My Bio
Alvin L. Reid (born 1959) serves as Associate Dean for Proclamation Studies and Professor of Evangelism at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He is also the founding Bailey Smith Chair of Evangelism, the first fully funded chair at the seminary. Alvin and his wife Michelle have two children: Joshua, a freshman at Southeastern College, and Hannah, a freshman in high school.Alvin holds the Ph.D with a major in evangelism from Southwestern Seminary, where he also received the M.Div. He graduated from Samford University with the B.A. in 1981. He has spoken at a variety of conferences in over forty states and several nations, and in over fifteen hundred churches across the United States. Currently he speaks for the most part at youth or college events with a worship band that includes his son Josh as drummer.Reid has written over two hundred publications including books and articles on evangelism, spiritual awakening, and church growth. His most recent book is The Convergent Church: Missional Worship in an Emerging Culture (with Mark Liederbach, Kregel, late 2008). Others include Join the Movement: God Is Calling You to Change the World (Kregel, 2007), Raising the Bar: Ministry to Youth in the New Millennium (Kregel, 2004), Radically Unchurched: Who They Are and How to Reach Them (Kregel, 2002), Light the Fire: Raising Up a Generation to Live Radically for Jesus (Emunclaw, Washington: Winepress Publishing, 2001; Introduction to Evangelism (Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 1998). Firefall: How God Has Shaped History Through Revivals (co-authored with Malcolm McDow, Broadman and Holman, 1997); Evangelism for a Changing World (Harold Shaw, 1995–co-edited with Tim Beougher), and Revival: Brownwood, Fort Worth, Wheaton and Beyond (Broadman and Holman, 1996). Alvin contributed chapters in several books including Here I Stand; Being, Doing, and Telling the Gospel; Before Revival Begins; and a sermon entitled “Witnessing without Fear” in Fifty Motivational Soul-Winning Sermons. He also contributed to Baptist History and Heritage, First Priority Emagazine, Biblical Illustrator, Criswell Theological Review, Equipping Evangelists, Evangelism Today, Faith and Mission, Growing Churches, Home Life, Search, Inquest, SBC Life, A Single Pursuit, Sunday School Leadership, and others.Reid is a member of the Academy of Evangelism in Theological Education, the American Society for Church Growth, the Evangelical Theological Society, and the Evangelical Missiological Society. He recently received the Excellence in Teaching Award at Southeastern Seminary and was recently selected to Who’s Who among America’s Teachers. He was formerly a trustee of the Stewardship Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. His hobbies include a collection of pet snakes and playing the bass guitar.