WILLIAM GLENN JONAS, JR.
P. O. BOX ***
BUIES CREEK, NC 27506
Home Phone: 910-***-****
Office Phone: 910-***-****
jo abpqjo@r.postjobfree.com
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Pamella DeSopo (Pam)
Spouse:
Education: B.S.N. Universit y of Texas at Arlington (1993)
Vocation: Labor and Delivery Nurse
Licensed: Merr imo n Ave. Bapt ist Church, Asheville, NC,
April 12, 1978
Ordained: Oakley Bapt ist Church, Asheville, NC,
September 28, 1980
EDUCATION:
Baylor Universit y Post Doctoral, 1990 1991, Baylor Universit y
Inst itute for Oral History
Baylor Universit y Doctor of Philosophy, 1990
Major in Church History
Minor: New Testament, Christ ian Ethics,
Comparat ive Religio ns, U.S. History
Dissertation: A Crit ical Evaluat ion of
Albert Henry Newman: Church Historian
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Master of Divinit y, 1984
Mars Hill Co llege Bachelor of Arts, Religio n and Philo sophy, 1981
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Administrative
Chairman, Department of Religio n Campbell Universit y 1999 Present
and Philo sophy Buies Creek, NC
Teaching
Campbell Universit y 1994 Present
Charles B. Howard Chair of Religio n
Professor of Religio n
Associate Professor (Religio n)
Assistant Professor (Religio n, 1994 1999)
Temple Junior College (Temple, TX) 1989 1994
Adjunct Instructor in History
Courses taught: Introduction to Church History, American Religious History, Baptist History, The Reformation,
Early Christ ianit y, Introduction to Christ ianit y, Spiritual Formation for Theological Educat ion, New Testament
Survey, Old Testament Survey, World Religio ns, Introduction to Christian Ministry, Pastoral Care and
Counseling, Introduction to the Bible, Great Preachers in Christian History (Graduate Seminar in Campbell
Universit y Divinit y School)
Pastoral
First Baptist Church Crawford, TX April, 1991 July, 1994
Cego Baptist Church Cego, TX June, 1987 April, 1991
Oakley Bapt ist Church Asheville, NC November, 1979 May, 1981
Associate Pastor/Minister of Youth
Interim Pastorates
First Baptist Church Lumberton, NC June, 2007 July, 2008
The Memorial Bapt ist Church Greenville, NC December, 2004 August, 2006
Kenansville Bapt ist Church Kenansville, NC November, 2003 October, 2004
First Baptist Church, Mount Olive Mount Olive, NC March, 2002 March 2003
Spilman Memorial Bapt ist Church Kinston, NC January August, 2001
First Baptist Church, Erwin Erwin, NC May, 1999 November, 2000
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The Memorial Bapt ist Church Greenville, NC May, 1998 February, 1999
Baptist Tabernacle Church Wendell, NC November, 1997 April, 1998
Holly Spr ings Bapt ist Church Broadway, NC November, 1996 August, 1997
Corinth Bapt ist Church Salemburg, NC November, 1995 October, 1996
Salemburg Baptist Church Salemburg, NC November 1994 October, 1995
Chaplain Ministry
Chaplain Intern, V.A. Hospital Asheville, NC August, 1980 December, 1980
Other
Speaker at Bible Conferences, 1977 Present
Revivals, Etc.
PUBLICATIONS:
Encyclopedia and Dictionary Articles
Handbook of Texas, S.v., Albert Henry Newman, by W. Glenn Jonas, Jr.
Handbook of North Carolina History, S.v., American Bapt ists, by W. Glenn Jonas, Jr.
Handbook of North Carolina History, S.v., Bapt ist Children s Ho me, by W. Glenn Jonas, Jr.
Handbook of North Carolina History, S.v., Bapt ist State Convent ion of North Carolina, by W. Glenn Jonas,
Jr.
Handbook of North Carolina History, S.v., Footwashing, by W. Glenn Jonas, Jr.
Handbook of North Carolina History, S.v., Sandy Creek Baptist Associat ion, by W. Glenn Jonas, Jr.
