J. Matthew Pinson
| J. Matthew Pinson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pensacola, Florida, United States |
| 🏫 Education | University of West Florida (B.A.), (M.A.) Yale University (M.A.R.) Florida State University (doctoral study to ABD level) Vanderbilt University (Ed.D.) |
| 💼 Occupation | Theologian, College President |
| Notable work | Perspectives on Christian Worship: Five Views, Four Views on Eternal Security, A Free Will Baptist Handbook: Heritage, Beliefs, and Ministries, The Washing of the Saints Feet |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Melinda Pinson |
J. Matthew Pinson has been the president of Welch College in Nashville, Tennessee since 2002 and is the fifth to serve in that capacity following L.R. Ennis (1944–1947), Dr. L.C. Johnson (1947–1979), Dr. Charles Thigpen (1979–1990), and Dr. C. Thomas Malone (1990–2002).[1] Prior to coming to Welch College, he pastored churches in Alabama, Connecticut, and Georgia. He is an alumnus of the University of West Florida, Yale Divinity School, Florida State University, and Vanderbilt University.[2] Pinson is also a prolific author and has written numerous articles and books on the topics of Baptist history and Classical or Reformed Arminian theology. Under his leadership, Welch College has been named among the best colleges in Tennessee and among the best regional colleges in the southern region of the United States.[3][4] Due to student enrollment growth, under his leadership, Welch College expanded and relocated from Nashville to Gallatin, TN.[5][6]
Theological Contribution[edit]
Pinson is known for his ardent Reformed (or Classical) Arminian theology, which he and others argue is to be distinguished from other construals of Arminianism, such as Wesleyan, Holiness, and Charismatic Arminianism that is often viewed as mainstream Arminianism.[7] Pinson argues that Reformed Arminianism is a development and variety of Reformed Theology and is not necessarily a departure from it.[8] His scholarship in historical theology is known for its irenic polemical contribution to the theological conversation surrounding the New Calvinism, which Time Magazine (2009) referred to as one of the ten ideas currently changing the world.[9] His works are one of many scholarly responses to what the New York Times, in 2014, referred to as evangelicalism's "Calvinist revival."[10] Although not a member, his works are well known and often cited by the Society of Evangelical Arminians.[11] He is also a contributor to The Gospel Coalition.[12] He has been interviewed by the Helwys Society Forum concerning his work on Arminian theology within the Baptist tradition.[13] Timothy George interviewed Pinson at Samford University's Beeson Divinity School concerning his research into Free Will Baptist history and theology.[14]
According to Pinson, Jacobus Arminius followed John Calvin and the Reformed tradition advocating total depravity, individual predestination, the necessity of enabling grace, penal substitutionary atonement, covenantal theology, and the imputation of Christ's passive and active obedience to the believer. Yet, he diverged from many of his Calvinist contemporaries concerning their doctrines of unconditional election, theological determinism, Compatibilism, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and the certain perseverance of the regenerate. Arminius and Reformed/Classical Arminians affirmed conditional election, libertarian freedom, universal atonement, resistible enabling-grace, and the conditional preservation of the regenerate. Concerning this last doctrine, Pinson points out that Reformed Arminians believe that "while believers can apostatize from salvation wrought once for all in Christ and be irremediably lost, this apostasy comes about only through defection from faith."[7] He has argued that Arminians should not be considered soteriological synergists.[15] His Arminian historical-theology has drawn the direct attention of preeminent scholars such as Terrance L. Tiessen and Roger E. Olson.[16][17] Pinson has also written much on early English General Baptist thinkers, including Thomas Helwys and Thomas Grantham, and the American Free Will Baptists.[18] In 2018, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary formally recognized Pinson for his excellence in evangelical research and writing.[19] He was one of many evangelical leaders invited to contribute to the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission's statement on Artificial Intelligence.[20]
Publications[edit]
Books[edit]
- Pinson, J. Matthew (2015). Arminian and Baptist : explorations in a theological tradition. Nashville, TN: Randall House Publications. ISBN 9780892656967. Search this book on
- Pinson, J. Matthew; Horton, Michael S.; Ashby, Stephen M.; Geisler, Norman L.; Gundry, Stanley N. (2011). Four Views on Eternal Security. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. ISBN 9780310872368. Search this book on
- Pinson, J. Matthew (2011). Leroy, F. Leroy, ed. Classical arminianism : a theology of salvation. Nashville, TN: Randall House Publications. ISBN 9780892656073. Search this book on
- Pinson, J. Matthew; George, Timothy (2011), "Confessional, Baptist, and Arminian: The General-Free Will Baptist Tradition and the Nicene Faith", Evangelicals and the Nicene Faith: Reclaiming the Apostolic Witness, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, ISBN 9780801039263
- Pinson, J. Matthew; Quill, Timothy (2009). Perspectives on Christian Worship. Nashville, TN: B & H Pub. Group. ISBN 9780805463897. Search this book on
- Pinson, J. Matthew (2006). The Washing of the Saints Feet. Nashville: Randall House Publications. ISBN 9780892655229. Search this book on
- Pinson, J. Matthew (1998). A Free Will Baptist Handbook: Heritage, Beliefs, and Ministries. Nashville, TN: Randall House Publications. ISBN 9780892656882. Search this book on
Articles[edit]
- Pinson, J. Matthew. "A Rejoinder to the Responses to 'Thomas Grantham’s Theology of the Atonement and Justification.'" Journal for Baptist Theology & Ministry: Calvinist, Arminian, and Baptist Perspectives on Soteriology 8, no.1 (Spring 2011): 34-39.
