The Nashville Statement
Preamble
“Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves…”
Psalm 100:3
Evangelical Christians at the dawn of the twenty-first century find themselves living in a period of historic transition. As Western culture has become increasingly post-Christian, it has embarked upon a massive revision of what it means to be a human being. By and large the spirit of our age no longer discerns or delights in the beauty of God’s design for human life. Many deny that God created human beings for his glory, and that his good purposes for us include our personal and physical design as male and female. It is common to think that human identity as male and female is not part of God’s beautiful plan, but is, rather, an expression of an individual’s autonomous preferences. The pathway to full and lasting joy through God’s good design for his creatures is thus replaced by the path of shortsighted alternatives that, sooner or later, ruin human life and dishonor God.
This secular spirit of our age presents a great challenge to the Christian church. Will the church of the Lord Jesus Christ lose her biblical conviction, clarity, and courage, and blend into the spirit of the age? Or will she hold fast to the word of life, draw courage from Jesus, and unashamedly proclaim his way as the way of life? Will she maintain her clear, counter-cultural witness to a world that seems bent on ruin?
We are persuaded that faithfulness in our generation means declaring once again the true story of the world and of our place in it—particularly as male and female. Christian Scripture teaches that there is but one God who alone is Creator and Lord of all. To him alone, every person owes glad-hearted thanksgiving, heart-felt praise, and total allegiance. This is the path not only of glorifying God, but of knowing ourselves. To forget our Creator is to forget who we are, for he made us for himself. And we cannot know ourselves truly without truly knowing him who made us. We did not make ourselves. We are not our own. Our true identity, as male and female persons, is given by God. It is not only foolish, but hopeless, to try to make ourselves what God did not create us to be.
We believe that God’s design for his creation and his way of salvation serve to bring him the greatest glory and bring us the greatest good. God’s good plan provides us with the greatest freedom. Jesus said he came that we might have life and have it in overflowing measure. He is for us and not against us. Therefore, in the hope of serving Christ’s church and witnessing publicly to the good purposes of God for human sexuality revealed in Christian Scripture, we offer the following affirmations and denials.
Article I
WE AFFIRM that God has designed marriage to be a covenantal, sexual, procreative, lifelong union of one man and one woman, as husband and wife, and is meant to signify the covenant love between Christ and his bride the church.
WE DENY that God has designed marriage to be a homosexual, polygamous, or polyamorous relationship. We also deny that marriage is a mere human contract rather than a covenant made before God.
Article II
WE AFFIRM that God’s revealed will for all people is chastity outside of marriage and fidelity within marriage.
WE DENY that any affections, desires, or commitments ever justify sexual intercourse before or outside marriage; nor do they justify any form of sexual immorality.
Article III
WE AFFIRM that God created Adam and Eve, the first human beings, in his own image, equal before God as persons, and distinct as male and female.
WE DENY that the divinely ordained differences between male and female render them unequal in dignity or worth.
Article IV
WE AFFIRM that divinely ordained differences between male and female reflect God’s original creation design and are meant for human good and human flourishing.
WE DENY that such differences are a result of the Fall or are a tragedy to be overcome.
Article V
WE AFFIRM that the differences between male and female reproductive structures are integral to God’s design for self-conception as male or female.
WE DENY that physical anomalies or psychological conditions nullify the God-appointed link between biological sex and self-conception as male or female.
Article VI
WE AFFIRM that those born with a physical disorder of sex development are created in the image of God and have dignity and worth equal to all other image-bearers. They are acknowledged by our Lord Jesus in his words about “eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb.” With all others they are welcome as faithful followers of Jesus Christ and should embrace their biological sex insofar as it may be known.
WE DENY that ambiguities related to a person’s biological sex render one incapable of living a fruitful life in joyful obedience to Christ.
Article VII
WE AFFIRM that self-conception as male or female should be defined by God’s holy purposes in creation and redemption as revealed in Scripture.
WE DENY that adopting a homosexual or transgender self-conception is consistent with God’s holy purposes in creation and redemption.
Article VIII
WE AFFIRM that people who experience sexual attraction for the same sex may live a rich and fruitful life pleasing to God through faith in Jesus Christ, as they, like all Christians, walk in purity of life.
