Kylie Murphy
Keundra Bowen
Keundra Bowen enrolled as a student at Mid-America in 2020 and began serving as Registrar in 2024. She’s the oldest of six siblings. She likes playing basketball for fun and exercise. She served at a women’s recovery ministry for over four years. She thanks God for His faithfulness and for providing the way to salvation […]
Tony Watts
Tony has been married to Queenie Watts for 26 years and has four children and two grandchildren. He is retired from the Shelby County Government Division of Corrections after 26 years of service. Tony worked for Clean Memphis as a Sweeps coordinator, and Central Employment Opportunity as Diem site supervisor (CEO). He attended Knoxville and […]
John Charping, PhD
Dr. John Charping serves as the Chairman of the Missions Department and is an Associate Professor of Missions and Theology. Currently, Dr. Charping serves as the pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church of Germantown, a 2019 church plant. His personal travel includes Honduras, Argentina, Trinidad & Tobago, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Dr. Charping […]
David L. Allen, PhD
Dr. David L. Allen serves as Mid-America’s Distinguished Professor of Practical Theology and Dean of the Adrian Rogers Center for Biblical Preaching. A true preacher’s preacher, Dr. Allen began preaching at age 16, and has taught preaching from the bachelor to the doctoral level since the late 1980s. He earned his MDIV from Southwestern Baptist […]
Alicia Newcomb
Nick Brown
Tell us about your personal background, testimony, and family. I grew up in North Texas with a loving family. At 16 years of age, I professed Jesus as my Lord and Savior after a season of studying the book of Romans. Soon after becoming a follower of Jesus, the Lord created a desire in me […]
Gwynn W. (Bud) Blevins
“Succeed on purpose” has been the guiding philosophy of my entire life. Growing up in a God centered family; I learned that success was always possible with God as the center of your purpose. As a small child, I attended Oak Grove Baptist Church every time the doors were open. I accepted Jesus when I […]
Al Santos
Al Santos grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, California. Right after high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served eight years at Edwards AFB, California, where he met his wife Desireé. Al has more than 20 years of information technology experience in systems engineering, architecture, and software development working in […]