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 […]
A native Texan, I have lived also in Montana, Colorado, North Carolina, and now Tennessee. My wife Sharayah and I have an 8-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter. Our children keep our home filled with energy, laughter, and immense joy. The exuberant family dog, a Maltese-Poodle, completes the Colter household. I came to faith in […]
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 […]
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 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; […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dr. Miller is a lifelong Southern Baptist. At age 6, he received Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior at a church in Jackson, Tennessee. He earned a degree in Business Administration at Union University in Jackson, and it was there he met his wife, Paula. In 1973 while working as an insurance underwriter […]
Karen Nelson began working for MABTS in 2007. She has served in many areas during her tenure here including DMin, Practical Missions, Institutional Assessment, Student Records, assisting the President Emeritus, and assisting the Academic Vice President. She currently serves as Director of Human Resources and Executive Assistant to the Executive Vice President and Dean of […]
Dr. Sandiford was born and raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. After high school, Dr. Sandiford was stationed in New York while serving in the U.S. Army as an infantryman with the 10th Mountain Division, and he was deployed to Panama and Belize. Upon the end of his enlistment, Dr. Sandiford worked for New York State […]