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Floyd S. Elmore

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Floyd S. Elmore

Academic Dean, Professor of Theology

Floyd Elmore has served the Christian community for more than forty-three years. He seeks to help people think like Christ so that they can be more effective in their witness and their work.

Floyd has ministered as a missionary in Honduras, Costa Rica, and Cuba; as a pastor in churches in Texas and Ohio; and as a professor in several Christian universities and seminaries.

After serving as Professor of Bible and Greek at Cedarville University for 16 years, Floyd became Senior Pastor of FairCreek Church in Fairborn, Ohio. The historical ties of the church to Cuba led him to accept a call, after six years at the church, to serve as Academic Dean of ESEPA Seminary in San José, Costa Rica, and also supervise a Master’s program in Cuba.

Education
  • Th.D., 1990, Systematic Theology, Dallas Theological Seminary

  • Th.M., 1981, New Testament Literature and Exegesis, Dallas Theological Seminary

  • B.A., 1977, Bible, Cedarville College

Book Chapters Authored
  • "J. N. Darby's Early Years" in When the Trumpet Sounds, 1995.

Articles
  • "An Evangelical Analysis of Process Pneumatiology," Bibliotheca Sacra, 145, (January - March 1988): 15-29.

  • "Psalm 2," in Dictionary of Premillennial Theology, 1996.

  • "Trusting in the Dark What You Say in the Light," and "A Curious Partner to God's Faithfulness," in For the Word of God and the Testimony of Jesus Christ, 2012.

Academic Experience
  • Adjunct Professor, Southern Evangelical Seminary, (2012 - present).

  • Missionary Professor, Messiah's Outreach, (2007 - present).

  • Adjunct Professor of Theology, Trinity Evangelcial Seminary, (1999 - 2007).

  • Professor of Bible and Greek, Cedarville University, (1985 - 2001).

  • Instructor, Dallas Bible College, (1983 - 1985).

  • Instructor, Dallas Theological Seminary, (1982 - 1983).

  • Teacher, Baptist Mid-Missions, (1972 - 1977).

  • Instructor, Pensacola Bible Institute, (1969 - 1972).

Ministry Experience
  • Licensed Associate Instructor, Walk Thru the Bible, (1999 - present).

  • Lead Pastor, Fair Creek Church, (2001 - 2007).

  • Senior Pastor, Shawnee Hills Baptist Church, (1993 - 1998).

  • Pastor, Mesquite Valley Baptist Church, (1978 - 1983).

  • Missionary Church Planter, Baptist Mid-Missions, (1972 - 1977).

Professional Memberships
  • Evangelical Theological Society

Personal
  • Floyd is married to Pamela, has four adult children, and six grandchildren.