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C. Richard Wells is an American evangelical pastor, theologian, and college president. Wells was a member of the founding faculty of
Beeson Divinity School Beeson Divinity School of Samford University is an in-person, interdenominational, evangelicalism, evangelical divinity school located in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The current dean is Douglas A. Sweeney. The school offers several degre ...
, where he taught Ancient Greek, former President of
Criswell College Criswell College is a private Baptist Christian college and divinity school in Dallas, Texas. The college's stated mission is to provide ministerial and professional higher education for men and women preparing to serve as Christian leaders thr ...
(1996-2003), Pastor of South Canyon Baptist Church in Rapid City, South Dakota, from 2004–2009, and Dean of Chapel at
Union University Union University is a private Baptist university in Jackson, Tennessee, with additional campuses in Germantown and Hendersonville. The university is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention (Southern Baptist Convention). It was estab ...
in
Jackson, Tennessee Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Tennessee, United States. Located east of Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis and 130 Miles Southwest of Nashville, it is a regional center of trade for West Tennessee. Its total population wa ...
from 2009 through 2011. In 2011 Wells returned to
Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City is the county seat of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. It is located on the eastern slope of the Black Hills in western South Dakota and was named after Rapid Creek (South Dakota), Rapid Creek, where the settlement deve ...
to restructure the Black Hills Bible Institute into
John Witherspoon College John Witherspoon College was a Nondenominational Christianity, non-denominational Christian liberal arts college in Rapid City, South Dakota. The college was founded in 2012 and named after the pastor, scholar and Founding Fathers of the United S ...
and Institute for Christian Leadership, where he was President, until replaced by Ronald Lewis in 2019.


Bibliography

*''Forgotten Songs,'' co-edited with Ray Van Neste, (B&H Publishing Group, 2012, ) *''Inspired Preaching; Inspired Preaching: A Survey of Preaching Found in the New Testament,'' co-edited with A. Boyd Luter (B&H Publishing Group, 2002, ) *''Perception and Faith: The Integration of Gestalt Psychology and Christian Theology in the Thought of C. S. Lewis,'' PhD dissertation,
Baylor University Baylor University is a Private university, private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas, United States. It was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Te ...
, 1985


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