Archives: Authors

Jim Stitzinger serves as the associate vice president of Institutional Advancement and director of the Bevin Center for Missions Mobilization at Southern Seminary. Previously he has served as a church planter and pastor in SW Florida and as the pastor of local outreach and evangelism at Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, California.

Jeremy lives with his wife, Catherine, in Louisville, Kentucky, where he is an elder at Clifton Baptist Church.

Matt McCullough (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University) is the pastor of Trinity Church in Nashville, Tennessee and author of The Cross of War: Christian Nationalism and U.S. Expansion in the Spanish-American War. He is a graduate of Boyce College.

Is a Southern Seminary alumnus who serves as the Discipleship Pastor of Christ Community Church in Huntersville, NC. Before this, Stuart served as College Pastor as Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, KY.

Dustin Messer is a graduate of Boyce College and Covenant Seminary. He teaches theology at Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco, Texas. Additionally, Dustin is senior fellow of theology and culture at the Center for Cultural Leadership and pastoral associate at Christ Church (PCA) in Carrollton, Texas. Dustin is completing his doctoral work in religion and…

Jeff Robinson (M.Div. and Ph.D., SBTS) is director of news and information at Southern Seminary. He is pastor of Christ Fellowship Baptist Church in Louisville, served as senior editor for The Gospel Coalition for six years, and is also adjunct professor of church history and senior research and teaching associate for the Andrew Fuller Center…

Brian Renshaw is a Ph.D. student in New Testament at Southern Seminary. His interests include Gospel studies, hermeneutics, theological interpretation of Scripture, and history of interpretation. He is the Director of Instructional Design for SBTS Online.

John Divito (MDiv., SBTS) serves as a pastoral intern at Cornerstone Fellowship Church in Newburgh, Indiana. He is also a director of African Pastors Conferences. John and his wife Jennifer have been married for 19 years and have four children. This article was originally published by Founders Ministries.

Ray Rhodes, Jr. (DMin, SBTS) is founding pastor of Grace Community Church in Dawsonville, Georgia. He is author of Yours, Till Heaven; The Untold Love Story of Charles and Susie Spurgeon and Susie: The Life and Legacy of Susannah Spurgeon both from Moody Publishers. Follow Ray on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Scott Slayton (M.Div., SBTS) serves as Lead Pastor at Chelsea Village Baptist Church in Chelsea, Alabama. Scott and his wife Beth have four children: Hannah, Sarah Kate, Leah, and Matt.  He regularly writes at his personal blog One Degree to Another.