WE DENY that sexual attraction for the same sex is part of the natural goodness of God’s original creation, or that it puts a person outside the hope of the gospel.
Article IX
WE AFFIRM that sin distorts sexual desires by directing them away from the marriage covenant and toward sexual immorality— a distortion that includes both heterosexual and homosexual immorality.
WE DENY that an enduring pattern of desire for sexual immorality justifies sexually immoral behavior.
Article X
WE AFFIRM that it is sinful to approve of homosexual immorality or transgenderism and that such approval constitutes an essential departure from Christian faithfulness and witness.
WE DENY that the approval of homosexual immorality or transgenderism is a matter of moral indifference about which otherwise faithful Christians should agree to disagree.
Article XI
WE AFFIRM our duty to speak the truth in love at all times, including when we speak to or about one another as male or female.
WE DENY any obligation to speak in such ways that dishonor God’s design of his image-bearers as male and female.
Article XII
WE AFFIRM that the grace of God in Christ gives both merciful pardon and transforming power, and that this pardon and power enable a follower of Jesus to put to death sinful desires and to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord.
WE DENY that the grace of God in Christ is insufficient to forgive all sexual sins and to give power for holiness to every believer who feels drawn into sexual sin.
Article XIII
WE AFFIRM that the grace of God in Christ enables sinners to forsake transgender self-conceptions and by divine forbearance to accept the God-ordained link between one’s biological sex and one’s self-conception as male or female.
WE DENY that the grace of God in Christ sanctions self-conceptions that are at odds with God’s revealed will.
Article XIV
WE AFFIRM that Christ Jesus has come into the world to save sinners and that through Christ’s death and resurrection forgiveness of sins and eternal life are available to every person who repents of sin and trusts in Christ alone as Savior, Lord, and supreme treasure.
WE DENY that the Lord’s arm is too short to save or that any sinner is beyond his reach.
Initial Signatories
Denny Burk
President, Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
John Piper
Founder & Teacher, Desiring God; Chancellor, Bethlehem College & Seminary
James Dobson
Founder & President, Family Talk
Russell Moore
President, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
J. I. Packer
Professor of Theology, Regent College
Wayne Grudem
Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies, Phoenix Seminary
R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Tony Perkins
President, Family Research Council
D. A. Carson
President & Co-Founder, The Gospel Coalition; Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
John MacArthur
Pastor, Grace Community Church; President, The Master’s Seminary & College
Sam Allberry
Editor, The Gospel Coalition
R. C. Sproul
Founder & Chairman, Ligonier Ministries
Rosaria Butterfield
Author of “The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert”
Andy Naselli
Professor, Bethlehem College & Seminary
Francis Chan
Author & Pastor, We Are Church
Marvin Olasky
Editor in Chief, World Magazine
Ligon Duncan
Chancellor & CEO, Reformed Theological Seminary
Steve Gaines
President, The Southern Baptist Convention; Pastor, Bellevue Baptist Church
Andrew T. Walker
Director of Policy Studies, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
H.B. Charles, Jr.