- Pinson, J. Matthew. "Thomas Grantham's Theology of the Atonement and Justification." Journal for Baptist Theology & Ministry: Calvinist, Arminian, and Baptist Perspectives on Soteriology 8, no.1 (Spring 2011): 7-21.
- Pinson, J. Matthew (2010). "The Nature of Atonement in the Theology of Jacobus Arminius" (PDF). Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. 53: 773–785.
- Pinson, J. Matthew. "The First Baptist Treatise on Predestination: Thomas Helwys’s Short and Plaine Proofe." Journal for Baptist Theology & Ministry: Foundations for Baptist Doctrines & Distinctives 6, no.1 (Spring 2009): 139-151.
- Pinson, J. Matthew. "A Response to Ed Stetzer’s 'The Emergent/Emerging Church: A Missiological Perspective.'" Journal for Baptist Theology & Ministry: Baptists in Dialogue 5, no. 2 (Fall 2008): 98-103.
- Pinson, J. Matthew (2003). "Will the Real Arminius Please Stand Up? A Study of the Theology of Jacobus Arminius in Light of His Interpreters" (PDF). Integrity: A Journal of Christian Thought. 2: 121–139.
- Pinson, J. Matthew (1996). "The diversity of Arminian soteriology : Thomas Grantham, John Goodwin, and Jacobus Arminius" (PDF). Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. Portland, OR: TREN.
Self published books[edit]
- Pinson, J. Matthew (2016). Sexuality, gender, and the church. Nashville, TN: Welch College Press. ISBN 9780997608700. Search this book on
- Pinson, J. Matthew (2008). Free Will Baptists & church government. Nashville, TN: Historical Commission, National Association of Free Will Baptists. OCLC 436221116. Search this book on
- Pinson, J. Matthew (2008). Free Will Baptists & the sufficiency of scripture. Nashville, TN: Historical Commission, National Association of Free Will Baptists. OCLC 987864950. Search this book on
- Pinson, J. Matthew (2000). Viewpoints, v. 17, 2000. Georgia Baptist History. Atlanta: Georgia Baptist Historical Society. OCLC 987869099. Search this book on
References[edit]
- ↑ "About". Welch College. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ↑ "Bio". Welch College. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ↑ "Best Colleges in Tennessee". U.S. News & World Report. 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Best Regional Colleges South Rankings". U.S. News & World Report. 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ↑ Cross, Josh. "Welch College, ministries to purchase 64 acres in Gallatin". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ Todd, Jen. "Welch College students home at new campus". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Robinson, Jeff. "Meet a Reformed Arminian". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ Pinson 2003, pp. 123-4.
- ↑ Biema, David Van (2009-03-12). "10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ Oppenheimer, Mark (2014-01-03). "Evangelicals Find Themselves in the Midst of a Calvinist Revival". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ "About Us". Society of Evangelical Arminians. 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ Pinson, Matthew. "Why Arminians Should Celebrate Reformation 500". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ "Arminian and Baptist: An Interview with Matt Pinson". Helwys Society Forum. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ "The Free Will Baptist Movement". Samford University. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ "Matthew Pinson, "Who's Afraid of the Word 'Synergist'?"". Society of Evangelical Arminians. 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ "The distinction between Reformed Arminians and Wesleyan Arminians | Thoughts Theological". Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ Olson, Roger E. (2015-06-23). ""Reformed Arminianism?" Another Book about Arminian Theology". Roger E. Olson. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ administrator (2015-06-23). "Welch President Matt Pinson Publishes "Arminian and Baptist"". Free Will Baptist Theology. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ "Southeastern Theological Fellowship dinner celebrates five institutional scholars". www.sebts.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ↑ Staff (2019-04-11). "Artificial Intelligence: An Evangelical Statement of Principles". ERLC. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
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