Categories: Faculty & Staff

Travis LaBar

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Scott Colter, PhD

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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 […]

Bradley C. Thompson, PhD, EdD

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Dr. Bradley C. Thompson was saved at age 9 at the First Southern Baptist Church of San Diego, California. He was called into Gospel ministry at age 17 and later earned a BA in Biblical Studies from Criswell College (1984), an MDIV from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary (1988), a PhD from The Southern Baptist Theological […]

Mark Thompson, PhD

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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

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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

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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 […]

Carol Wilson

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Carol Wilson has been with Mid-America since September 2004. She began as an assistant to Dr. Jimmy Millikin and Dr. David Skinner and also served as an assistant to the Registrar, Mrs. Louise Burnett. After only one year, she was promoted to the position of Administrative Assistant to the Academic Vice President, where she served […]

Heath Starks

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Jessica Tate

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Van McClain, PhD

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Dr. Van McClain was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Dallas Baptist University in 1974 with a BA. He saw his need for Christ and followed God’s call to ministry while he was a student at DBU. Dr. McClain graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and graduated with an MDIV in 1977 […]