Handbook of North Carolina History, S.v., Separate Baptists, by W. Glenn Jonas, Jr.
Handbook of North Carolina History, S.v., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, by W. Glenn Jonas,
Jr.
Articles and Essays
Jonas, W. Glenn, Jr. The Baylor List of Effective Preachers, The Christian Ministry. (July, 1996).
. . . . . . . Dorothy Carey, Biblical Recorder, (Part of a series of five art icles published August September,
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1996).
. . . . . . . Elias Keach, Biblical Recorder, (Part of a series of five articles published August September, 1996).
. . . . . . . George W. Truett, Biblical Recorder, (Part of a series of five articles published August September,
1996).
. . . . . . . He Lives Yet in Baylor Universit y: The Life and Influence of John Stephenson Tanner, Texas Baptist
History (1995).
. . . . . . . Is Unit y Really Possible? Biblical Recorder, (December 13, 1997).
. . . . . . . John Waller, Biblical Recorder, (Part of a series of five articles published August September,
1996).
. . . . . . . The Polit ical Side o f B. H. Carroll, Baptist History and Heritage, (Fall, 1998).
. . . . . . . Profile: Rosalie Beck, The Whitsitt Journal, (Fall, 2000).
. . . . . . . State Prayers Are Hypocrit ical, Waco Tribune Herald, (September 20, 1991).
. . . . . . . Through the Dark Valley: Albert Henry Newman s Experience at the Rochester Theo logical
Seminary, Texas Baptist History, (1993).
. . . . . . . Albert Henry Newman, Baptist History and Heritage, 37 (Winter, 2002): 28 51. (Winner of the 2003
Norman W. Cox Award for the best article published by this journal)
. . . . . . . Baptist Myths: Bapt ists are Not Ecumenical, one of a series of tracts sponsored jo int ly by the Bapt ist
History and Heritage Societ y and the Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Societ y. (2003).
. . . . . . . Bapt ist Books. The Baptist Studies Bulletin (Online journal sponsored by the Center for
Baptist Studies at Mercer Universit y). January June, 2003.
. . . . . . . Walter Rauschenbusch: Prophet of the New Social Order, The Whitsitt Journal 10 (2003): 1 9.
. . . . . . . Keeping the Fait h in the Open Country: The Legacy of Cego Baptist Church, in Distinctively
Baptist: Essays on Baptist History, ed. By Marc A. Jolley, Macon: Mercer Universit y Press: 2005, pp.
99 114.
. . . . . . . The Pope: What s in a Name, Dunn Daily Record, (April 18, 2005).
. . . . . . . The I ntersection of Athens and Jerusalem: The Aims o f Higher Education in a
Baptist Christ ian Universit y, The Southern Baptist Educator Vol. LXX, No. 2 (2006):
8 12.
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. . . . . . . Bapt ists and Glo bal Unit y and the Turn toward the Baptist World Alliance, in Turning Points in
Baptist History: A Festschrift in Honor of Harry Leon McBeth, ed. by Michael E. Williams, Sr. and
Walter B. Shurden, Macon: Mercer Universit y Press, 2008, pp. 222 34.
. . . . . . . William Wallace Finlator: Activist Prophet, Baptist History and Heritage 43 (Spring, 2008): 96 109.
. . . . . . . Remembering Bapt ist Giant Charles Howard, Biblical Recorder 174, No. 19 (September 13, 2008):
2.
. . . . . . . The Spiritual Kinship Theory of Bapt ist Origins, (Forthcoming in the online Journal of Baptist
Studies)
Books
Jonas, William Glenn, Jr., A Critical Evaluation of Albert Henry Newman, Church Historian, San Francisco:
Mellen Research Universit y Press, 1992.
. . . . . . ., Wayne Ballard, Dean Martin, Don Penny, A Journey of Faith: An Introduction to Christianity,
Macon: Mercer Universit y Press, 2002.
. . . . . . ., ed., The Baptist River: Essays on Many Tributaries of a Diverse Tradition, Macon: Mercer
Universit y Press, 2006.
