Curriculum Vitae
Current
Associate Director at Union Baptist Association
Instructor of North American Missiology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Theology (In process) - Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Master of Arts in Christian Studies (2008) - Union University
- Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations (2004) - Union University
Ministry Experience
Associate Director (2020-Present)
Union Baptist Association, Houston, TX
Senior Church Consultant (2017-2019)
Union Baptist Association, Houston, TX
Pastor (2013-2017)
Imago Dei Church, Raleigh, NC
People Group Research and Diaspora Strategist (2013)
North American Mission Board, Washington, DC
Journeyman (2009-2011)
International Mission Board, West Africa
College Minister (2005-2009)
First Baptist Church, Humboldt, TN
Teaching and Higher Education Experience
Instructor of North American Missiology (2019-Present)
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC
Urban Resource Coordinator (2012-2017)
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC
Coordinator of Markering and Enrollment (2006-2007)
Union University, Jackson, TN
Publications
Articles & Chapters
- “The Church and Her Mission to the Cities: A Theological Rubric to Evaluate Urban Mission
Methods,” Occasional Bulletin of EMS 30.2 (Spring 2017).
- “Unreached People Groups,” Patterned: Sharing and Imitating Christ Together (NC Baptists, 2017).
Selected Essays
- “Cross-Cultural Missions: Crossing Streets and Crossing Oceans,” imb.org (February 14, 2019).
- “Contextualization as Gospel Incarnation,” Send Institute (June 26, 2018).
- “The de-Europeanization of American Christianity,” Send Institute (April 3, 2018).
- “Demographics that Speak,” Send Institute (January 30, 2018).
- “Some American Muslims Leave Islam, But Protestant Converts Often Replace Them,” Facts &
Trends (February 19, 2018).
- “Engaging people groups: Cultural expertise vs. cultural acquisition,” NCBaptist.org
(November 23, 2015).
Presentations
Evangelical Missiological Society
- “Super-Diversity and Urban Mission,” Evangelical Missiological Society South-Central Regional Meeting, April 7, 2018, at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (Dallas, TX).
- “The Church and Her Mission to the Cities: Developing Missiological Method for the Urban Context,” Evangelical Missiological Society National Meeting October 14, 2016, at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (Dallas, TX).
- “Moving Past Urban Ministry: Rethinking a Popular Definition,” Evangelical Missiological Society National Meeting, September 19, 2015, at the Graduate Institue of Applied Linguistics (Dallas, TX).