Biography
Greg Welty is currently Professor of Philosophy at Southeastern. He has been married to his wife Rose for thirty years, and they have three sons. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, Westminster Theological Seminary in California, and the University of Oxford. He is also the Program Coordinator for the MA in Philosophy of Religion at Southeastern and served as a pastor for over ten years.
Welty specializes in the relation between abstract objects and God, the problem of evil, theories of divine providence, theistic arguments, and philosophy of religion more generally. He is the author, most recently, of 40 Questions About Suffering and Evil, Alvin Plantinga, and Why Is There Evil in the World?. He has also co-edited several books the series of ten apologetics volumes The Big Ten – Critical Questions Answered (Christian Focus). He has contributed to several additional publications including Philosophia Christi, Faith and Philosophy, Themelios, the Concise Theology project at The Gospel Coalition, and he has served as a referee for several journals in philosophy of religion.
Education
BA, University of California at Los Angeles
MDiv, Westminister Theological Seminary in California
MPhil, DPhil, Oriel College, University of Oxford
Professional Experience
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC
Professor of Philosophy; 2016-present
Program Coordinator, Master of Arts in Philosophy of Religion; 2012-present
Program Coordinator, Master of Arts in Apologetics and Christian Philosophy; 2016-present
Faculty Advisory Committee; 2022-2024
Admissions Committee; 2011-2022
Associate Professor of Philosophy; 2010-2016
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX
Assessment Task Force; 2007-2010
Assistant Professor of Philosophy; 2003-2010
Assistant Dean, Division of Ethics and Philosophical Studies; 2008-2009
Seminary Master’s Council; 2006-2007
D.Min. Program Task Force; 2005
The College at Southwestern Task Force; 2004-2005
University of Oxford, Regent’s Park College
Stipendiary Lecturer in Philosophy; 2000-2001
Westminster Theological Seminary, Escondido, CA
Teaching Assistant for John Frame; 1993-1996
Ministry/Missions Experience
Grace Baptist Church of Wake Forest, NC
Elder, 2013-2019
Redeemer Church, Fort Worth, TX
Occasional preaching; 2008-2010
Heritage Baptist Church, Mansfield, TX
Occasional preaching; 2003-2008
Albert Street Chapel, Oxford (UK)
Elder; 2000-2003
Grace Bible Church of Escondido, CA
Pastor of college/career/young marrieds, 1993-1998
Placerita Baptist Church, Newhall, CA
Deacon, 1990-1993
Awards/Achievements
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award (8/22/2019)
University of Oxford
Graduate Scholarship (Oriel College), renewed each year: 2001-2003
Graduate Studentship (Faculty of Theology), renewed each year: 1999-2003
Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme, renewed each year: 1998-2003
Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom
Westminster Theological Seminary in California
Van Til Scholarship Prize for theological writing, 1995
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Graduated summa cum laude; 1993
Departmental Honors in Philosophy; 1993
Dean’s Honors List; 1991-1993
Irene Wilde Scholarship; 1991-1993
