Dr. Ronald Prevost
Dr. Ronnie Prevost, professor of church ministry in the
Logsdon School of Theology at Hardin-Simmons University, has been in this
present position since January1, 1996. He has degrees from Mississippi College
and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He has done further study at
Princeton Seminary, the University of Alabama, the University of Kentucky, and
Texas A & M University.
Prevost’s teaching fields include Christian History, Baptist
Heritage and Thought, Christian Education, Pastoral Ministry and Leadership,
and Bible. He has been teaching since 1977, having served on the faculties of
Gardner-Webb College (North Carolina), Samford University (Alabama), The
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Kentucky), and Midwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary (Missouri). During a four-year interlude from teaching
(1991-1994), he was pastor of University Baptist Church in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Prevost has been interim pastor of 30 churches in eight
states. He has also preached, led Bible studies and revivals, and taught
evangelism in 20 states, Russia, Ukraine, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (in
the Caribbean), and Nigeria. He has served on the board of trustees of Moscow
Theological Seminary and has taught in that seminary as well as Odessa
Theological Seminary in Odessa, Ukraine.
He has written three books (A History of Christian Education, Evangelical Protestant Gifts to
Religious Education, and A
Distinctively Baptist Church), contributed to two others, and has written
over 50 articles for professional journals and numerous Bible studies for
denominational curricula. He has served as president of the Religious Education
Association, an international, interfaith professional organization. He is a
member of the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, the
Baptist History and Heritage Society
His hobbies are sports, reading, music, scuba diving, and
bicycling. Prevost’s wife of over 38 years, Peggy, teaches at Merkel
Intermediate School.
Degrees Earned
- Bachelor of Arts, Religious Education, Mississippi College, 1971
- Master of Divinity, Religious Education and Preaching, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1975
- Doctor of Philosophy, Foundations of Education and Christian History and Theology Preaching, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1978