Education

• New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  The New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary is a private, non-profit institution of higher learning affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, located in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the first institution created as a direct act of the Southern Baptist Convention. Missions...
  
  , Ph.D., May 1992, Major in New Testament and Greek
• New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div., May 1987, Major in Biblical Studies
• Union University
  Union University
  Union University is a private, evangelical Christian, liberal arts university located in Jackson, Tennessee, with additional campuses in Germantown, Tennessee, and Hendersonville, Tennessee...
  
  , B.A., May 1983, Major in Religion, Greek, and Sociology
• He was nominated and elected as "Mr. Union University, 1983.

Teaching Experience

• Dean, Leavell College of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, August 1999-present.
• Professor of New Testament and Greek, NOBTS, Aug. 1993-present
• Contract Teacher/Adjunct Faculty, Biblical Studies Division, NOBTS, Aug. 1990-July 1991
• Contract Teacher/Adjunct Faculty, School of Christian Training, NOBTS, Jan. 1988-June 1990
• Adjunct Faculty, Religion Department, William Carey School of Nursing, Jan. 1989-Dec. 1989.

Honors

• Received the Marvin Jones Award for Outstanding Churchmanship among the Faculty of NOBTS, presented May 2007. This award is based on faculty nominations and vote in order to recognize faculty members who have served in an effective manner as a leader in a local church.
• Received the Academic Excellence Medals for highest GPA in the fields of Religion, Greek, and Sociology from Union University at time of graduation, May 1983.
• Graduated from Union University in May 1983 Magna Cum Laude.

Fellowships

• Fellow, Dr. Jerry Breazeale, NOBTS, Aug. 1986-June 1990
• Fellow, Dr. Gerald Stevens, NOBTS, Aug. 1988-Dec. 1988

Teaching Specializations

• "The Significance of the `Knowledge of God’ in the Epistles of Paul", NOBTS, Ph.D. Diss., May 1992
• Collator, International Greek New Testament Project
  International Greek New Testament Project
  The International Greek New Testament Project began in 1926 as a cooperative enterprise between British and German scholars to establish a new critical edition of the New Testament. Early results of the work were critical apparatus of the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark produced by S. C....
  
  , 1993-present
• "Mentoring in the Seminary
  Seminary
  A seminary, theological college, or divinity school is an institution of secondary or post-secondary education for educating students in theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy or for other ministry...
  
   Community." Ola Farmer Lenaz Lecture. Presented at NOBTS, May 20, 1999 and at the International Mentorign Association Meeting in Atlanta, GA on April 16, 1999.

Ministry Experience

• Senior Pastor, Metairie Baptist Church, [Metairie, Louisiana], March 2005-present
• Interim Pastor, Metairie Baptist Church, [Metairie, Louisiana], May 2003-March 2005
• Interim Pastor, Westside Baptist Church, Ponchatoula, Louisiana
  Ponchatoula, Louisiana
  Ponchatoula is a city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,180 at the 2000 census. Ponchatoula calls itself the "Strawberry Capital of the World". It is part of the Hammond Micropolitan Statistical Area. The current mayor is Bob Zabbia.-Geography:Ponchatoula is...
  
  , Oct. 1994-1995
• Interim Pastor, Enon Baptist Church, Franklinton, Louisiana
  Franklinton, Louisiana
  Franklinton is a town in and the parish seat of Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,657 at the 2000 census. It is an average of above sea level....
  
  , July 1993-Dec. 1993
• Pastor, Enon Baptist Church, Franklinton, LA, Nov. 1989-July 1993
• Baptist Student Union Director and Semester Missionary, Wayne State University
  Wayne State University
  Wayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and...
  
  , Detroit, MI, Aug. 1983-May 1984
• Short Term Missionary, Burkina Fasso, West Africa, Jan. 1983
• Short Term Missionary, Hurlock, Maryland
  Hurlock, Maryland
  Hurlock is a town in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,874 at the 2000 census. It is home to WAAI radio. Joyce Spratt is the current mayor, and the town has five council members—Michael E. Henry , Michael D. Nordstrom , Parker J. Durham , Charles T. Cephas and...
  
  , May - Aug. 1980
• He was a Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, Coordinator of Discipleship at his previous church.

Publications

• "An Essential Unity," The Theological Educator, Fall 1996
• "Contrasts: Luke 18," The Theological Educator, Fall 1997
• "Mentoring in a Seminary Community," The Proceedings of the International Mentoring Association, Fall 1999
• Two Articles in Eerdman's Bible Dictionary
• "Roman Emperor Claudius
  Claudius
  Claudius , was Roman Emperor from 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, he was the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor. He was born at Lugdunum in Gaul and was the first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy...
  
  ," The Bible Illustrator, Fall 1998

External sources and links

• Disciplining Christians http://www.intervarsity.org/mx/item/4507/download/?HPSESSID=6b8a6dc43bad442274938d6d16318056
• Faculty Profile http://www.nobts.edu/Faculty/StoZ/StrongLT/Default.html
• Leveall College https://hdc.tamu.edu/files/book/6/686/leavell.pdf