W. Madison Grace II
W. Madison Grace II
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Administration
Dean of the School of Theology
Professor of Theology
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EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Systematic Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012
Dissertation: “The Church as Place in the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer”
Master of Divinity in Biblical Languages, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006
Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies, Mississippi College, 2002
RESEARCH INTEREST
Dr. Grace is interested in research projects in Ecclesiology, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Baptist history, Work of Christ.
Dr. Grace serves as provost and senior vice president for academic administration, dean of the School of Theology, and professor of theology. He has also served as editor of the Southwestern Journal of Theology.
Dr. Grace is co-editor for Making Disciples of All Nations: A History of Southern Baptist Missions (Kregel, 2021). He has written several articles and book reviews for the Southwestern Journal of Theology. He has also contributed chapters to several works including, “Being Christ: Salvation and Bonhoeffer’s Christo-Ecclesiology” in Being Saved (SCM, 2018), “Baptists, Classical Ecclesiology, and the Christian Tradition,” in Baptists and the Christian Tradition (B&H Academic, 2020), “Medieval Salvation,” in A Historical Theology for the Church (B&H Academic, 2021), and “The Nature of the Church,” in Ecclesiology for Church Revitalization (Seminary Hill Press, forthcoming).
Dr. Grace is a member of the American Academy of Religion, Baptist History and Heritage, Evangelical Theological Society, and International Bonhoeffer Society.
Dr. Grace is the proud husband of Shareen and the father of three boys. He and his family minister in the local church as members of Christ Fellowship Church in Mansfield, Texas.
March 2021–July 2023: Teaching Pastor, First Baptist Mansfield
August 2012–August 2014: Family Pastor, Hallmark Baptist Church
January 2005–April 2006: Interim Contemporary Worship Leader, Travis Avenue Baptist Church
March 2001–July 2003: Associate Minister of Youth and Music, Parkway Baptist Church
Summer 2000: Church Intern, Cleary Baptist Church
Multiple volunteer ministry roles, including College Minister, Sunday School/Life Group Leader, Worship Ministry, Audio/Visual Ministry, and various committee memberships and chair positions.
“Global Theological Education and Southwestern Seminary,” SWJT (2024)
“The Body and Human Sexuality,” SWJT (2021)
“B. H. Carroll’s Pastoral Theology,” SWJT (2016)
“Seven Summits in Church History,” SWJT (2016)
“Early English Baptists’ View of the Lord’s Supper,” SWJT (2015)
“True Discipleship: Radical Voices from the Swiss Brethren to Dietrich Bonhoeffer to today,” SWJT (2011)
“John A. Broadus: A Living Legacy,” SWJT (2010)
“Through the Holy Spirit: His Work in Salvation,” SWJT (2009)
“The Work of the Holy Spirit: A Treatment of the Biblical Doctrine of the Divine Spirit,” SWJT (2008)
“Inspiration of the Bible,” SWJT (2007)
“Transcriber’s Preface to an Orthodox Creed: An Unabridged 17th Century General Baptist Confession,” SWJT (2006)
Meet W. Madison Grace II
Knowing the eternal consequences that are at stake, W. Madison Grace II, associate professor of theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, is “resolved” that through his teaching he is “equipping well” so his students “are rightly proclaiming the Word of God and engaging it in a theological way.”