Doctor of Ministry Faculty, Affiliate Faculty, and Leading Practitioners

Faculty, seminar:

Greg Cole: The Ministry of Supervision
Jeff Iorg, President: Ministry and Leadership
Ron Hornecker, Ministry of Personal Relationships
Allan Karr, Context, Culture, and Mission
Mike Kuykendall: Research Tools and Methods
Joe Kim: Ministry and Leadership
Gary McCoy: Proclamation and Worship
Eddie Pate: Context, Culture, and Mission
Jim Wilson, Proclamation and Worship, Ministry and Leadership
Earl Waggoner: Spiritual Formation
Timothy Wiarda: Spiritual Formation
Kon Yang: Spiritual Formation

Affiliate Faculty:

Henry Blackaby, author, denominational leader, president of Henry Blackaby Ministries
Jim Henry, retired pastor, First Baptist Church Orlando, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, author
Marshall Shelley, senior editor, Leadership Magazine

Leading Practitioners:

Mel Blackaby, author and pastor of Bow Valley Baptist Church, Cochrane, AB
Richard Blackaby, President of Blackaby Ministries International, Chancellor of The Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary
Tate Cockrell, Family pastor, Broadmoor Baptist Church, Madison, Mississippi. PhD from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. M.A. in Religious Education from SBTS. M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from SBTS.
Bill Copper, Director of the Hollifield Center, a cutting-edge leadership development retreat center, and a coach and trainer in areas of church administration, team building, and technology.
Jane Creswell, Master Certified Executive Coach, who founded the IBM Coaches Network, a group that now consists of 300+ coaches across 26 countries
Donald Dunavant, Ph.D., Professor of Christian Studies and Director of the Bachelor of Applied Theology Program, California Baptist University
David Garrison, South Asia regional leader for the International Mission Board and author of Church Planting Movements: How God is Redeeming a Lost World
Tim Gentry, Evangelism Director, California Southern Baptist Convention
David Young Hwan Gill, Pastor of Concord Korean Baptist Church, evangelist, national leader among Korean Southern Baptists.
Chad Hall, a Professional Certified Coach and Global Consultant for SAS Institute, Inc. is a former pastor, church planter, and denominational consultant. M.T.S. from Duke University and Th.M. from Princeton Seminary.
Mike McGuffee, ministerial leadership specialist – Healthy Church Group of CSBC
Randy McWhorter, Director, Healthy Church Group, California Southern Baptist Convention
Linda Miller, a Master Certified Executive Coach, and Global Liaison for Coaching Services for the Ken Blanchard Companies.
John Moore, Network Partnership Specialist, LifeWay Christian Resources
Ralph Neighbor, II., author, Founder of Touch Outreach Ministries, cell church pioneer, consultant, author of Survival Kit for New Christians and Where Do We Go From Here?, "A guidebook for the Cell Group Church"
Ron Owens, Conference Speaker, worship Leader, on ministry staff of Blackaby Ministries International
Naomi Paget, M.Div from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. A D.Min from GGBTS. Adjunct Professor at GGBTS and Denver Seminary. Board certified chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains and crisis interventionist for the FBI, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief and the American Red Cross
J.T. Reed, pastor of First Baptist Church of Fair Oaks, Sacramento, M.Div., D.Min., and Th.M. degrees from GGBTS
Ed Rowell, senior pastor of Tri-Lakes Chapel in Monument, Colorado. Former editor of Leadership Journal and Preaching Today. His books include Preaching with Spiritual Passion, Go the Distance, and a novel, Emma’s Journal.
Jim Shaddix, Senior Pastor of Riverside Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado. Former Associate Professor of Preaching as well as Dean of Chapel at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Bob Shelton, Church Health Leader for the Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
Gerry Taillon, National Ministry Leader for The Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
Ray Woodard, regional Church Health Consultant for British Columbia lower mainland, Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
David Young Joon Yoon, evangelist and conference speaker, founding pastor, San Francisco First Korean Baptist Church
Tony Young, Department Head and Associate Pastor, Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Louisiana Tech University