![]() ![]() “To have someone of the caliber of Thomas Kidd, both in heart and mind, join our faculty is a true blessing to the Midwestern Seminary community and especially our students,” said Provost Jason Duesing. He also earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at Clemson University in South Carolina. in history at the University of Notre Dame, where he worked with historian of religion George Marsden. Kidd began his teaching career at Baylor in 2002 after completing a Ph.D. Instead, they can serve the Kingdom with a deeper historical understanding of how the church came to be what it is today. Kidd added that his hope for students taking his courses would be for them to realize Christians need not set aside their faith while they do serious, scholarly historical inquiry. Our failure to search out the lessons of church history deprives us of a trove of wisdom for ministry.” Too often, American Christians act as if not much has happened in between the time of Christ and this Sunday’s church service. “Additionally, I hope to bring students a strong sense for what the Lord has done in and through the church and for them to learn from the great ‘cloud of witnesses’ that we encounter in church history. Midwestern is one of the most exciting seminaries on the American church landscape today, and I am delighted and honored to contribute to the dynamic faculty that Midwestern is assembling. Kidd noted excitement about his new responsibilities, saying, “I am thrilled to join Midwestern Seminary in its work to glorify the Lord and serve the church by training up a new generation of pastors and Christian scholars. It’s also a significant step forward in our goal of assembling at Midwestern Seminary the premier faculty in the evangelical world.”Īllen added that Kidd’s joining the faculty here reflects “God’s blessing on Midwestern Seminary wherein in recent years He has been pleased to send us a new generation of accomplished scholars, dedicated churchmen and devoted Southern Baptists who are committed to Midwestern Seminary’s vision of existing for the Church.” ![]() Kidd to the ranks of our other church historians and historical theologians is a tremendous step forward in those disciplines, putting us as a theological institution in an enviable position. What is more, he deeply resonates with Midwestern Seminary’s mission of existing for the church. Kidd stands out as one of our generation’s leading church historians. Kidd is extensively published and widely respected throughout the Baptist and evangelical world-and beyond. Students can come to Midwestern Seminary and anticipate to study with Dr. Kidd will remain in residence there, he’ll be on our campus multiple times a year, leading doctoral seminars, teaching Master of Divinity intensives, and supervising doctoral students. I’m thankful for the partnership with Baylor University that though Dr. Kidd, and we look forward to deepening that relationship in the years ahead. “We, at Midwestern Seminary, have a longstanding relationship with Dr. Tommy Kidd’s joining our faculty as a distinguished professor of church history,” Allen said. “I could not be more delighted to announce Dr. As such, he will serve the Midwestern Seminary community by commuting from Waco, Texas, to Kansas City, Mo., for doctoral seminars and to instruct graduate and doctoral students in the discipline of history both in classroom and in conference settings. Kidd will continue his role as distinguished professor of history at Baylor University. Kidd will join the MBTS faculty as distinguished visiting professor of church history. (BP) - Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Jason Allen has announced that historian Thomas S. There has been much conflict over race, liberalism, and mission within Protestantism over the course of America's history, but these factors have shaped and fashioned the America we see today.KANSAS CITY, Mo. This does not mean that the Protestant movement has been fully cohesive. "The Protestant way has been the most powerful religious strain in America since the founding of the British colonies beginning in the early 1600s." (p. Still, the uncontested influencer in America has been Protestantism. Non-Protestantism such as Roman Catholicism has also played its part. Various religions such as Judaism and Mormonism have helped shape America. Yet, the religious nature of America is not one of uniformity, but diversity, and at times strife and conflict. Though secularism continues to find a greater foothold today, even the so-called Nones "commonly affirm belief in God (or at least a higher power), the afterlife, and other spiritual realities" (p. It is beyond any doubt or controversy that America is a religious nation. Free – Buy Book Brief Download Book Brief ![]()
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