Professional Presentations
Jonas, William Glenn, Jr., Albert Henry Newman and the Whitsitt Controversy Phi Alpha Theta, Southwest
Region Meet ing, Baylor Universit y, April 1988.
. . . . . . . Albert Henry Newman and Anabapt ist Historiography, Southwest Region American Academy o f
Religio n Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 11, 1989.
. . . . . . . Changing Historiography in the Nineteenth Century: The Case of Albert Henry Newman, American
Academy o f Religio n Meeting, Anaheim, CA, November 21, 1989.
. . . . . . . Religio n in Rural Texas: The Case of Cego Baptist Church, Southwest Region American Academy
of Religio n Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 16, 1991.
. . . . . . . Albert Henry Newman s A Manual of Church History: Popular in Its Day, But Why Not Now?
Southwest Region American Academy o f Religio n Meeting, Dallas, TX, March 14, 1992.
. . . . . . . Through the Dark Valley: A. H. Newman s Experience at the Rochester Theo logical Seminary,
Texas Bapt ist Historical Societ y Meet ing, Corpus Christ i, TX, November 9, 1992.
. . . . . . . "John S. Tanner: A Light That Was Extinguished Too Soon," Southwest Region American Academy o f
Religio n Meeting, Dallas,TX, March 11, 1995.
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. . . . . . . "The Polit ical Side of B. H. Carroll," Southern Bapt ist Historical Societ y Annual Meet ing,
Dallas, TX, April 24, 1998.
. . . . . . . William Wallace Finlator: North Carolina s Bapt ist Prophet, North Carolina Bapt ist Historical
Societ y Spr ing Meet ing, Winston Salem, NC, May 19, 2000.
. . . . . . . William Wallace Finlator: North Carolina s Bapt ist Prophet, National Association of Baptist
Professors of Religio n, Southeast Region. President s Address, Charlotte, NC, March 16, 2001.
. . . . . . . Albert Henry Newman: A South Carolina Boy Who Made it Big, South Carolina Baptist Historical
Societ y Fall Meeting, Co lumbia, SC, November 13, 2001.
. . . . . . The Intersection of Athens and Jerusalem: The Aims o f Higher Education at a Christian Universit y,
Presented to the Freshman class at Campbell Universit y, October 5, 2004. (Presented again to the
Facult y o f Campbell Universit y August 18, 2005.
. . . . . . Diversit y Amo ng Bapt ists: A River Runs Through It, Presented to the North Carolina Bapt ist
Historical Societ y, November 15, 2005.
. . . . . . Charles Barrett Howard: Preacher, Professor, Philanthropist, Presented at the American Societ y of
Church History, January 4, 2009.
. . . . . . Charles Barrett Howard: Preacher, Professor, Philanthropist, Presented at the North Carolina Baptist
Historical Societ y meet ing, March 20, 2009.
Book Reviews
Jonas, William Glenn, Jr., Review of Instruments of Providence, by Tho mas Turner, in Texas Baptist History,
(1990).
. . . . . . . Review of Thunder on the Right: Understanding Conservative Christianity in America by Elizabeth C.
Nordbeck, Journal of Church and State, (Winter, 1991).
. . . . . . . Review of Balthasar Hubmaier: Theologian of Anabaptism, edited by H. Wayne P ipkin and
John Howard Yoder, in SBC Today, (19 April 1991).
. . . . . . . Review of Religion and the Life of the Nation: American Recoveries, edited by Rowland A. Sherr ill,
Critical Review of Books in Religion, (1992).
. . . . . . . Review of The Republic of Many Mansions: Foundations of American Religious Thought, by
Denise Lardner Carmody and John Tully Carmody, Journal of Church and State, (Winter, 1992).
. . . . . . . Review of The American Quest for the Primitive Church, edited by Richard T. Hughes, Journal of the
American Academy of Religion, (Fall, 1992).
. . . . . . . Review of Pilgram Marpeck: His Life and Social Theology, by Stephen B. Boyd, Journal of Church
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and State, (Winter, 1994).
