Keith Eitel
Professor of Missions, Director of the World Missions Center and Dean of the Roy Fish School of Evangelism and Missions
817-923-1921 ext.6410
Education
Doctor of Theology (Historical Missiology - Dissertation Professor William A. Saayman), The University of South Africa, 1999
Dissertation Title: "Gospel Missionism: (1892-1910) and the Southern Baptist Convention: Prelude To A Post-Modern Missiology."
Doctor of Missiology (Dissertation Professor David J. Hesselgrave), Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Ill., 1985
Dissertation Title: "Transforming Culture: Developing a Biblical Ethic in Cameroon."
M.A. (Church History), Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1977
B.A. (Religion and Philosophy), Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, Texas, 1976
Post-Doctoral Work
Studied African Colonial History at The University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Teaching Experience
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 2005-Present
Dean of the Roy Fish School of Evangelism and Missions, Professor of Missions, and Director of the World Missions Center
Administer, coach, and prepare 2+2/3 MDiv International Church Planting students both pre and post field deployment
Member of Editorial Committee, Southwestern Journal of Theology (areas of Missions and Evangelism)
Recruit, train, and lead students on mission trips
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C.,1992-2005
Professor of Christian Missions and Director of the Center for Great Commission Studies
Designed and implemented the first 2+2 Program (MDiv International Church Planting) in partnership with the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board
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 (now The Summit 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
Crestview Baptist Church, Richardson, TX, 1986-87
Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church, Kyle, Texas, 1980-82
Career Missionary, Cameroon, West Africa, North American Baptist General Conference (Historically, the German Baptist General Conference in Villa Park IL.), 1977-80 & 1982-85
Theological educator and coach/advisor to indigenous pastors for church planting and church growth.
Organized and led multiple annual international mission trips with student teams for 24 years to over 60 countries, all done in partnership with International Mission Board field missionaries.
Publications
Authored or Edited:
Paradigm Wars: The Southern Baptist International Mission Board Faces the Third Millennium, Carlisle, UK: Regnum/Paternoster, 2000.
Missions in Contexts of Violence, Editor. Evangelical Missiological Society No. 15, Pasadena: William Carey Library, 2007.
"Gospel Missionism: (1892-1910) and the Southern Baptist Convention: Prelude To A Post-Modern Missiology." D.Th. Dissertation, The University of South Africa, 1999.
Transforming Culture: Developing a Biblical Ethic in an African Context, Nairobi: Evangel Publishing House, 1986.
"Transforming Culture: Developing a Biblical Ethic in Cameroon." D.Miss. Dissertation, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1985.
Articles or Chapters in Edited Volumes:
"The Enduring Legacy of Adoniram Judson's Missiological Precepts and Practices," in Adoniram Judson: A Bicentennial Appreciation of the Pioneer American Missionary, ed. by Jason G. Duesing, Studies in Baptist Life and Thought, series editor Michael A. G. Haykin, Nashville: B & H Academic, 2012.
"On Becoming Missional: Interacting with Charles Van Engen," in MissionShift: Global Mission Issues in the Third Millennium, ed. by David J. Hesselgrave and Ed Stetzer, Nashville: B & H Academic, 2010.
"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.
"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.
"'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.
"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.
