About Us
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Dr. Humphreys was born in Columbus, Mississippi. He and his wife Caroline
Nan Toler Humphreys are parents of two children, the late Mrs. Stephanie
Hoffman of Birmingham and Kenneth Humphreys of New Orleans, and
grandparents of three girls, Camille Humphreys, Kate Humphreys, and Jane
Humphreys. Dr. Humphreys received the Bachelor of Arts degree from
Mississippi College, the Master of Arts degree from Loyola
University, the Master of Letters degree from Oxford University, and
the Bachelor of Divinity and Doctor of Theology degrees from New
Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He was ordained by the First Baptist Church of Columbus and has
served as pastor of churches in Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana, and
Mississippi. He taught Christian theology at the New Orleans Baptist
Theological Seminary (1970-1990) and at the Beeson Divinity School of
Samford University (1990-2008). On the occasion of his retirement
friends presented him with a Festschrift entitled Theology in the
Service of the Church (edited by Timothy George and Eric Mason). Dr. Humphreys is the author of The Almighty, Baptist Theology:
A Really Short Version, The Christian Church, The Death
of Christ, A Dictionary of Doctrinal Terms (with Philip
Wise), Fundamentalism (also with Philip Wise), God So Loved
the World (with Paul Robertson), The Heart of Prayer, I
Have Called You Friends, The Nature of God,A Personal History ,
Southern Baptist Heritage, Speaking in Tongues (with Malcolm
Tolbert), Thinking about God, and The Way We Were. He
is the editor of Nineteenth Century Evangelical Theology. He
has contributed numerous articles and reviews to various journals and
has written lessons for use in Sunday School and in other settings.
Fisher Humphreys is Professor of Divinity, Emeritus, of Samford
University in Birmingham, Alabama. He retired in 2008.