 1992):
9.
“Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism Defined,” a Review of George Marsden’s Understanding
Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism.” Baptists Today, 10, 1 (January 9, 1992): 2, 12.
Review of E. Brooks Holifield’s Era of Persuasion: American Thought and Culture, 1521-1680
and William R. Estep’s Revolution Within the Revolution: The First Amendment in
Historical Context, 1612-1789. Perspectives in Religious Studies, 18, 1 (Spring 1991):
88-91.
Review of James R. Goff Jr.’s Fields White Unto Harvest: Charles F. Parham and the
Missionary Origins of Pentecostalism. Church History 60, 1 (March 1991): 138-139.
Review of John W. Storey and Ronald C. Ellison’s Southern Baptists of Southeast Texas, A
Centennial History, 1888-1988. Baptist History and Heritage, 25, 1 (1990): 58-59.
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Review of William E. Ellis’ A Man of Books and a Man of the People. E.Y. Mullins and the
Crisis of Moderate Southern Baptist Leadership. Filson Club History Quarterly, 61, 2
(April 1987): 260-262.
Review of C.C. Goen’s Broken Churches, Broken Nation: Denominational Schisms and the
Coming of the American Civil War. Review and Expositor, 83 (Summer 1986): 486-487.
Review of James A. Rogers’ Richard Furman: Life and Legacy.” Review and Expositor, 83
(Spring 1986): 319-320.
Dictionary/Encyclopedia Entries
Articles (9 entries range from 500 to 1500 words each). in Jill Y. Crainshaw and Bill J. Leonard,
eds. Encyclopedia of Religious Controversy in the United States. Santa Barbara, CA:
ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2012. Articles on Guy Ballard and the I AM Movement, William
Branham, Charismatic Movement, Finished Word Pentecostalism, Israel Hawkins, Benny
Hinn, Holiness/Pentecostal Movement, New Age Movement, Sacred Name Movement.
Articles (4). Die Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Fourth edition. Hans Dieter Betz, Don
S. Browning, Bernd Janowski, and Eberhard Jungel, eds. Tubingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul
Siebeck), 2000. Articles on Antimission Movement, David Benedict, Samuel Boykin,
Robert Browne.
Articles (2). American National Biography. John A. Garraty, ed. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1999. Articles on David Johannes Du Plessis, Jeremiah Bell Jeter.
Articles (12). Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States. Bill J. Leonard and
George H. Shriver, eds. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. Articles on Adventism,
James (Jim) Bakker, Baptism of the Holy Spirit, Charismatic Movement, Electronic
Church, Faith Healing, Glossolalia, Samuel P. Jones, Ku Klux Klan, Primitive Baptists,
Granville Oral Roberts, Second Blessing.
Articles (8). The Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography: 1730-1860. Donald M. Lewis,
ed. Oxford: Basil Blackwell Limited, 1996. Articles on Daniel Henry Barnes, William T.
Brantley, Henry Clay Fish, Reuben Ford, John Jasper, Samuel Stillman, David Thomas,
John Waller.
Articles (8). Dictionary of Baptists in America. Bill J. Leonard, ed. Downers Grove, IL:
Intervarsity Press, 1994. Articles on Bluefield College, Charismatic Movement among
Baptists, Cotton Grove Resolutions, Denison University Ohio 1830, Elon Galusha, David
George, Charles Journeycake, National Southern Baptist Charismatic Conference.
Articles (12). Dictionary of Christianity in America. Daniel G. Reid, ed. Downers Grove, IL:
Intervarsity Press, 1989. Articles on Thomas Armitage, Rufus Babcock, William Marrion
Branham, F. F. Bosworth, G. B. Cashwell, David du Plessis, Ebenezer Frothingham, Full
Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International, Richard Furman, Devereux Jarratt,
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Charles Price, Demos Shakarian, The American Baptist Association.
The Whitsitt Journal
Journal Editor. The Whitsitt Journal, William H. Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society (1998 - 2009).
“The BWA and Religious Liberty.” The Whitsitt Journal (Spring 2005): 18, 22.
“Interview with Julie Pennington-Russell.” The Whitsitt Journal (Spring 2004): 12-13.
“Courage in Unexpected Places.” The Whitsitt Journal (Fall 2001): 18-19.
“Profile: John Leland.” The Whitsitt Journal (Fall 1999): 2, 15-16.
“Integration: One Church's Story.” The Whitsitt Journal (Spring 1999): 15-17.
