Meet Our Faculty
Completing a seminary degree is a challenging journey, but you will not make it alone. These men and women are committed not only to your academic success, but to your spiritual development and growth as a minister of the Gospel.
What’s more, our professors have years of experience in ministry, as well as in the academy, so you’ll be learning from men and women who’ve served in the very churches, ministries, and mission fields where you’re headed.
Southwestern Seminary professors are:
- Church Planters
- Lead Pastors
- Worship Ministers
- Evangelists
- Missionaries
- Authors
- Children’s Ministers
- Ethicists
- All
- Administration
- School of Church Music and Worship
- School of Educational Ministries
- School of Evangelism and Missions
- School of Theology
- Southwestern Women
- Texas Baptist College
D. Jeffrey Bingham
Research Professor of Historical Theology
Jesse Hendley Chair of Biblical Theology
Felix Cabrera
Assistant Professor of Christian Ministry
Associate Director of Hispanic Programs
Joseph R. Crider
Dean of the School of Church Music and Worship
Professor of Church Music and Worship
Amy L. Crider
Associate Professor of Foundations of Education
Director of the Southwestern Center for Writing Excellence
Daniel M. Darling
Director of Land Center for Cultural Engagement
Assistant Professor of Faith and Culture, Texas Baptist College
David S. Dockery
Distinguished Professor of Theology
Editor of the Southwestern Journal of Theology
Director of the Dockery Center for Global Evangelical Theology
Special Consultant to the President
R. Adam Dodd
Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Backgrounds
Director of Campus Technology
W. Madison Grace II
Associate Professor of Theology
Director of Oxford Study Program
Director of Research Doctoral Studies
Justin Hiester
Assistant Professor of Missions and Islamic Studies
Director of TBC Missions
Friedhelm Jung
Professor of SystematicTheology`
Director of M.A. in Theology Program (Bonn, Germany Extension)
Karen Kennemur
Professor of Children’s Ministry
Bessie Fleming Chair of Childhood Education
Charles T. Lewis Jr
Associate Dean of the School of Church Music and Worship
Professor of Church Music and Worship
John D. Massey
Dean of the Roy J. Fish School of Evangelism and Missions
Associate Professor of Missions
Charles F. Stanley Chair for the Advancement of Global Christianity
Shane W. Parker
Associate Professor of Leadership and Educational Ministries
Director of the Doctor of Educational Ministry Program
Matt Queen
Associate Dean of the Roy J. Fish School of Evangelism and Missions
Professor of Evangelism
L.R. Scarborough Chair of Evangelism (“Chair of Fire”)
Chris Shirley
Interim Dean of the Jack D. Terry School of Educational Ministries
Professor of Educational Ministries
Jack D. and Barbara Terry Chair of Religious Education
Dean Sieberhagen
Associate Professor of Islamic Studies
Vernon D. and Jeannette Davidson Chair of Missions
Director of the Islamic Studies Program
Benjamin M. Skaug
Provost and Vice President for Academic Administration
Associate Professor of Theology
Jack D. Terry, Jr.
Senior Professor of Foundations of Education
Vice President Emeritus for Institutional Advancement
Special Assistant to the President
Dietmar W. Schulze
Associate Professor of Missions
Associate Director of the M.A. in Theology Program (Bonn, Germany Extension)
Justin Wainscott
Assistant Professor of Christian Ministry
Director of Discipleship and Campus Ministries
Michael S. Wilder
Professor of Educational Ministries
Associate Provost for Innovative Learning
Gregory A. Wills
Dean of the School of Theology
Professor of Church History and Baptist Heritage
Senior Fellow of the B.H. Carroll Center for Baptist Heritage and Mission
W. Michael Wilson
Senior Professor of Pastoral and Applied Ministry
Director of Applied Ministry