Mike Morris
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EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Missiology, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, 2009
Dissertation: “An Evaluation of Gospel Receptivity with a View Toward Prioritizing the Engagement of Groups and Individuals for Evangelism and Church Planting”
Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Ministry, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, 1994
Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1983
Bachelor of Science, Memphis State University, 1978
RESEARCH INTEREST
Dr. Morris’s primary research interest has been the classic Church Growth Movement whose founder was Donald McGavran. He has also been interested in other aspects of missiology such as contextualization and strategy formation.
Dr. Morris serves as senior professor of missions. Prior to his service at Southwestern he served as an IMB missionary in South Korea and has pastored churches in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Dr. Morris is the author of Growing a Great Commission Church: Biblical Principles and Implications for Methods (Seminary Hill Press, 2017). He is also an editor of Make Disciples of All Nations: A History of Southern Baptist International Missions (Kregel Academic, 2021). He has also contributed journal articles in the Southwestern Journal of Theology, The Southern Baptist Journal of Missions and Evangelism, Great Commission Research Journal, and Evangelical Missions Quarterly, as well as book reviews in other journals. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and the Evangelical Missiological Society. Dr. Morris currently pastors Stadium Drive Baptist Church in Fort Worth.
Dr. Morris is married to Grace and they have two adult children and two grandchildren.
2007–2010: Pastor/Church Planter, Macon First Baptist Church
1995–2006: Missionary to South Korea (1995–2000); SC/Team Leader (2000–2006), International Mission Board
1992: Committee on Committees, Southern Baptist Convention
1987–1995: Pastor, First Baptist Church
1986–1987: Associate Pastor, West Jackson Baptist Church
1985: Instructor, SBC Sunday School Clinic
1983–1986: Youth Minister, Casas Adobes Baptist Church
1981–1983: Youth Minister, Ridgecrest Baptist Church
Growing a Great Commission Church: Biblical Principles and Implications for Methods, Seminary Hill Press, 2017.
Make Disciples of All Nations: A History of Southern Baptist International Missions, Kregel Academic, 2021.
“Ecclesiology: An Essential for Missionaries,” The Journal of Mid-American Baptist Theological Seminary 4 (2017): 77-86. The Journal of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Volume 4, Spring 2017 Faithlife Ebooks
“McGavran on McGavran: What Did He Really Teach?” The Southern Baptist Journal of Missions and Evangelism 2 (Fall 2016): 9-23.
“The Lost Balance in Missions Today,” Great Commission Research Journal 7, no. 2 (Winter 2016): 163-171. "The Lost Balance in Missions Today" by Mike Morris
“Contrasting Missiological Positions in Regard to Matthew 28:20,” Southwestern Journal of Theology 57, no. 1 (Fall 2014): 97-101. Editorial: Missions Methods and Principles - Equip the Called
“Introduction to McGavran’s Thoughts on the Church and Denominations,” Southwestern Journal of Theology 55, no. 1 (Fall 2012): 90-93. Description: Inroduction to Donald McGavran's thoughts on the church and denominations :: IxTheo
“The Receptivity Principle: A Tried-and-True Guide for Missionaries,” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 47, no. 2 (April 2011): 178-184. The Receptivity Principle: A Tried-and-True Guide for Missionaries – Missio Nexus
“Six Tips for Becoming a Missional Church,” On Mission, Summer 2011 Pastors’ Edition, v.
“Six Tips for Becoming a Missional Church” (Revised), The Free Will Baptist, November 2011, 26.
“A Calminian View of Free Will and Its Application to Missions and Evangelism,” BETFA (Biblical, Evangelical and Theological Forum for Africa): Journal of the Ogbomoso Circle 9 (2010): 10-32.
“An Analysis of the Three Great Revivals in Korea,” Journal of Evangelism and Missions, 8 (Spring 2009): 61-67.
Meet Mike Morris
In 1987 when Mike Morris, senior professor of missions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and his wife, Grace, attended the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, then-president of the International Mission Board Keith Parks challenged messengers “who were open to missions” to complete an interest card, he recalled.