Gregory T. Christopher

Biography

Greg and his wife Debbie were married in 1977 and have two children. He enjoys playing sports and spending time with his grandchildren. He joined the faculty in 1993, appointed Dean of the Baptist Bible Graduate School in 1997 and was named the Dean of Academic Affairs in 2008. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, he teaches linguistics, apologetics and other courses. He is the chair of the institutional self-study process and is the institutional liaison with the Higher Learning Commission and the Association for Biblical Higher Education. In 2010 he was named the Vice President of Academics of Baptist Bible College and Baptist Bible Graduate School.

Education

Ph.D., University of Texas - Arlington, 2000 - Dissertation: Linguistics and Literary Theory: Redefining the Disciplinary Boundaries
Th.M., Grace Theological Seminary, 1985 - Thesis: Determining the Voice of New Testament Verbs whose Middle and Passive Forms are Identical: A Consideration of the Perfect/Middle/Passive
B.A., Baptist Bible College, 1980

Ministry Experience

While attending seminary and the university, Greg served on several church staffs. Since 1995, he has served as associate pastor at Berean Baptist Church in Bolivar, Missouri.
He has ministered on several missions field while a faculty and administrator. Those field include Mexico, Japan, India, Costa Rica and Columbia.

Memberships

Presentations and Publications

Presentations
1990	"A Discourse Analysis of Colossians 2:16 - 3:17," Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting
1991	"Participant Reference," Society of Biblical Literature National Meeting
1994	"Review of The Five Gospels," The Greater Springfield Faculty of Religion and Bible Annual Meeting
2006	"For Whom Did Christ Die?" National BBFI Meeting, Springfield, MO
2008	"Charismatic Gifts" Florida State Fellowship Meeting, Winter Haven, FL
2008	Apologetics Conference, Central Baptist Church, Tyler, TX
2009	"A Logical Answer: The Role of Apologetics in a Pluralistic Society" Baptist Temple, Springfield, MO
2009	"Whatever Happened to Absolute Truth" National BBFI Meeting, Springfield, MO
Publications
1990	"A Discourse Analysis of Colossians 2:16 - 3:17," Grace Theological Journal (11), pp. 205-220.
1991	"Anaphora Interpretation in Hausa Narrative: Application of Topic-set Theory,: Journal of West African Languages (22), pp. 85-104.
1994	"A Review of the Five Gospels, published by the Jesus Seminar." The Baptist Preachers Journal (May-June), p. 11
1999	"T.T. Shields: Fighting the Good," Baptist Bible Tribune (March), pp. 12-13
2000	"A Review of the Search for Jesus: You Can\'t Find What You Don\'t Look for," The Baptist Preachers Journal (Sept-Oct), pp 7-9
2004	"A Review of Revolve: New Bible for Teens," The Baptist Preachers Journal (14:1), pp. 38-41
2004	"Review of The Search for the Historical Jesus," The Baptist Preachers Journal (1), pp
2005	"Whom did Christ Die for? Unlimited vs. Limited Atonement," Part 1, The Baptist Preachers Journal (15:1), pp. 21-24.
2005	"Whom did Christ Die for? Unlimited vs. Limited Atonement," Part 2, The Baptist Preachers Journal (15:2), pp. 21-24.

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