Pamphlets
Editor. Baptist Myths Pamphlet Series. Co-sponsored by the William H. Whitsitt Baptist Heritage
Society, the Center for Baptist Studies (Mercer University) and the Baptist History and
Heritage Society (2003).
“Myth: Baptists Support State-Sponsored Prayer.” Baptist Myths Pamphlet Series (2003).
“William Marrion Branham,” in the study guide for the documentary film "Raise The Dead”
(focusing on the ministry of H. Richard Hall, written and produced by James Rutenbeck,
Waban, Massachusetts), 1999.
PRESENTATIONS
“Panelist, Book discussion: Contesting Catholicity by Curtis Freeman,” Spring meeting of the
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 18,
2015.
“McPhersonism? Aimee Semple McPherson and her Baptist Opponents (and Supporters),”
Presentation to Society for Pentecostal Studies, Lakeland, Florida, March 13, 2015.
“Baptists, the Holy Spirit and Corporate Worship.” Paper presented to the Baptist International
Conference on Theological Education VIII, Ocho Rios, Jamaica, June 28, 2013.
“Holiness and Baptists in the Nineteenth Century – A Story Rarely Told.” Paper Presented to the
Wesleyan Theological Society, Seattle, Washington, March 23, 2013.
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“Restoring the New Testament Church? Baptist Self-Perception(s) in America from the Mid-
Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries.” Paper Presented to the International
Conference on Baptist Studies VI, Wake Forest, North Carolina, July 14, 2012.
“Baptist Ecclesiology from John Clarke to E. Y. Mullins: The Personal, The Communal, and the
Eschatological.” Paper Presented to the Baptist History and Heritage Society,” Raleigh,
North Carolina, June 8, 2012.
“A Future Without Baptists? Who Cares?” “Break Out” Presentation at the Cooperative Baptist
Fellowship, sponsored by the Baptist History and Heritage Society, June 24, 2011.
“The Baptist Bible.” Paper presented to the Evangelical Theological Society,” Atlanta, Georgia,
November 17, 2010.
“Early Baptists: Individual Conscience and Eschatological Ecclesiology.” Paper presented at the
Reformation Studies Colloquium, St. Andrews, Scotland, September 7, 2010.
Respondent in Plenary Session to reviewers of “The Acts of the Apostles: Four Centuries of
Baptist Interpretation.” Annual meeting of the National Association of Baptist Professors
of Religion,” Atlanta, Georgia, May 26, 2010.
“Baptist Identity, E. Y. Mullins, and the Search for a New Testament Church.” Featured speaker
for the Fellowship of Baptist Historians, pre-meeting of the Baptist History and Heritage
Society, Huntsville, Alabama, June 4, 2009.
“E. Y. Mullins, Individualism and Social Ministry.” Paper presented to the annual meeting of the
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, Waco, Texas, May 26, 2009.
“Baptists Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” Featured Speaker (three sessions) at the North
Central CBF Regional Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 24-25, 2009.
“Respondent to paper by E. Glenn Hinson.” Given at the “Celebration of E. Glenn Hinson’s Fifty
Years of Teaching.” Baptist Seminary at Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, March 6, 2009.
“Baptist Identity, E. Y. Mullins, and the Search for a New Testament Church.” 2009 Departmental
Lecture. Department of Religion, Baylor University, February 26, 2009.
“E. Y. Mullins” in the session “Baptist Preachers and Higher Education in the South.” Presented
at the annual meeting of the American Society of Church History, New York, January 4,
2009.
“Baptists and the First Amendment: A Historical Overview.” One of the keynote speakers for the
annual meeting of the Baptist History and Heritage Society, May 23, 2008.
Panel Participant. CBF Conference on Collegiate Ministry. Decatur, Georgia, May 4, 2006.
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“Second to None: A Short History of Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church.” Presented (read by
a colleague) at the annual meeting of the Georgia Baptist Historical Society, April 30,
2004.
Respondent to two papers on Baptist Higher Education. Conference: “Christianity and the Soul of
the University.” Sponsored by the Baylor Institute for Faith and Learning, Baylor
University, March 25, 2004.
“Why the Baptist Heritage is Important.” Keynote address delivered at the first graduation
ceremony for the Certificate Program of the Center for Baptist Studies, Mercer University,
October 2003.
Participant/Presenter at the Annual Baptist Classics Conference for Baptist Historians. Sponsored
by the Center for Baptist Studies, Mercer University, 2002-2011.
“From Saint to Sinner: Missionary Pioneer to Gospel Mission Convert. The Legacy of Martha
Loftin Wilson.” Presented at the fall meeting of the Georgia Baptist Historical Society,
November 12, 2001.
