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
Teaching Experience
Professor of Missions, Owen Cooper Chair of Global Missions, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana, serving 1998-Present
Instructor, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Birmingham, Alabama Extension Center, Spring semester of 1998
Teaching Fellow, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, Summer of 1979
Grader, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1978-1979 and 1983
Ministry Experience
Bible Study Leader, First Baptist Church of New Orleans
Care Effect Ministry participant
Pulpit supply, August 1998 - Present
Preach English Service, New Orleans Chinese Baptist Church, 1999-2008.
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, West Virginia, 1978
Pulpit Supply: Illinois, Tennessee, and Texas, 1975-1981
Preacher for Ministerial Education Days and Youth Revivals, Tennessee, 1973-1974
Pastor at church plants in east Tennessee, 1971-1973
Publications
Articles in Scholarly Journals and Books
"China Etiquette and Taboos", Etiquette and Taboos around the World: A Geographic Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Customs, ed. Ken Taylor (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, forthcoming 2017).
"The Missionary Family", Missiology: An Introduction to the Foundations, History, and Strategies of World Missions, 2nd ed., ed. John Mark Terry (Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 2015), 527-538.
"The Truth is Contextualization Can Lead to Syncretism: Applying Muslim Background Believers Contextualization Concerns to Ancestor Worship and Buddhist Background Believers in a Chinese Culture", Journal for Baptist Theology & Ministry, Vol. 5 No. 1, ed. Steve Lemke (Spring 2008), 135-142.
Professional Memberships and Presentations
Member of the Evangelical Theological Society since 1999
Professor teaching on Oxford Study Tour with New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, July 2012
Evangelical Theological Society's Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 19, 2009. "Lessons from Lottie: Exploring Selected Ethical Issues from the Life of Lottie Moon"
Evangelical Theological Society's Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, November 20, 2008. "Obeying the Text: Applying Scriptures in the Relationships of Missionaries"
Evangelical Theological Society's Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 18, 2004. "The Truth is Contextualization Can Lead To Syncretism: Applying Muslim Background Believer Contextualization Concerns to Ancestor Worship and Buddhist Background Believers in a Chinese Culture"
Evangelical Missiological Society, South Central Regional Meeting, Dallas, Texas, March 12-13, 2004. "The Truth is Contextualization Can Lead To Syncretism: Applying Muslim Background Believer Contextualization Concerns to Ancestor Worship and Buddhist Background Believers in a Chinese Culture"
Represented NOBTS by serving on a panel and by leading breakout session at the "Summit on Baptist Mission in the 21st Century" in Swanwick, England, May 5-9, 2003
Evangelical Theological Society's Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 14, 2001. "Defining Evangelicalism's Boundaries: A New Approach to the Harvest Among Southern Baptists"
Southwest Regional Annual Meeting, Evangelical Missiological Society, Richmond, Virginia, March 9-10, 2001. "Missions at the Edge of the Twentieth Century: Teaching in a Brave New World"
Southern Baptist Seminaries/International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention Consortium, Richmond, Virginia, January 26-27, 2001. Presented a case study on "Communication Conflict Between a Seminary Student Participating in the Church Planting International Track of the Master of Divinity and His Supervisor on the Mission Field"
Panel Discussion Participant, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Faculty Club, December 12, 2000. "Current Trends and Tensions in Mission Philosophies"
Southwest Regional Annual Meeting, Evangelical Missiological Society, Fort Worth, Texas, April 7-8, 2000. "A New Approach to the Harvest: Examining Current Southern Baptist Missionary Efforts to Reach the Hokkien People in Taiwan Compared to Earlier Methods"
Southern Baptist Seminaries/International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention Consortium, Richmond, Virginia, January 20-21, 2000. Led Dialogue on "Implications of Ten Universal Elements in Church Planting Movements for Seminary Training of Missionaries"
Fall 1999 Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Danvers, Massachusetts, November 17-19, 1999. "Making Ethical Decisions in a Postmodern World: A Preposed Biblically-Based Model"
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"
