Dr. Bruce Little, Director

Bruce A. Little was born and reared in a small town near the quaint coastal village of Damariscotta, Maine. He received his Bachelors degree from Baptist Bible College of PA, a M.A. in Apologetics and a M.R.E. from Liberty University, a D.Min from Columbia Biblical Seminary, and a PhD from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served as pastor of several churches from 1968 to 2001, taught at Piedmont Baptist College (Winston-Salem, NC), and presently teaches at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (Wake Forest, NC) where he serves as Professor of Philosophy and Director of the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture. In addition, he serves as Adjunct Professor of Apologetics for Evangelical Theological Divinity School (High Point, NC) and Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary (Penang, Malaysia).

Dr. Little is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, Evangelical Philosophical Society, Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity, and the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. He serves on the Board of Teaching Ministries International and the Center for Apologetics (Crimea, Ukraine).

He travels to Eastern Europe where he engages the intellectuals of the post-Soviet countries. He lectures and conducts roundtables in numerous universities and colleges particularly in Ukraine, speaks at conferences, and conducts Apologetics seminars for Christian leaders in post-Soviet countries. He has lectured for the Worldview Schools of Youth With A Mission located in Romania, Norway, Germany, and Switzerland. In addition, he is a regular speaker for the European Leadership Forum, which since 2001, has been conducting annual apologetics training for Christian leaders throughout Europe. Dr. Little has also formally debated atheists on University campuses in the United States.

Dr. Little is published in various professional journals, and some of his other publications are: A Creation-Order Theodicy: God and Gratuitous Evil (University Press of America, 2005); two articles ("Thomas à Kempis" and "A Course In Miracles") for InterVarsity’s New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics, 2005; The Importance of Religious Values for Cultural Development — Authored with Dr. Felix Lazarev, Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Tavricheskiy National University in Simferopol, Ukraine, 2004—Russian only; Religion for Life - Authored with Anatoliy S. Filatov, Head of the Center of Ethnic-Social Research attached to the Chair of Political Science and Sociology of the Tavricheskiy National University, Simferopol, Ukraine, 2003 – Russian only; The Many Sides of Man. Authored with Dr. Felix Lazarev, Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Tavricheskiy National University in Simferopol, Ukraine; Simferopol University, June 2001 – Russian only; Religious Epistemology: Problems and Spirit - Authored with Dr. Felix Lazarev, Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Tavricheskiy National University in Simferopol, Ukraine, June 1999 – Russian only.

Dr. Little and his wife Nancy live in Wake Forest, NC. They have one daughter and two grandchildren.

“The L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture is uniquely positioned to engage culture and encourage the community of Faith with a thoughtful and enduring pursuit of Truth. It is a privilege of unexpected proportions to have the opportunity to serve as Director for the Center because of its work and the legacy it preserves of the man for whom it is named.”        ~Dr. Bruce A. Little

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