John David Massey

Associate Professor of Missions

Education:

• Ph.D. (Systematic Theology with Minor in New Testament), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 2000
  • Dissertation: "Solidarity in Sin: An Analysis of the Corporate Conceptions of Sin in the Theologies of Augustus Hopkins Strong and Walter Rauschenbusch."
• M.Div., Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Memphis, Tennessee, 1994
• B.A. (Political Science), Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, 1988

Teaching/Ministry Experience:

• Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 2012
  • Associate Professor of Missions
• International Mission Board, 2001-2011 
  • Career Missionary
• Singapore Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-Present 
  • Lecturer in Theological and Historical Studies
  • Under Appointment by the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention 2001-Present
• Union University, November 2010-2011
  • Adjunct Faculty
• International Chinese Theological Seminary, 2010-2011 
  • Interim Faculty Director
  • Chairman of Theology and Church History Department
• International Chinese Theological Seminary, Singapore, International Mission Board Team Strategy Leader for Southern Malaysia and Singapore, July 2009  
  • Member of the Board of Directors 
• Malaysia Baptist Theology Seminary, Penang, 2009-2011 
  • Ph.D. Theology Program Chair 
• Singapore Bible College CCTE, 2009-2011 
  • Guest Lecturer,  Doctrine of Christ (2009); Doctrine of Man (2010); Doctrine of Sin and Salvation (2010); Master of Theology Seminary on Theological Method (2010); Theology and Practice of Worship (2011) 
• Trinity Theological College, Singapore, 2008, 2009
  • Guest Lecturer for Two Three-Hour Sessions, Baptists in America 
• Singapore Bible College, January-May 2007
  • Guest Lecturer, History of Christianity I 
• Zerapheth Bible Institute, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, 2006, 2007
  • Guest Lecturer, Doctrine of Salvation and Pauline Theology 
• Pastor’s Refresher Course, Camp Mubarek, Murree, Pakistan, September 2006 & 2007
  • Guest Teacher/Preacher
  • Taught Paul's Letter to the Philippians and 1 Timothy 
• Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary, School of Trans–cultural Missions, July 2006
  • Visiting Lecturer, Doctrine of Salvation 
• Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Fall 2005
  • Adjunct Instructor, History of Christianity 
• Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1998-2000
  • Teaching Fellow, Systematic Theology I & II 
• Bethel Church, Brunei, 2006, 2007, 2009
  • Guest Preacher
  • Seminar Teacher 
• World Missions Conference, Bartlett Baptist Church, Memphis, TN, 2005
  • Guest Speaker 
• Churches of the Singapore Baptist Convention, 2004-Present
  • Preacher 
• International Mission Board, 2003-2005
  • Team Leader, Singapore Mission Mobilization Team 
• Home Mission Board, SBC, 1997-2005 (currently inactive) 
  • Chaplain
  • Captain
  • USAF Reserves
• Mission Church of Travis Avenue Baptist Church, Fort Worth, TX, 2000
  • Interim Pastor 
• Wright Track Ministries, 1996-2001
  • Sunday School Lesson Helps Writer 
• Central Baptist Church, Blooming Grove, TX, 1996
  • Interim Pastor 
• Williams Creek Baptist Church, Mart, TX, 1996
  • Winter Bible Study 
• Westland Heights Baptist Church, Fort Worth, TX, 1995
  • Interim Pastor 
• Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis, TN, 1994
  • Church Growth Department Ministry Intern 
• First Baptist Church, Munford, TN, 1992-1994
  • Pastor 

International Experience:

• Turkey, Living with family while father served in United States Air Force, 1975-77
• Malaysia, International Mission Board, SBC, Mandarin Language School, 2002
• China, International Mission Board, SBC, Mandarin Language School, 2003
• Singapore, Lecturing at the Baptist Theological Seminary and Singapore Bible College, 2003-Present
• Brunei, Teaching at Bethel Church, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
• Pakistan, Teach at Pastor’s Refresher Course, 2006-07 and Lecture at the Zerapheth Bible Institute, 2007

Publications:

• Solidarity in Sin: An Analysis of the Corporate Conceptions of Sin in the Theologies of Augustus Hopkins Strong and Walter Rauschenbusch, Ph.D. Dissertation, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, December 2000.
• The Anatomy of Church Growth. In the Baptist Pulse, BTS Occasional Papers no. 1, November 2006.

Personal:

• Spouse: Vanessa Ray Massey
• Licensed to the ministry by First Baptist Church, Louin, MS, 1991
• Ordained to the ministry by Calvary Baptist Church, Horn Lake, MS, 1992
• Currently members of Bellevue Baptist Church, Memphis, TN
• Currently attending Calvary Baptist Church, Singapore