Workshop leader. Samford University Pastors’ School, Birmingham, Alabama, Summer 1996.
Workshops included “Using Christian History in Preaching,” and “Revivals in America.”
“A Review of E. Glenn Hinson's The Church Triumphant: A History of Christianity up to 1300
(Macon: Mercer University Press, 1995).” Presented at the spring meeting of the
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, March 15, 1996, Columbia, South
Carolina.
“Following the Prophet: The Legacy of William Marrion Branham.” Presented at the Southeast
regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, March 14, 1992, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Respondent to the paper, “William H. Durham and the Finished Work of Calvary.” Annual
meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, November 8, 1991, Lakeland, Florida.
“The Healer Prophet: The Legacy of William Marrion Branham.” Presented at the annual meeting
of the American Society of Church History, December 29, 1986, Chicago, Illinois.
Participant in two panel discussions at regional meetings of the National Association of Baptist
Professors of Religion.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Editorial Boards, Leadership Positions
Series Editor, The James N. Griffith Series in Baptist Studies, Mercer University Press, 2014 –
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Corresponding member on the Baptist World Alliance Mission, Evangelism and Theological
Reflection Commission on Baptist Heritage and Identity, 2011-2015
Evaluator of manuscripts for the Journal of Church and State, University of Tennessee Press,
Bloomsbury Academic, Mercer University Press
Editor. Festschrift Issue. Baptist History and Heritage Journal (2012 - )
Chair. Executive-Director Search Committee, Baptist History and Heritage Society, 2009-2010
Interim Editor, Baptist History and Heritage Journal (2010)
Editorial Board. Perspectives in Religious Studies Monograph Series of the National
Association of Baptist Professors of Religion (2004 - 2009)
Editorial Board. Perspectives in Religious Studies, journal of the National Association of Baptist
Professors of Religion (2002-2006).
Chair of the board, 2004; Executive Committee, 2004-2005
Dissertation Fellowship Committee of NABPR, 2007-2009 (we evaluated dissertations
for scholarships)
I have read and evaluated papers submitted for publication to PRS.
I have served on other ad hoc committees of NABPR.
Editorial Board. Baptist History and Heritage Society (2001-2003)
Executive Board Member. William H. Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society (1998 - Present)
Secretary, William H. Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society (1998 - 2009)
Vice-President, then President, Georgia Baptist Historical Society (1999-2000-2001)
Memberships
Member, American Academy of Religion
Member, American Society of Church History
Member, Baptist History and Heritage Society
Member, National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion
Member, Society for Pentecostal Studies
Member, Virginia Baptist Historical Society
TEACHING AWARDS/HONORS
The W.O. Carver Distinguished Service Award, Baptist History and Heritage Society, awarded
June 2014.
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“The Baptist Ecclesiology of E. Y. Mullins: Individualism and the New Testament Church.”
Recipient of the 2008-2009 Norman W. Cox Award for Best Article of the Year in the
Baptist History and Heritage Journal of the Baptist History and Heritage Society.
“The Risk of Majority Faith.” Winning Sermon, 2008-2009 Baptist Heritage Preaching Contest,
Baptist History and Heritage Society
Faculty Member of the Year, Brewton-Parker College, selected by faculty/staff (2003)
Student Yearbook, dedicated to Doug Weaver, Brewton-Parker College (2003)
Brewton-Parker College Teacher of the Year Award, given by the Student Government
Association (1998); the Division of Religion and Philosophy received the Division of the
Year Award (2000)
The Jordan Teacher Excellence Award of Brewton-Parker College, selected by faculty/student
committee (1994)
LOCAL CHURCH INVOLVEMENT
Ordained Minister, April 25, 1982
Member, Calvary Baptist Church, Waco, Texas (2004 - Present)
Interim Pastor, (two in Texas; eleven in Georgia)
Selected Guest Presentations
“Spiritual Disciplines in Christian History.” Weekend Study at First Baptist Church,
Springfield, Virginia, March 10-12, 2006
“Spiritual Formation for Christian Leadership.” Ministry Guidance Supervisor
Workshop, Department of Religion, Baylor University, August 15, 2006
“Doctrinal Conference on Religious Liberty.” Sponsored by Waco Regional Baptist
Association and Department of Ministry Guidance, Department of Religion, Baylor
University, at Truett Theological Seminary, Waco, Texas, March 5, 2008
“Deacons in Baptist History.” Speaker for Deacon Retreat, Seventh and James Baptist
Church, Waco, Texas, September 25, 2010
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