Dr. Kevin Wade Rodgers is a distinguished figure in the field of theological education and international missions. He has previously served as a church planter, theological educator, and Outbound Team Leader for the International Mission Board (IMB) in Sub-Saharan Africa. His career spans over three decades of dedicated service, marked by extensive teaching, leadership, and pastoral roles in Africa and the United States.

Originally from Eastern North Carolina, Dr. Rodgers is married to Suzie Mann Rodgers since September 10, 1988, and they have three children together.

Dr. Rodgers has impacted theological education and missions strategy in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is now serving on faculty at Southwestern embodying a lifelong commitment to spreading the gospel and equipping future leaders in the field. His passion is to encourage local churches as they send to the nations and to equip those “sent ones” to be effective in the missionary task around the world.

Dr. Rodgers has contributed significantly to theological discourse through publications such as:

• "Healthy Church Formation: The Vehicle and Goal of Missions," The Great Commission Baptist Journal of Missions, Vol.1, Issue 1, 2022.
• Introduction to the Africa Theology Series, Niamey: Eleaf Publications, 2021.
• "Critical Contextualization and the Prosperity Gospel," in The Abandoned Gospel: Confronting Neo-Pentecostalism and the Prosperity Gospel in Sub-Saharan Africa, B&H with AB316 Publishing, 2019.
• Numerous articles, papers, and African publications addressing missions and theological education.