. . . . . . . Review of When Time Shall Be No More, by Paul Bo yer, Journal of Church and State, (Winter, 1995).
. . . . . . . Review of Why I Am a Baptist, by Cecil P. Staton, Jr., Baptist History and Heritage, (Spring, 2000).
. . . . . . . Review of Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, by William H. Brackney, Church History,
(September, 2000).
. . . . . . . Review of A Geneology of Dissent: Southern Baptist Protest in the Twentieth Century, by David
Stricklin, Baptist History and Heritage (Winter/Spring, 2001).
. . . . . . . Review of God So Loved the World: Traditional Baptists and Calvinism, by Fisher Humphreys and
Paul E. Robertson, Baptist History and Heritage (Winter, 2002).
. . . . . . . Review of Religion in the Modern American West, by Ferenc Morton Szasz, Choice (May, 2002).
. . . . . . . .Review of Uneasy in Babylon, by Barr y Hankins, Choice (August, 2002).
. . . . . . . . Review of Getting Right With God: Southern Baptists and Desegregation 1945 1995, by Mark
Newman, Baptist History and Heritage (Summer/Fall, 2002).
. . . . . . . . Review of Primitive Baptists of the Wiregrass South: 1815 to the Present, by John G. Crowley,
Baptist History and Heritage (Summer/Fall, 2002).
. . . . . . . . Review of Baptist Ways, by Bill J. Leonard, Choice (October, 2003).
. . . . . . . Review of A Man of Books and a Man of the People: E.Y. Mullins and the Crisis of
Moderate Southern Baptist Leadership, by William E. Ellis, Baptist History and Heritage
(Summer/Fall, 2004).
. . . . . . . Review of The History of Christian Thought: The Fascinating Story of the Great Christian
Thinkers and How They Helped Shape the World as we Kno w it Today, by Jonathan Hill,
Choice (October, 2004).
. . . . . . . Review of Baptists in America, by Bill J. Leonard, Choice (November, 2005).
. . . . . . . Review of Baptists Together in Christ: 1905 2005, Choice (March, 2006).
. . . . . . . Review of Baptists Together in Christ, 1905 2005: A Hundred Year History of the Baptist
World Alliance, ed. by Richard V. Pierard, Elan Jean Young Bent ley, and Gerald L. Borchert,
Baptist History and Heritage (Winter, 2007).
. . . . . . . Review of Baptists in North America, by William H. Brackney, Choice (February, 2007).
. . . . . . . Review of The Baptist History Collection, CD Rom, by the Baptist Standard Bearer,
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Baptist History and Heritage (Summer/Fall, 2007).
. . . . . . . Review of Homeland Mythology: Biblical Narratives in American Culture, by Christopher Collins,
Journal of Church and State, http://jcs.oxfordjournals.org/ on October 29, 2009 (10.1093/jcs/csp057).
Other Lectures and Presentations
The Value and Use of Oral History, Presented to Lunch and Learn sponsored by the History and
Government Department, Campbell Universit y, (1995).
The Book of Amo s
Campbell Universit y Department of Religio n and Philosophy Winter Bible Study Clinic
(November, 1995).
Baptist Faith and Message, Presented as the Baptist Doctrine Study in the Eastern Baptist Associat ion, NC,
(March 13, 20, 1997).
The Parables of Luke
Eastern Baptist Associat ion, NC, Pastors Workshop (January 10, 1998)
Baptist State Convent ion of North Carolina Bi Vocational Ministers Conference, Camp Caraway,
(July 25 27, 1998).
The Book of Joshua
Randolph Bapt ist Associat ion, NC, Winter Bible Study Clinic.
Incorporating Church History into the Life of Your Church, Campbell Universit y Pastors Conference,
(July 19 22, 1999).
First and Second Thessalonians
Baptist State Convent ion of North Carolina Bi Vocational Ministers Conference, Camp Caraway,
(July 23 25, 1999).
Gaston Baptist Association (NC) Ministers Retreat, Camp Caswell, (October 25 26, 1999).
