Categories: Faculty & Staff

Candi Finch, PhD

by Connect

Tell us about your personal background, testimony, and family. I am originally from Tampa, Florida, and I come from a great family with loving parents and three brothers and two sisters. I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior right before I started high school and am eternally grateful for the people in my local […]

Daniel Jones, PhD

by communications

Dr. Jones received a BA from Leavell College and an MDIV and PhD from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. The title of his dissertation is “Civil Disobedience: A Contextual and Theological Examination of Biblical Texts Addressing Government and Civic Duties for Christians Citizens.” Dr. Jones has served as an Interim Pastor in Tennessee, an Associate Pastor […]

Cody Williamson

by communications

My name is Cody Williamson and I was born in Chattanooga, TN but spent most my life in Montana, where I was raised. I grew up loving the outdoors and just about any type of recreational activity. I also played many sports competitively and still enjoy friendly competition to this day. I have one amazing […]

Donn R. Arms

by communications

Donn serves as the Director of the Institute for Nouthetic Studies and INS Publishing. He is a native Hawkeye and has pastored churches in Iowa and Florida. For 25 years he worked closely with Dr. Jay Adams and now is the steward of Dr. Adams’ legacy by putting his books back into print through Mid-America’s […]

Travis LaBar

by communications

Scott Colter, PhD

by communications

A native Texan, I have lived also in Montana, Colorado, North Carolina, and now Tennessee. Sharayah and I will soon celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, and we have a 4-year-old son and a 1-year-old daughter. Our children keep our home filled with energy, laughter, and immense joy. The exuberant family dog, a Maltese-Poodle, completes the […]

Tranae Newsome

by communications

Mark Thompson, PhD

by campus

Director of Arkansas Prison Initiative Assistant Professor of Church History Education: MDIV, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary; PhD, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. Teaching Experience: Assistant Professor of Church History, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary; Teaching Fellow under Dr. Michael Spradlin, President, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary; Adjunct Professor, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary; REAP Bible Conference, Cairo, Egypt, 2010; […]

Betsy Wade

by campus

Betsy Wade serves as Executive Assistant to the President; Director of International Student Affairs; PDSO. Betsy is married to Jason and they have three children. Betsy and her family attend First Baptist Church in Millington, Tennessee. Her new favorite verse is “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; […]

Jim Whitmire

by campus

Dr. Whitmire, who grew up in and around Atlanta, GA, serves as Instructor in Music and Worship at Mid-America. He trusted Jesus as his Lord and Savior at the age of 15, while teaching in a Vacation Bible School in Piketon OH. At that same time, he surrendered his life to full time Christian service […]