Jackie Johns, Ph. D.

Accreditation Officer Director of Doctor of Ministry Program
Professor of Discipleship and Christian Formation 1995 - Present

• B.A., Lee College, 1975
• M.A., Wheaton College Graduate School, 1976
• Ph. D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1987

Dr. Johns joined the administrative staff and faculty of the Seminary as Director of Institutional Research and Associate Professor of Discipleship and Christian Formation in 1995, having served as adjunct faculty since 1985. Prior to that he had focused on congregational life and pastoral supervision of discipleship ministries. He has served as a pastor for eighteen years in North Dakota, Kentucky, and Tennessee. He continues to pastor a congregation which he and his wife planted in 1989 through a Bible study group in their home. He also served for eight years as a Minister of Education in congregations in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

His involvement in theological education has included serving as an instructor at Northwest Bible College for three years, a Garrett Fellow and visiting instructor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a part-time instructor for Lee College, and a visiting instructor for schools in Mexico, Guatemala, and Korea.

He has published articles in academic journals. Dr. Johns contributed to volumes on discipleship of children, discipleship of teens, and family ministry. Professional involvements include serving as Chair of the Praxis Interest Group of the Society for Pentecostal Studies and participating in interdenominational dialogue groups. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Appalachian Ministries Educational Resource Center (AMERC). He serves on the Board of Directors of the Bradley Initiative for Church and Community (BICC), a faith-based community development organization and he serves on the Band of Directors for the Lift and Redemption Center.