Alumni •
Charles C. Baldwin,
Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force 2004–2008 •
Reginald Bibby, sociologist •
Douglas Carver,
Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army 2007–2011 •
Dondi E. Costin,
Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force 2015–2018, 6th president of
Liberty University 2023–Present •
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, 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. •
Steven Furtick, pastor of
Elevation Church; well-known pastor, speaker, and author. •
Pleasant Daniel Gold, Baptist pastor and newspaper publisher •
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. •
Beth Kennett, politician and United Church of Christ minister •
Matt Lockett, member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives for the 39th District, 2021–Present •
David Gordon Lyon,
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. •
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 in
New York City (2013–2018). •
Jeff Struecker, pastor, author, and former
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. •
James Emery White, pastor, author, and Professor of
Theology and Culture •
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.
Faculty •
Gregg R. Allison, Professor of Church History •
Michael Haykin, Professor of Church History. •
Timothy Paul Jones, author, apologetics scholar, and professor of Christian family ministry. •
Thomas R. Schreiner, New Testament scholar. •
Crawford Howell Toy (1869–1879), Hebrew and Old Testament scholar. Dismissed for his views on biblical inspiration and evolution. •
Bruce Ware, theologian, former chairman of the Department of Biblical and Systematic Theology at
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and former president of the
Evangelical Theological Society. •
Stephen J. Wellum, Professor of Christian Theology. Proponent of progressive covenantalism and editor of
The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology.
Presidents ==See also==