Pastor, Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida
Christopher Yuan
Speaker & Author, Moody Bible Institute
Dennis Rainey
Founder & Former President, FamilyLife, a Cru Ministry
Frank Page
President & CEO, Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee; Former President, Southern Baptist Convention
Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth
Author & Speaker, Revive Our Hearts
Daniel L. Akin
President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kevin DeYoung
Senior Pastor, Christ Covenant Church
Alistair Begg
Reverend, Parkside Church
Heath Lambert
Executive Director, Association of Certified Biblical Counselors
+ More Initial Signatories
+ More Initial Signatories
Jerry A. Johnson
President & CEO, National Religious Broadcasters
Mark Dever
Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church
Randy Alcorn
Director, Eternal Perspective Ministries
Karen Swallow Prior
Professor of English, Liberty University
Matt Chandler
Pastor, The Village Church
Fred Luter
Senior Pastor Franklin Avenue Baptist Church; Former President, Southern Baptist Convention
James Merritt
Pastor, Cross Pointe Church; Former President, Southern Baptist Convention
Jack Graham
Pastor, Prestonwood Baptist Church
J. D. Greear
Pastor, The Summit Church
Darryl Delhousaye
President, Phoenix Seminary
Thomas White
President, Cedarville University
Bryant Wright
Senior Pastor, Johnson Ferry Baptist Church; Former SBC President
Don Sweeting
President, Colorado Christian University
Jeff Purswell
Director of Theology, Sovereign Grace Churches
Johnny Hunt
Pastor, First Baptist Church of Woodstock
Jason K. Allen
President, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Erick-Woods Erickson
Editor in Chief, The Resurgent
Mark L. Bailey
President & Senior Professor of Bible Exposition, Dallas Theological Seminary
K. Erik Thoennes
Professor & Chair of Theology, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University
Vaughan Roberts
Rector of St. Ebbe’s Church, Oxford, UK
David French
Senior Writer, National Review
Paige Patterson
President, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
R. Kent Hughes
Visiting Professor of Practical Theology of Evangelism and Culture, Westminster Theological Seminary
Jeff Iorg
President, Gateway Seminary
Sam Storms
Lead Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Bridgeway Church
Richard Land
President, Southern Evangelical Seminary
Barbara Rainey
Co-Founder, FamilyLife, a Cru Ministry
Robert A. J. Gagnon
Scholar & Author of “The Bible and Homosexual Practice”
Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver
President, Union University
Ronnie Floyd
Senior Pastor, Cross Church; Former President, Southern Baptist Convention
C. J. Mahaney
Senior Pastor, Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville
Jason G. Duesing
Provost, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary & College
Matt Carter
Pastor, The Austin Stone Church
Chuck Kelley
President, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Burk Parsons
Copastor, St. Andrew’s Chapel
Eric Teetsel
President, Family Policy Alliance of Kansas
Alastair Roberts
Scholar & Author of “Heirs Together: A Theology of the Sexes”
Kevin Ezell
President, North American Mission Board
Ray Ortlund
Pastor, Immanuel Church
O. S. Hawkins
President, GuideStone SBC
Thom S. Rainer
President & CEO, LifeWay Christian Resources
Michael Reeves
President & Professor of Theology, Union School of Theology, UK
Todd Wagner
Pastor, Watermark Community Church
John M. Frame
Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology & Philosophy, Reformed Theological Seminary
Randy Stinson
Senior Vice President for Academic Administration & Provost, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Mac Brunson
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Jacksonville
Paul Nyquist
President, Moody Bible Institute
Thomas Schreiner
James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
H. Wayne House
Dean & Distinguished Research Professor of Theology, Law, & Culture, Faith International University & Seminary
J. P. Moreland
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University
Miguel Nunez
Pastor, Iglesia Bautista Internacional
Bruce Ware
Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Michael Goeke
Associate Pastor, First Baptist Church of San Francisco
Joel Belz
Founder, World Magazine, World News Group
Michael Horton
J. Gresham Machen Professor of Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California
Jackie Hill Perry
Speaker, Writer, Humble Beast Recording Artist
Dick Lucas
Reverend Prebendary, Rector Emeritus, St Helen’s Bishopsgate, UKAfshin ZiafatLead Pastor, Providence Church
Stephen Strang
Founder & CEO, Charisma Media
Christiana Holcomb
Legal Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom
Jimmy Draper
President Emeritus, LifeWay; Former President, Southern Baptist Convention
Stephen J. Wellum
Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Anthony Kidd
Pastor of Preaching, Community of Faith Bible Church
James M. Hamilton, Jr.
