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SCOTT M. GIBSON, D.Phil.
The Haddon Robinson Professor of Preaching, Director of Th.M. Program
in Preaching, 1992.
B.S. (Pennsylvania State University); M.Div. (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary);
Th.M. (Princeton Theological Seminary); M.Th. (Knox College, University of
Toronto); D.Phil. (University of Oxford).
Scott M. Gibson, D. Phil. is the Haddon W. Robinson Professor of Preaching and Ministry, Director of the Center for Preaching, and Director of the Th.M. Program in Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.
Dr. Gibson is a native of New Castle, Pennsylvania. He attended the Pennsylvania State University where he majored in education. After completing the Master of Divinity degree at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Gibson continued his studies at Princeton Theological Seminary where he was awarded the Master of Theology degree (homiletics), the University of Toronto where he earned a master's degree (church history), and the University of Oxford where he engaged in doctoral studies (church history), concentrating on the life and work of A.J. Gordon.
Upon his return from Britain in 1985, Professor Gibson served as a pastor and interim pastor at churches in Pennsylvania and New York.
Dr. Gibson is co-editor with Keith Willhite of The Big Idea of Biblical Preaching, (Baker 1998) and editor of Making a Difference in Preaching: Haddon Robinson on Biblical Preaching (Baker 1999), Preaching to a Shifting Culture: 12 Perspectives on Preaching that Connects (Baker 2004), and Contemporary Baptists and Historic Faith (Principle Press 2005). He is author of A.J. Gordon: American Premillennialist (University Press of America 2001) and Preaching for Special Services (Baker 2001). Forthcoming books include, Planning Your Preaching (Baker 2007), Preaching the Old Testament (Baker 2006), A Little Primer on Preaching and Plagiarism (tba), and Biblical Preaching Workbook (tba). He has contributed articles to books and several journals, in addition to having other writing projects in hand. He serves as editor of The Journal of the Evangelical Homiletics Society and was editor of the ABE Journal for 14 years.
Dr. Gibson is an ordained Baptist minister and is one of the founders of Cornerstone Church Network (2006), a Baptist denomination. He is past-president and co-founder of the Evangelical Homiletics Society and a member of the Academy of Homiletics, and the Evangelical Theological Society. Contemporary issues in preaching, pastoral ministry concerns, the history of preaching and the history of evangelicalism, and discipleship are some of Gibson's professional interests.
Dr. Gibson and his wife, Rhonda, live in Beverly, Massachusetts.
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