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Paul Akin
Provost; Associate Professor of Christian Missions

Faculty Bio

What Are You Living For?

The Great Commission Is Our Mandate

Our mission statement prioritizes what Jesus prioritized. Our focus is God’s Word, God’s mission, and God’s church.

Celebrating 30 Years at Southern Seminary: A Conversation with Dr. and Mrs. Mohler

The Unmatched Mercy and Grace of God

Faithfulness to the Mission: Recovering the Great Commission

Mohler’s commitment to the founding mission of the Seminary inevitably led to a greater emphasis and focus on God’s overarching mission to redeem and reconcile those created in his image from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation.

Our Role in God’s Mission

What Does It Really Mean to Follow Jesus?

Colossians 1:1-14

15 things every (faithful) missionary needs

Only by God’s kind, saving, and sanctifying grace can anyone attain the characteristics, competencies, and commitments of a faithful missionary.

5 challenges for missionaries (and why they’re worth it)

A missionary’s only hope is found in Christ and in his providential and sovereign work in the world.

10 reasons every pastor should care about missions

Billions of people are being born, living their entire lives, and dying without ever hearing the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This reality cannot be tolerable.

Balancing people and place in missions

Jesus commissions his disciples to go and make disciples of all nations. That command necessitates focus on both peoples and also places.

The Great Disconnect

When you proclaim the gospel, use words

Those who have been changed and shaped by the gospel cannot help but speak and share the gospel.