Professor of Biblical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Bryan Carter
Senior Pastor, Concord Church
Owen Strachan
Associate Professor of Christian Theology, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Chris Larson
President & CEO, Ligonier Ministries
Bruce Riley Ashford
Provost & Professor of Theology & Culture, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Candi Finch
Assistant Professor of Theology in Women’s Studies, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Curtis Woods
Associate Executive Director, Kentucky Baptist Convention
Nathan FinnDean,
Professor of Theological Studies, Union University
James Robison
Founder & President, LIFE Outreach International; Founder & Publisher, The Stream
C. Ben Mitchell
Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy, Union University
Darrell Bock
Senior Professor, Dallas Theological Seminary
William Philip
Senior Minister, The Tron Church, Glasgow, UK
David Mathis
Executive Editor, Desiring God
Ken Magnuson
Professor of Christian Ethics, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Daniel Heimbach
Senior Professor of Christian Ethics, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Hershael W. York
Victor and Louise Lester Professor of Christian Preaching, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Mary Mohler
Director, Seminary Wives Institute
Hunter Baker
Associate Professor, Union University
Dorothy Kelley Patterson
Professor of Theology in Women’s Studies, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Jim Shaddix
W. A. Criswell Professor of Expository Preaching, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
John N. Oswalt
Visiting Distinguished Professor of Old Testament, Asbury Theological Seminary
Jack Deere
Author & Speaker, Grace Church of St. Louis
Juan R. Sanchez
Senior Pastor, High Pointe Baptist Church, Austin, Texas
Malcolm B. Yarnell, III
Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Jonathan Leeman
Editorial Director, 9Marks
Mary A. Kassian
Author & Director, Girls Gone Wise
Mark Daniel Liederbach
Vice President & Professor of Theology, Ethics and Culture, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Matthew J. Hall
Dean of Boyce College & Senior VP of Academic Innovation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Micah Fries
Senior Pastor, Brainerd Baptist Church
Nathan Lino
Senior Pastor, Northeast Houston Baptist Church
Paul Weber
President & CEO, Family Policy Alliance
Bob Lepine
Vice President of Content, FamilyLife
Andy Naselli
Associate Professor of New Testament and Theology, Bethlehem College & Seminary
John Stevens
National Director, Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
Casey B. Hough
Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Camden
Russell Shubin
Director, Salem Media Group
Allan Coppedge
Retired Professor of Theology, Asbury Theological Seminary
Daniel DeWitt
Director of the Center for Biblical Apologetics & Public Christianity, Cedarville University
Charlotte Akin
Homemaker, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
David Schrock
Pastor for Preaching and Theology, Occoquan Bible Church
Don Buckley
Physician, Spanish Trail Family Physicians
E. Calvin Beisner
Founder & National Spokesman, Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation
Donald A. Balasa
Adjunct Faculty, Trinity International University
Donna Thoennes
Adjunct Professor & Homeschool Mom, Biola University
James A. Borland
Professor of New Testament & Theology, Liberty University
Eric C. Redmond
Assistant Professor of Bible, Moody Bible Institute
Grant Castleberry
Pastor of Discipleship, Providence Church of Frisco, Texas
Jose Abella
Lead Pastor, Providence Road Church
Phillip Bethancourt
Executive Vice President, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
Adam W. Greenway
Dean, Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism, & Ministry, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Joy White
Homemaker & Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies, Cedarville University
Gregory Wills
Dean, School of Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Katie McCoy
Assistant Professor of Theology in Women’s Studies, Scarborough College at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Rhyne R. Putman
Associate Professor of Theology & Culture, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Barry Joslin
Professor of Christian Theology, Boyce College
Rhonda Kelley
President’s Wife, Adjunct Faculty, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Peter Jones
Executive Director, TruthXchange
Bryan Baise
Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Apologetics, Boyce College
Kenneth Keathley
Senior Professor of Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Jeff Struecker
