Mike Morris

Assistant Professor of Missions

Mike Morris serves as assistant professor of missions in the Roy Fish School of Evangelism and Missions, where he teaches Introduction to Missiology, Cross-Cultural Witness to the Gospel and Ministry, Introduction to Church Growth, Globalization and Mission Strategies, Applied Ministry, Spiritual Formation, Contemporary Southern Baptist Missiology, Christian Apologetics, and Church Vitalization.  He served in America as a youth minister, associate pastor, church planter, and senior pastor.  He also served as an International Mission Board missionary to South Korea for ten years.  He helped plant five churches in South Korea and one church in Tennessee.

His research and writing have focused primarily on the classic Church Growth Movement and the movement’s main leader, Donald McGavran.  His Ph.D. dissertation dealt with the receptivity principle as described by McGavran.  His recently published (2009-2012) articles and book reviews appeared in the following journals and magazines: Journal of Evangelism and Missions, Southwestern Journal of Theology, Evangelical Missions Quarterly, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, On Mission, The Free Will Baptist, and BETFA (Biblical, Evangelical and Theological Forum for Africa): Journal of the Ogbomoso Circle.

He currently serves as the book review editor for the Great Commission Research Journal.  He is a member of the Society for Church Consulting, the Evangelical Theological Society, the Great Commission Research Network, and the Evangelical Missiological Society.  He is a graduate of Memphis State University (B.S.), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary (D.Min. and Ph.D.).