More About Loyd Allen

Education
Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1984
University Work: Fordam University, New York, NY, 1980
M.Div, SBTS, 1978
B. S., University of Montevallo, AL, 1974

Experience
Head, Department of Christian Studies, Mississippi College, Clinton, MS, 1992-1996
Associate Professor of Church History, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1991-1992
Assistant Professor of Church History, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1989-1991
Assistant Professor of Christianity, Brewton-Parker College, GA, 1984-1989
Campus Minister, Brewton-Parker College, GA, 1984-1986
Pastor, Rolling Fork Baptist Church, Gleanings, KY, 1977-1984
Ecumenical Campus Minister, Bellarmine College, Louisville, KY, 1981-1982
Chaplain, Central State Hospital, Admitting Ward, Louisville, KY, 400 hours of Clinical Pastoral Education, 1977; Louisville General Hospital, Oncology and Intensive Care Units, Louisville, KY, 400 hours Clinical Pastoral Education

Professional and Service Organizations
American Academy of Religion
American Society of Church History
Amnesty International
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion (Regional President, 1996)
Spiritual Directors International
Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
Bread for the World
Habitat for Humanity
W. H. Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society (President, 1994)

Selected Publications
"Christian Disciplines: Preparing to Be Surprised." The Student 73 (September 1994):16-18.

Gift Quest: A Search for Spiritual Gifts. Spiritual Development Workout Series. Birmingham, Ala.: Woman's Missionary Union, SBC, 1994.

"Spiritual Discernment, the Community, and Baptists." In Ties That Bind: Life Together in the Baptist Vision, Eds. Gary A. Furr and Curtis W. Freeman, 109-26. Macon, Ga.: Smyth & Helwys, 1994.

"Venture Upon an Unseen Christ: The Spiritual Autobiography of James Ireland." Perspectives in Religious Studies 20 (Spring 1993):57-70.

"John Calvin." In Great Thinkers of the Western World, edited by Ian P. MCGreal, 155-58. New York, N. Y.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1992.

"The Sermon on the Mount in the History of the Church." Review and Expositor 89 (Spring 1992):245-62.

"Baptist Distinctives." In Disciple Student. Georgia Baptist Campus Ministries, 1991.

"A Brief History of Christian Devotion." Faith and Mission, Spring 1990, 3-18.

Crossroads in Christian Growth. The Bible and Personal Crisis. Nashville: Broadman, 1989.

"Elements of Monastic Spirituality in Protestant Intentional Communities." One in Christ, Summer 1983, 169-79.

"How Baptists Assessed Hitler." The Christian Century, September 1-8 1982, 890-91.


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