Lead Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church
Rebecca Jones
Volunteer, TruthXchange
Evan Lenow
Associate Professor of Ethics, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Daniel Patterson
Vice President for Operations & Chief of Staff, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
David Talley
Professor of Old Testament, Biola University
Travis Wussow
Vice President for Public Policy, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
Sean Perron
Chief of Staff, Association of Certified Biblical Counselors
Michael L. Brown
President, FIRE School of Ministry
Keith Whitfield
Assistant Professor & Dean, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Jeffrey Riley
Professor of Ethics, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Dannah Gresh
Co-founder, Pure Freedom
Matt Damico
Associate Pastor of Worship, Kenwood Baptist Church
Colby Adams
Director of Communications, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Paul Felix
President, Los Angeles Bible Training School
Colin Smothers
Executive Director, Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
Signers
Paul Akin
Senior Aide, Southern Baptist Convention
Daniel P. Fuller
Professor Emeritus of Hermeneutics, Fuller Theological Seminary
Thomas D. Elliff
Pastor, President Emeritus, International Mission Board; Former SBC President
Jim Henry
Pastor Emeritus, FBC Orlando; Former SBC President
Ken Ham
CEO, Answers in Genesis
Rush Witt
Pastor, Paramount Church
William Lane Craig
Research Professor, Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology; Professor of Philosophy, Houston Baptist University
Steven McKinion
Professor of Theology and Patristics, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Brent J. Aucoin
Professor of History, The College at Southeastern
Jared Wilson
Director of Content Strategy, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Carlos Soca
Pastor, Christ Our Hope Church
Dwayne Milioni
Pastor, Open Door Church
Zachary Nelson
Executive Director, The Pillar Network
William Curtis
Pastor, Cornerstone Baptist Church
Steven Wade
Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Kristin Kellen
Assistant Professor of Biblical Counseling, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Nate Akin
Discipleship Pastor, Imago Dei Church
Benjamin Quinn
Assistant Professor of Theology and History of Ideas, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
B. Tate Cockrell
Associate Professor of Counseling, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Jonathan Howe
Director of Strategic Initiatives, LifeWay Christian Resources
Jonathan Akin
Director of Young Leader Engagement, North American Mission Board
John Powell
Pastor, Emmanuel Baptist Church
+ More Signers
+ More Signers
Gavin Peacock
Discipleship Pastor, Calvary Grace; Director of International Outreach, Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
Carl Broggi
Pastor, Community Bible Church, Beaufort, SC
Chelsen Vicari
Evangelical Program Director, Institute on Religion and Democracy
Everett Piper
President, Oklahoma Wesleyan University
James A. Smith
Vice President of Communications, National Religious Broadcasters
Nick Batzig
Editor, Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals; Pastor, New Covenant Presbyterian Church, Savannah, GA
Robert F. Schwarzwalder, Jr.
Senior Lecturer, Regent University
Nate Pickowicz
Pastor, Harvest Bible Church, Glimanton, NH
Bill Haynes
Senior Pastor, Grace Baptist Church, Somerset, KY
Mark Prater
Executive Director, Sovereign Grace Churches
Richard Ross
Professor of Student Ministry, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
David Penley
Associate Professor of Biblical Counseling, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Steven Lee
Pastor, College Church, Wheaton, Illinois
Darren Guerra
Associate Professor of Political Science, Biola University
Jeff Robinson
Senior Editor, The Gospel Coalition
Jeffery Ventrella
Senior Counsel & Senior Vice President of Training, Alliance Defending Freedom
Dean Inserra
Lead Pastor, City Church
Stephen Nichols
President, Reformation Bible College
Bob Kauflin
Director of Music and Worship, Sovereign Grace
Phillip Johnson
Executive Director, Grace to You
Scott Waller
Associate Professor of Political Science, Biola University
Don Whitney
Professor of Biblical Spirituality & Associate Dean, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Vern Poythress
Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Westminster Theological Seminary
Alan Gomes
Professor of Theology, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University; Senior Research Fellow, Phoenix Seminary
Rick Gamache
Pastor for Preaching & Mission, Sovereign Grace Church, Bloomington, MN
Michael Easley
