Charles L. Quarles

Quarles is an experienced pastor, missionary, and theological educator. He served as the senior pastor of three churches in northern Mississippi and eastern Tennessee for over ten years. He served as a missionary of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Bucharest Romania from 1999 to 2002. He has served as a professor of New Testament and Greek at Clear Creek Baptist Bible College, the Bucharest Baptist Theological Seminary, the University of Bucharest, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and Louisiana College (now Louisiana Christian University). He has served on volunteer mission trips in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tanzania, Turkey, and Cuba.

In addition to many Bible studies, articles in reference works, and reviews, he is the editor or author of a dozen books including The Sermon on the Mount: Restoring Christ’s Message to the Modern Church; The Illustrated Life of Paul; A Theology of Matthew; Matthew in the Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament series; and Matthew in the Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary series. He has two forthcoming books on New Testament textual criticism. He has published research in numerous international journals including New Testament Studies, Novum Testamentum, the Bulletin for Biblical Research, the Bible Translator, and Tyndale Bulletin.

He and his wife Julie have been married since 1989 and have three adult children (Rachael, Hannah, and Joshua) and four grandchildren.

BA, University of Mississippi
MDiv, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary
PhD, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary

Professional/Academic Experience

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC
     Director of the Caskey Center for Biblical Text and Translation
     Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology
     Charles Page Chair of Biblical Theology
     Former Director of the Doctor of Philosophy Program
     July 2013-present

Louisiana College, Pineville, LA
     Vice President, Integration of Faith and Learning
     Dean of the Caskey School of Divinity
     Research Professor of New Testament and Greek
     August 2005 – July 2013

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
     Visiting Professor of New Testament Interpretation; January 2011

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA
     Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek; August 2002 – July 2005

International Mission Board of the SBC, Richmond, VA
     Theological Education Team Leader and Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek at the Bucharest Baptist Theological      Seminary and the University of Bucharest in Bucharest, Romania; June 1999 – July 2002

Clear Creek Baptist Bible College, Pineville, KY
     Chairman of the Bible/Theology Department; 1998 – 1999
     Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek; 1997 – 1999
     Assistant Professor of New Testament and Greek; 1996 – 1997

Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Germantown, TN
     Adjunct Assistant Professor; 1992 – 1996

Ministry/Missions Experience

International Mission Board of the SBC, Richmond, VA
     Career Missionary, June 1999 – July 2002

Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Germantown, TN
     Adjunct Assistant Professor; 1992 – 1996

Hickory Ridge Baptist Church, Memphis, TN
     Senior Pastor; January 1994 – July 1996

Rossville Baptist Church, Rossville, TN
     Pastor; 1990 – 1994

Concord Baptist Church, Bruce, MS
     Pastor; 1986 – 1990

First Baptist Church, Bruce, MS
     Minister of Youth; 1985 – 1986

International Mission Board of the SBC, Richmond, VA
     Missions Volunteer to Kenya Africa; July 1988
     Missions Volunteer to Zimbabwe Africa; July 1992
     Missions Volunteer to Kazakhstan; November 1995
     Missions Volunteer to Moscow, Russia; July 1998
     Missions Volunteer to Novgorod, Russia; February 1999
     Missions Volunteer to Turkey; February 2010
     Missions Volunteer to Cuba; March 2019

Awards/Achievements

Excellence in Teaching Award, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary; 2015

Marvin Jones Outstanding Research Professor, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; 2004 – 2005

Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers; 1998

Phi Kappa Phi honorary society, University of Mississippi; 1985 – 86

Eta Sigma Phi Prize to the Outstanding Student in Greek, University of Mississippi; 1986

Julian Tatum Award to the Outstanding Student in Sociology, University of Mississippi; 1986

Memberships

Member of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas; 2013 – present

Member of the Society of Biblical Literature; 1997 – present

Fellow of the Institute for Biblical Research; 1997 – present

Member of the Evangelical Theological Society; 1995 – present