Education

• D.Theol., The University of South Africa, 1999
• D.Miss., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Ill., 1985
• M.A., Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1977
• B.A., Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, Texas, 1976

Post-Doctoral Work

• The University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

Teaching Experience

• Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C.,1992-2005
  • Professor of Christian Missions and Director of the Center for Great Commission Studies
  • Recruited trained and led students on mission trips
• The Criswell College, 1985-92
  • Dean of Undergraduate Studies, 1989-92
  • Dean of Students, 1988-89
  • Chairman of the Mission and Evangelism Department, 1986-92
  • Recruited, trained and led students on mission trips, 1986-92
• Missionary Professor and Academic Dean, Cameroon Baptist Theological Seminary, Cameroon, West Africa, 1977-80 & 1982-85

Ministry Experience

• Interim Missions Pastor, Bay Leaf Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C., 2003-05
• Interim Pastorates:
  • First Baptist Church Kemp, Texas, 2008-09
  • First Baptist Church Bloomfield, New Mexico, 2006-07
  • Homestead Heights Baptist Church, Durham, N.C., 1998-2001
  • Wake Cross Roads Baptist Church, Raleigh, N.C., 1997-98
  • North Rocky Mt. Baptist Church, Rocky Mt., N.C., 1995-96
  • Bethany Baptist Church, Wendell, N.C., 1993-94
  • West Oxford Baptist Church, Oxford, N.C., 1992-93
• Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Kyle, Texas, 1980-82
• Career Missionary, Cameroon, West Africa, North American Baptist Conference, 1977-80 & 1982-85

Publications

• "Shifting to the First Person: On Being Missional,"  Occasional Bulletin: Evangelical Missiological Society, 22.1 (Winter 2009): 1-4. Also see same article as White Paper 30, The Center for Theological Research, at www.BaptistTheology.org.
• Missions in Contexts of Violence, Editor. Evangelical Missiological Society No. 15, (Pasadena: William Carey Library, 2007).
• "Article IX Evangelism and Missions," in Baptist Faith and Message 2000: Critical Issues in America's Largest Protestant Denomination, ed. by Douglas K. Blount and Joseph D. Woodell, (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2007).
• "Evangelical Agnosticism: Crafting a Different Gospel" in Southwestern Journal of Theology Vol. 49 No. 2, (Spring 2007): 150-166.  See also www.BaptistTheology.org/journal.cfm
• Author of 12 articles in the Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions, ed. by A. Scott Moreau, (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000).
• Paradigm Wars: The Southern Baptist International Mission Board Faces the Third Millennium, (Carlisle, UK: Regnum/Paternoster, 2000).
• "'To Be or Not to Be?' The Indigenous Church Question," Missiology: An Introduction to the Foundations, History, and Strategies of World Missions, ed. John Mark Terry, Ebbie Smith, and Justice Anderson, (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1998), 301-317.
• "Traditional Religions: Primal Religiosity and Mission Dynamics," Missiology: An Introduction to the Foundations, History, and Strategies of World Missions, ed. John Mark Terry, Ebbie Smith, and Justice Anderson, (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1998), 347-362.
• Study Note contributor to "Jonah" and "Acts" in The Believer's Study Bible, ed. W.A. Criswell, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1991).
• "James Madison Pendleton," Baptist Theologians, ed. Timothy George and David S. Dockery, (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1990), 188-204.
• "Thy Way: Christ's Uniqueness and Its Bearing on Modern Missions," Criswell Theological Review, vol. 4, no. 2 (Spring 1990), 279-293.
• "Contextualization: Contrasting African Voices," Criswell Theological Review, vol. 2, no. 2, (Spring 1988), 323-334.
• "Echoes From the Past: The Theological Significance of Carey's Enquiry for Contemporary Global Evangelism," An Enquiry Into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens, by William Carey, revised edition edited by John L. Pretlove, (Dallas: Criswell Publications, 1988).
• "The Transcultural Gospel -- Crossing Cultural Barriers," Evangelical Missions Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, (April 1987), 130-138.
• Transforming Culture: Developing a Biblical Ethic in an African Context, (Nairobi: Evangel Publishing House, 1986).

Memberships

• American Society of Church History
• American Society of Missiology
• Evangelical Missiological Society
• Evangelical Theological Society
• International Society of Frontier Missiology

Personal

• Spouse: Glenda Ann Robbins
• Children: Angela Marie Clifton and Paul Andrew Eitel
• Grandchildren: Nathan Clifton, Abigail Clifton, Josiah Clifton, Hayden Eitel, Sophie Eitel, and Anabelle Eitel.
• Church Membership: Birchman Baptist Church, Fort Worth, TX 

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