Teaching Pastor, Fellowship Bible Church, Nashville, TN
Rob Reinow
Founder, Visionary Family Ministries
Kenny Clark
Elder of Worship and Preaching, Grace Evangelical Free Church, La Marida, CA
Joe Rigney
Assistant Professor of Theology and Christian Worldview, Bethlehem College and Seminary
David L. Black
Founder & President, 2nd Vote
William Taylor
Rector, St. Helen’s Bishopsgate, UK
Garrett Kell
Pastor, Del Ray Baptist Church, Alexandria, VA
James White
Director, Alpha and Omega Ministries
Craig Kline
General Surgeon, CBMW Contributor
Aaron Baer
President, Citizens for Community Values
Allen Whitt
President, Family Policy Council of West Virginia
Andrew Beckwith
President, Massachusetts Family Institute
Bob Vander Plaats
President & CEO, The Family Leader
Carroll Conley
Executive Director, Christian Civic League of Maine
Cathi Herrod
President, Center for Arizona Policy
Cole Muzio
President & Executive Director, Family Policy Alliance of Georgia
Curt Smith
President, Indiana Family Institute
David Fowler
President, Family Action Council of Tennessee
Debbie Chaves
Executive Director, Colorado Family Action
Ed Randazzo
Director of Political Operations, Family Heritage Alliance Action
Eva Andrade
President, Hawaii Family Forum
Gene Mills
President, Louisiana Family Forum
Jason Maguire
Executive Director, New Yorker’s Family Research Foundation
Jim Minnery
President, Alaska Family Action
John Helmberger
CEO, Minnesota Family Council
John Rustin
President, North Carolina Family Policy Council
John Stemberger
President & General Counsel, Florida Family Policy Council
Jonathan Keller
President, California Family Council
Jonathan Saenz
President, Texas Values
Joseph Backholm
President, Family Policy Institute of Washington
Julaine Appling
President, Wisconsin Family Council
Julie Lynde
Policy Director, Family Policy Alliance of Idaho
Karen Bowling
Executive Director, Nebraska Family Alliance
Kent Ostrander
Executive Director, The Family Foundation (KY)
Len Deo
Founder & President, New Jersey Family Policy Council
Mark Jorritsma
President & Executive Director, Family Policy Alliance of North Dakota
Michael Geer
President, Pennsylvania Family Institute
Oran Smith
President & CEO, Palmetto Family
Peter Wolfgang
Executive Director, Family Institute of Connecticut
Shannon McGinley
Executive Director, Cornerstone Action
Victoria Cobb
President, The Family Foundation of Virginia
Daniel Baker
Senior Pastor, Sovereign Grace Church of Apex, NC
Sam Stanton, Jr.
Chair and Professor of Political Science, Grove City College
David J. Ayers
Professor of Sociology, Grove City College
Jason Edwards
Professor of History, Grove City College
Stephen Jenkins
Professor of Biology, Grove City College
Joseph Horton
Professor of Psychology, Grove City College
Dale L. McIntyre
Professor of Mathematics, Grove City College
Jan Frederic Dudt
Professor of Biology, Grove City College
Jennifer Edwards
Foundations / Essentials Director, Grove City Classical Conversation
Lawrence Walker
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Grove City College
Brian Dellinger
Assistant Professor, Grove City College
John A. Sparks
Fellow, Center for Vision & Values, Grove City College
Robert Rider
Media Relations Manager, Grove City College’s Center for Vision & Values
George Van Pelt Campbell
Professor of Biblical & Religious Studies, Grove City College
Andrew Wilson
Teaching Pastor, King’s Church London
Jim Deuvall
Executive Director, Emergency Chaplain Response
Brian Mann
President, New River Baptist Association Ministers’ Conference
Kevin Lewis
Associate Professor of Theology & Law, Biola University
William Barrick
Faculty Associate, Old Testament, The Master’s Seminary
Terry Mortenson
Lecturer, Answers in Genesis
Tom Nettles
Senior Professor of Historical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Jon Pratt
Vice President of Academic Affairs, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Plymouth, MN
Tyler McNabb
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Houston Baptist University
Erin Shaw
Women’s Ministry Instructor, Cedarville University
Jake Warner
Legal Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom
David Scaer
Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary
Barry McCarty
Professor of Preaching and Rhetoric, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Theodore G. Van Raalte
Professor of Ecclesiology, Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary
Jeffrey Pulse
Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary
John Lambert
Vicar, All Saints Church Preston on Tees, United Kingdom
Marcus Kaiser
Rector, Church of the Holy Comforter, Sumter, SC
Douglas Stuart
Professor of Old Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
C. Scott Shidemantle
Professor of Biblical Studies, Geneva College
