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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
C. THOMAS WRIGHT, Ph.D.
Dr. Thomas Wright serves as the Executive Director of Missions for the Mobile Baptist Association (Associational Missionary). He serves with the associational staff to lead our 105+ churches in biblical prayer, evangelistic ministries, local and global missions partnerships, church starting, church growth, and strategy development.
Thomas is married to the former Donna Jean Reynolds, a native of Chattooga County, Georgia. They have one son, Jason (born 1988), and one daughter, Amy (born 1991). Donna is a home-school teacher and freelance writer for LifeWay curriculum and other periodicals. She earned a Master of Arts in Religious Education from SWBTS in 1986.
FACTUAL DATA
Birth: October 29, 1957, Atlanta, Georgia
Ordination: Friendship Baptist Church, Rome, Georgia, August 1981
Education: Shorter College, Rome, GA, 1975-79, B.A.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, TX, 1981-84, M.Div.;Ph.D. 1985-88, (Summa cum Laude). His dissertation was entitled "A missiological strategy for the evangelization of Lowland Laotian Refugees in the United States."
Additional study: Baylor University; Fuller Theological Seminary
Visiting Scholar, Oxford University, England, 1995
Experience: Youth Minister, Blackwood Springs Baptist, Calhoun, GA, 1976-78
Minister to Youth and Youth Music, Friendship Baptist Church, Rome, GA, 1978-79
President, Shorter Christian Association (all campus ministries), 1978-79
Missionary Journeyman, IMB, Bangkok, Thailand, 1979-81. Served as Dean of the English school at
the Baptist Student Center, worked in refugee camps with Laotians, Cambodians and Vietnamese.
Founding Pastor, First Laotian Baptist, Ft. Worth, TX, 1981-86,
Founding Pastor, Saginaw Laotian Mission, Saginaw, TX, 1985-87
National Ethnic Missionary, HMB, Atlanta, GA, 1986-89, assisted starting language congregations
Dir., Language Church Dev. Dept., HMB, Atlanta, GA,1989-91, Strategy development and training
Dir., Materials Dev., Evangelism Section, HMB, Atlanta, GA, 1991-97
Interim Pastor, Cumming Baptist Church, 2001- 2002
Prayer Strategist, Prayer Evangelism Unit, NAMB, Alpharetta, GA, 1997-2004
Executive Director of Missions, Mobile Baptist Association, 2005-Present
Other: Adjunct Professor, N. Georgia School of Christian Training, New Orleans, Golden Gate, Southeastern, Southern, and Southwestern Seminaries.
Classes taught in evangelism, missions, church growth, Baptist History, Christian History, Interfaith evangelism, New Testament, Preaching, and others.
Partnership Evangelism; Guatemala 2005-6, Italy, 2002; France, 2001; Brazil 1998,1999; Croatia 1997, 1998; Hong Kong 1992; Mexico 1983,1984 ; Grenada, West Indies, 1977.
Teaching ESL classes, Refugee ministry, Prayer walking, scripture distribution, street witnessing, revivals,
back yard Bible clubs, church planting, church growth, evangelism, and prayer workshops.
Curriculum writer, NAMB, Brotherhood, BSSB, WMU, LifeWay , 1993-present
Review editor, Journal for Academy of Evangelism in Theological Education, 1993-1998
Contributing Author, The Net, Meeting Our World; Fifty Great Soul-Winning Sermons, Before Revival Comes, and Chapter 27 "Contextual Evangelism" in the B&H
Missiology textbook, Design team for Total Church Life, People Sharing Jesus,
Mormon Puzzle, Vietnamese and Cambodian Baptist Hymnals, "Here’s Hope" and "Celebrate Jesus" national simultaneous evangelism emphases.
International Who's Who, Board of Publications - Missiology Magazine, 1995-1999
Articles in: Baptist History and Heritage; Deacon; Net Results; Missions USA; Evangelism Today; Search; Christian Single;Viewpoints;
Adult Extra
Author: Taking Prayer to Streets,
A Prayer Guide for Associations & Churches , PrayTimer: Real Time for Real Prayer, software and Bible study. Co-author:
Total Church Life Leaders Guide;
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