Jim Shaddix
PERSONAL
Born on November 4, 1960 in El Paso, Texas Confessed Jesus as Savior and Lord in 1969 in Alexandria, Alabama Responded to God’s call to preach on July 21, 1981 Married to Debra Gail Joyner on January 29, 1983 Children: Clint (1986); Shane (1988); Dallys (1994) Hobbies: working around the house
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Education, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama, 1982. Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1986. Doctor of Ministry, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1992. Doctor of Philosophy, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1996.
TEACHING MINISTRY
Professor of Preaching, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, W. A. Criswell Chair of Expository Preaching, Wake Forest, North Carolina, 2012- Present. Director, Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina, 2017-Present. EQUIP Coordinator, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina, 2015-17. Adjunct Professor of Preaching, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary (Rocky Mountain Campus), Denver, Colorado, 2006-2012. Dean of the Chapel, Professor of Preaching, Director of Professional Doctoral Programs, Director of Field Education, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994-2005. Founder and President, Burning Heart Ministries, Inc. New Orleans, Louisiana, 1996-2004. 2
PASTORAL MINISTRY
Pastor of Teaching/Training, The Church at Brook Hills, Birmingham, AL, 2012-15. Senior Pastor, Riverside Baptist Church, Denver, CO, January 2005-2012. Senior Pastor, Edgewater Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA, February 2002-2004. Senior Pastor, Pine Grove Baptist Church, Picayune, Mississippi, 1993-1994. Founder/Pastor, Arlington Park Baptist Church, Arlington, Texas, 1984-1993. Interim Pastorates – Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina
PREACHING/SPEAKING MINISTRY (selected)
Interim Pastorates – Florida Blvd. Baptist, Baton Rouge, LA; Broadmoor Baptist, Madison, MS; Brainerd Baptist, Chattanooga, TN; Parkwood Baptist, Gastonia, NC; FBC Charlotte, NC State Evangelism Conferences – Northwest; Mississippi; Tennessee; Missouri. Campus Revivals – New Orleans Baptist Seminary; Cumberland College; Canadian Baptist Seminary. Lecture Series – Louisiana College (Staley); Baptist College of Florida (Preaching); Clear Creek Bible College (James Barry Preaching); Philippine Baptist Seminary (Lide-Walker); Mid-America Baptist Seminary (T. B. Farris Preaching); Baptist Identity Conference, Union University; Jakarta Baptist Seminary, Indonesia Preaching/Pastors’ Conferences – Olford Ministries, Memphis, TN; International Congress on Preaching, Edinburgh, Scotland; Mississippi Baptist; Alabama Baptist; Florida Baptist; West Virginia Baptist; National Conference on Preaching, Nashville; Adrian Rogers Center, Mid-America Baptist Seminary. State Conventions – Michigan; New Mexico; Colorado; Missouri; Kentucky; Oklahoma.
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
Shaddix, Jim. Decisional Preaching. Wake Forest: Rainer, 2018. Vines, Jerry, and Jim Shaddix. Power in the Pulpit. Chicago: Moody Press, 1999/2017. Vines, Jerry, and Jim Shaddix. Progress in the Pulpit. Chicago: Moody Press, 2017. Shaddix, Jim The Passion-Driven Sermon. Nashville: B&H, 2003. “How to Build a First-rate Library” in The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today’s Communicators, eds. Haddon Robinson and Craig Brian Larson. Zondervan, 2005. “To Preach or Not to Preach: An Evangelical Response to the Emergent Homiletic” in Evangelicals Engaging Emergents by William Henard and Adam Greenway. Broadman & Holman, 2009. 3
“A History of Text-Driven Preaching” in Text-Driven Preaching: God's Word at the Heart of Every Sermon, eds. Daniel L. Akin, David L. Allen and Ned L. Mathews. Broadman & Holman, 2010. General Editor, LifeWay Explore the Bible Series, Summer 2015.