Edith Mary Humphrey William F. Orr
Professor of New Testament, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Cornelis Van Dam
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament, Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary
Bruce McCoy
Dir. Alumni Connections, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; President Missouri Baptist Convention (2008-2010)
Gregory Baylor
Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom; Director, Center for Religious Schools
Terry L. Wilder Wesley Harrison
Chair and Professor of New Testament, Associate Dean, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Timothy Miskimen
Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Asia Biblical Theological Seminary, Thailand
Greg Gifford
Assistant Professor, The Master’s University
Freddy Cardoza
Director, Christian Education Programs, Talbot School of Theology at Biola University
Wallace Benn
Retired Bishop of Lewes, UK
Steve Lemke
Professor of Philosophy and Ethics, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Curtis McClain
Professor of Bible, Director of Christian Studies, Missouri Baptist University
Brett Williams
Provost, Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis
Ardel Caneday
Professor of New Testament & Greek, University of Northwestern, St. Paul
Andrew Rogers
Professor and Program Director for Biblical Counseling, Boyce College
James Thames
Dean of Academic Administration and Associate Professor of Educational Ministries and Leadership, Dallas Theological Seminary
Sandra Lawson
Founder and Director of Sayers Classical Academy, Sayers Classical Academy
Jason Lee
Dean, School of Biblical and Theological Studies, Cedarville University
Matt Harrison
Assistant Professor of Foundations of Education, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Brian Doyle
Founder and President, Iron Sharpens Iron
Mike SmithVicar, St John’s Hartford, UK
Kevin Zuber
Professor of Theology, Moody Bible Institute
James A. Parker
IIIProfessor of Worldview and Culture, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Randall Talbot
Executive Vice President, Whitefield College and Theological Seminary
Tully Borland
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Ouachita Baptist University
Joshua Farris
Assistant Professor of Theology, Houston Baptist University
Anthony Joseph
Professor of History, Houston Baptist University
Jerry Walls
Professor of Philosophy/Scholar in Residence, Houston Baptist University
Lisa Rogers
Chair, Board of Trustees, Union University
Mark Lucas
Rector, St Botolph’s Church, UK
John Neihof
President, Wesley Biblical Seminary
K. Jason French
Associate Professor of Worship, Cedarville University
Robbie Castleman
Professor Emeritus, Theology & New Testament, John Brown University
David Casas
Assistant Professor, Luther Rice College & Seminary
Trevor Johnston
Rector, All Saint’s Anglican Church, UK
John Beck
Associate Professor, The Master’s College
Tonya Shellnutt
Church Alliance Regional Director, Alliance Defending Freedom
Steven Thornton
Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel), U.S. Army, Retired
Kenyon Knapp
Professor, Mercer University
Ronald Marks
Professor of Chemistry, North Greenville University
R. Grey Gordon
Assistant Professor of Economics, Indiana University
David Mapes
Professor of Theology, Luther Rice College and Seminary
Peter Bolt
Associate Professor and Academic Director, Sydney College of Divinity
Matthew Carter
Assistant Professor, Valdosta State University
Jim Kinnebrew
Professor of Theology, Luther Rice College & Seminary
Paul Johnson
Associate Professor, Corban University
Buist Fanning
Senior Professor Emeritus of NT Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
Stanley Ng
Adjunct Professor, Biola University
Paul Chitwood
Executive Director, Kentucky Baptist Convention
Brian Arnold
President, Phoenix SeminaryRon CitlauPastor, Calvary Church
Henry M. Morris III
CEO, Institute for Creation Research
Roger Duke
Founder, Duke Consulting Group; Retired Professor of Religion, Baptist College of Health Sciences
Diana Severance
Director, Dunham Bible Museum, Houston Baptist University
Duane Liftin
President Emeritus, Wheaton College
Pattle Pun
Professor of Biology Emeritus, Wheaton College
Boyce Wanda
Professor of Law, University of Namibia
Bradley Green
Associate Professor of Christian Thought and Tradition, Union University
Paul Jackson
Professor of Biblical Studies, Union University
John Klonowski
Associate Professor of Theatre, Union University
Joshua Veltman
Professor of Music, Union University
Kendell Easley
Professor of Biblical Studies, Union University
Ray Van Neste
Professor of Biblical Studies, Union University
Matt Mason
Senior Pastor, The Church at Brook Hills
Varughese John
