President, Shorter University
Professor of Christian Studies
315 Shorter Avenue, Rome, GA 30165
Phone: (706) 233-7201
Office: Sheffield-Thompson Building (ST-101)
Email: chimes@shorter.edu
Educational Background:
- Post-doctoral studies: Oxford University (England)
- Post-doctoral studies: University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
- Ph.D., Baylor University
- M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- B.A., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Courses Taught:
- Survey of Old Testament
- Survey of New Testament
- Religion in America
- Baptist History
- Church Management and Administration
- Homiletics
- Hermeneutics
- Life and Teachings of Jesus
- Survey of Church History
- Contemporary Theology
- New Testament Bible Book Study: John
- New Testament Bible Book Study: Revelation
Ministry Experience:
- Pastor
- Conference Speaker
- Interim Pastor and Supply
- International Ministry: Romania and Guatemala
Publications:
- Review of Radicalism, Primitivism, and the Lamb’s War, by T. L. Underwood, Baptist History and Heritage, forthcoming.
- Lesson writer for The Baptist Courier (South Carolina Baptist state paper), February, 1998.
- “Martha Steams Marshall,” Biblical Recorder. Series on prominent Baptist women. February 29, 1997: 3.
- “Fannie Heck,” Biblical Recorder. Series on prominent Baptist women. February 22, 1997: 3.
- “Eliza Moring Yates,” Biblical Recorder. Series on prominent Baptist women. February 15, 1997: 3.
- “Ann Hasseltine Judson,” Biblical Recorder. Series on prominent Baptist women. February 1, 1997: 3.
- “Sikhism,” Belief Bulletin, Interfaith Witness Department, North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention Rewrote Bulletin, 1994.
- “World Religions Overview,” Belief Bulletin, Interfaith Witness Department, North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention Rewrote Bulletin, 1994.
- Wrote three articles on “Chaplains”, “American Friends Service Committee”, and “American Jewish Relief Committee” for inclusion in the Encyclopedia of World War I, published by Garland Publishing Company.
- “Seven Deadly Sins in Evangelism,” Evangelism (August 1990): 155-160.
- “Preserving the Quaker Way: Guidance of Quaker Social Life by the Monthly Meetings in Colonial North Carolina,” The Southern Friend (Fall 1989): 1-16.
Awards:
- Listed in Outstanding Young Men of America (1988)
- Member of Theta Alpha Kappa (Religion)
Professional Organizations:
- Evangelical Theological Society
- Southern Baptist Historical Society- Board of Advisors
- South Carolina Baptist Historical Society
- South Carolina Baptist State Convention Historical Committee