The Book of James
Summer Ministers Conference, Mars Hill Co llege, (July, 2000).
Baptist State Convent ion of North Carolina Bi Vocational Ministers Conference, Camp Caraway,
(July, 2000).
Campbell Universit y Department of Religio n and Philosophy Winter Bible Study Clinic,
(November, 2000).
Genesis 1 11
Baptist State Convent ion of North Carolina Bi Vocational Ministers Conference, Camp Caraway,
(July 20 22, 2001).
Jeremiah
Baptist State Convent ion Missio ns Conference, Camp Caswell (July, 2006).
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The Baptist Essence
North Carolina Cooperative Bapt ist Fellowship New Day Tour, hosted by Oakmo nt Baptist
Church, (April 30, 2007).
Founders Week Lectures
Mars Hill Co llege, October 15 16, 2009.
Media Appearances
July 11, 2001. Interview on Hankins and Guest, Local televisio n station in Kinston, North Carolina.
Interview concerned internat ional adoption fro m Ukraine.
September 24 26, 2001. Panel discussio n on Evo lution conducted by WUNC TV (PBS), Durham, N.C.
Discussion invo lved scho lars and ministers from select religious tradit ions wit hin North Carolina.
Oral History Projects
Memo irs of the fo llowing deposited in the Texas Collect ion, Baylor Universit y, Waco, TX.
Don Adair, Daniel G. Bagby, Helen Eby Craig, John Davidson, Ervin Davis, Franklin H. Littell, Robert
E. Naylor, Stewart A. Newman, W. J. Wimpee, William Wallace Finlator.
Professional Affiliations
American Societ y of Church History.
American Academy of Religio n.
Baptist History and Heritage Societ y (Formerly The Southern Bapt ist Historical Society)
President (2003 05), Vice President (2001 2003)
Book Review Editor for Baptist History and Heritage (1997 2003).
Editorial Board for Baptist History and Heritage (Present)
Fellowship of Bapt ist Historians.
National Associat ion of Bapt ist Professors of Religion.
Vice President, Southeast Region (1999 2000).
President, Southeast Region (2000 2001).
North Carolina Bapt ist Historical Societ y.
President, (1998 2000).
Texas Bapt ist Historical Societ y.
Vice President (1993 1994).
Graduate Theological Fellowship, Baylor University.
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Logothia (Religio n honor societ y, Mars Hill Co llege).
Honors
Recipient of the Officers Award, Baptist History and Heritage Societ y, June 2, 2006.
Recipient of the Dean s Excellence in Teaching Award, Campbell Universit y (2004)
Winner of the Norman W. Cox Award 2003. Presented by the Bapt ist History and Heritage Societ y for the best
article published dur ing the year in the journal Baptist History and Heritage.
Dedication of the 2003 Pine Burr Yearbook (Campbell Universit y)
Awarded the Endowed Chair, Charles B. Howard Professor of Religio n (2001)
Professor of the Year, Campbell Universit y, (1997, 2002).
Honorary Coach, (2000, 2001), Selected by Campbell Universit y Lady Camels Basketball Team.
Honorary Coach, (2002), Selected by the Campbell Universit y Lady Camels Softball Team.
Graduate Student Associat ion Fellowship, Baylor Universit y, (1989).
President ial Scholarship, Southwestern Bapt ist Theological Seminary, (1981 84).
President ial Scholarship, Mars Hill Co llege, (1977 81).
References
Dr. Walter B. Shurden, Minister at Large, Mercer Universit y, 1400 Coleman Ave., Macon, GA 31207
Dr. Mel Hawkins, Department of Religio n, Carson Newman Co llege, 728 Lakewood Dr., Jefferson Cit y, TN
37760 865-***-****.
Dr. Jerry Faught, School of Christ ian Service, Oklaho ma Bapt ist Universit y, OBU Box 61261
500 W. Universit y, Shawnee, OK 74804. 405-***-****.
Mr. Bill Clark, 3323 Cadenza St., Greenville, NC 27858 252-***-****.
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