RZIM Chair of Apologetics, South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies
Steve Pettit
President, Bob Jones University
Charles McVety
President, Canada Christian College & School of Graduate Theological Studies
Greg Schaller
President, John Jay Institute
Douglas Napier
SVP Alliance Relations, Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom
Tim Cantrell
Sr. Pastor, Antioch Bible Church; President, Shepherds’ Seminary, Rezolution Conference
Peter Sprigg
Senior Fellow for Policy Studies, Family Research Council
Gregory Baylor
Senior Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom; Director, Center for Religious Schools
Carl Fickenscher
Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions, Concordia Theological Seminary
Bob Pearle
Pastor, Birchman Baptist Church
Michael A. G. Haykin
Professor of Church History & Biblical Spirituality, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Conrad “Buster” Brown
East Cooper Baptist Church, Charleston, SC
Saji P. ThomasDirector, D.Min. Studies, Asian Christian Academy-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Stephen A. Hipp
Professor of Dogmatic Theology, St. Paul Seminary, University of St. Thomas
Paul Wegner
Professor of Old Testament, Gateway Seminary
Rob Lee
Executive Director, Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention
Randall Talbot
Executive Vice President, Whitefield College and Theological Seminary
Jon Matthews
Founder, The Nehemiah Project
Matthias Lohmann
Founder & President, Evangelium21
Simona Gorton
International Operations Manager, 9Marks
Mary Pilcher-Cook
Kansas State Senator, Kansas LegislatureMelton DuncanStated Clerk, Calvary Presbytery (PCA)
Charles Broom
Stated Clerk, North Texas Presbytery (PCA)
Kenneth Nehrbass
Associate Professor, Biola University
Clay Jones
Associate Professor, Talbot Seminary, Biola University
Paul Johnson
Associate Professor, Corban University
W. Paul Franks
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Tyndale University College
Gene L. Jeffries
Associate Professor of Practical Theology, Rawlings School of Divinity, Liberty University
Terry Chi
Associate Professor of Psychology, Northwestern College
Jennifer Wallace
Co-Founder & Senior Fellow, Freedom’s Journal Institute for the Study of Faith and Public Policy
Dan Flynn
Director Theological Development, Great Lakes Region, CRU
Chris Herndon
EVP/COO, FamilyLifeLeo EndelExecutive Director, Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention
Anne Paulk
Executive Director, Restored Hope Network
Dennis Kruse
Indiana State Senator, Indiana State Senate
Joe Thorn
Lead Pastor, Redeemer Fellowship
Stu Dix
Lead Pastor, The Village Church
John Stevens
National Director, Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (UK)
Matthew Morrell
President, Central Baptist Theological Seminary
Len Munsil
President, Arizona Christian University
Vic Reasoner
President, Southern Methodist College
Don Dowless
President, Shorter University
Randy Davis
President & Executive Director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board
Julius Barnes
President & Dean, Cummins Memorial Theological Seminary
Timothy Tuinstra
Professor, Cedarville University
Kenyon Knapp
Professor of Counseling, Mercer University
Dennis Dirks
Professor Emeritus, Talbot School of Theology
Darrel Cox
Professor of Biblical Studies, Patrick Henry College
Rollin Grams
Professor of Biblical Theology and Ethics, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Charles Detwiler
Professor of Biology, Liberty University
David Mcginley
Professor of Law, Handong International Law School
Kenneth Berding
Professor of New Testament, Talbot School of Theology at Biola University
John Battle
Professor of New Testament and Theology, Western Reformed Seminary
D. H. Williams
Professor of Patristics and Historical Theology, Baylor University
Van Mcclain
Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary/Northeast
Michael Potts
Professor of Philosophy, Methodist University
James Spiegel
Professor of Philosophy, Taylor University
Winfred Neely
Professor of Preaching, Moody Bible Institute
Michael F. Ross
Senior Pastor Emeritus, Christ Covenant Church (PCA)
Lina AbuJamra
ER Doctor, Author, & Founder, Living with Power Ministries
Rob Lister
Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University
Steve Owenby
Senior Pastor, Westport Baptist Church, Denver
Ronnie Parrott
Pastor, Christ Community Church, Huntsville
Herbie Newell
President, Lifeline Children’s Services
Rick Morton
Vice President of Engagement, Lifeline Children’s Services
Jonathan Swan
Executive Editor of Eikon, Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
Michael Carlino
Operations Director, Managing Editor of Eikon, and Adjunct Instructor of Christian theology at Boyce College