William Goff

Professor of Christian Ethics

Education

• ThD, 1976, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• MDiv, 1966, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• BA, 1962, Hardin Simmons University
• Diploma in Spanish Language Studies, 1972, Instituto de Lengua Espanola, San Jose, Costa Rica

Ministry Experience

• 1991-1997 as Area Director, Spanish South America, Foreign Mission Board
• 1990-1991 as Executive Secretary of the Board of Missions and Evangelism, National Baptist Convention of Venezuela
• 1991 as Interim Pastor, Beltway Park Baptist Church, Abilene, TX
• 1984-1985 as Pastor, Primera Iglesia Bautista, Los Teques, Venezuela
• 1972-1991 as Church Planter, Maracay and Los Teques, Venezuela
• 1965-1971 as Pastor, Bethel Baptist Church, Eastland, Texas
• 1963-1965 as Pastor, Dobbs Valley Baptist Church, Mineral Wells, Texas
• 1961-1962 as Pastor, Bethel Baptist Church, Anson, Texas

Teaching Experience

• Jan 1999-present at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
  • Professor of Christian Ethics
• 1998 at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
  • Adjunct Professor of Christian Ethics
• 1971-1991 at Baptist Theological Seminary of Venezuela, under the appointment of the FMB
  • Professor
• July, 1987 at Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador
  • Teaching tour on the Christian Family

Publications

• 1985.  El Matrimonio Triunfante y La Familia Feliz, Textbook on Christian marriage and the family. Baptist Spanish Publishing House (BSPH) (El Paso, TX). Author.
• 1998. , chapter in a textbook on Southern Baptist Missiology. Broadman and Holman (Nashville, TN). Author.

Personal

• Spouse:  Emilee Griffith Goff
• Children:  Gary Edward, M.D. (Internal Medicine); Samuel Neal, International Agricultural Consultant for Food for the Hungry (faith-based agency) 
• Church Membership: Wedgewood Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas
• Other:  Contributed chapters to three Christian books in Spanish: divorce, sexual harmony in marriage, and communication in marriage (BSPH, El Paso, TX); contributed three quarters of Sunday School lessons to Expositor Bautista (BSPH, El Paso, TX)--two units for adults and one for youth