Ken D. Keathley

Ken Keathley is Research Professor of Theology and the Jesse Hendley Chair of Theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina where he has been teaching since 2006. He also directed the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture, a center that seeks to engage culture, present and defend the Christian Faith, and explore its implications for all areas of life. He is the author of Salvation and Sovereignty: A Molinist Approach (B&H, January 2010), co-author of 40 Questions About Creation and Evolution (Kregel, November 2014) and co-editor of Old Earth or Evolutionary Creation?: Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos (IVP, July 2017).  Ken and his wife Penny have been married since 1980, live in Wake Forest, North Carolina and are members of North Wake Church in Wake Forest, North Carolina.  They have a son and daughter, both married, and four grandchildren.

BA, Tennessee Temple University
MNS, Southeast Missouri State University
MDiv, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Professional Experience

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC
     Director, L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture; 2006-present
     Senior Professor of Theology, occupying the Jesse Hendley Chair of Biblical Theology; 2006-present
     Senior Vice President/Dean of Faculty; 2010-2012
     Senior Associate Dean; 2006-2009

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA 
     Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Theology, occupying the McFarland Chair of Theology; 2000-2006
     Dean of Students; 2000-2004

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO
     Assistant Professor of Theology and Philosophy; 1998-2000                 
     Director, Doctor of Ministry Program; 1998-2000

Ministry/Missions Experience

First Baptist Church, Pinehurst, NC
     Interim Pastor; 2022-2023
                                    
Carey Baptist Church, Henderson, NC
     Interim Pastor; 2018-2019 

Pleasant Union Church, Lillington, NC
     Interim Pastor; 2015-2016

Carey Baptist Church, Henderson, NC
     Interim Pastor; 2014-2015              

Coats Baptist Church, Coats, NC
     Interim Pastor; 2012 -2014

Central Baptist Church, Henderson, NC
     Interim Pastor; 04/11 – 01/12
 
Olive Chapel Baptist Church, Apex, NC
     Interim Pastor; 2010-2011              

Great Bridge Baptist Church, Chesapeake, VA
     Interim Pastor; 2008-2009              

Central Baptist Church, Henderson, NC
     Interim Pastor; 2006-2007

Sunset Avenue Baptist Church, Rocky Mount, NC 
     Interim Pastor; 2006

Interim pastorates and supply preaching in Missouri, Louisiana, and Mississippi; 1998-2006

Open Door Baptist Church, Raleigh, NC
     Pastor; 1995-1998

Green Sea Baptist Church, Green Sea, SC 
    Interim Pastor; 1994-1995                                    

Westwood Baptist Church, Poplar Bluff, MO
    Pastor; 1984-1994

Washington First Baptist; Washington, MO
     Interim Pastor; 1982-1983 

Ellsinore First Baptist, Ellsinore, MO
    Music and Youth Director; 1980-1982

Memberships

Evangelical Theological Society
            Chair, Christianity and the Natural Sciences Consultation, 2020-present
Co-Chair, Method in Systematic Theology Section, 2017-present
Chairman of the Southwest Region of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2005
 
Evangelical Philosophical Society