Background
Phelps, Dennis Lane was born on July 23, 1955 in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. Son of Vaughn Lavelle and Vestal (Humphreys) Phelps.
Phelps, Dennis Lane was born on July 23, 1955 in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. Son of Vaughn Lavelle and Vestal (Humphreys) Phelps.
Bachelor, Louisiana College, 1978; Master of Divinity, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1981; Doctor of Philosophy, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1990.
Coordinator church ministries Louisiana Moral and Civic Foundation, Baton Rouge, 1973-1979. Staff evangelist Dennis Phelps Evangelistic Ministries, since 1979. Pastor Brownfields Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, 1981-1982.
Grader/teaching fellow Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, 1982-1987. Pastor St. Francis Village Protestant Fellowship, Crowley, 1986-1988. Associate professor of preaching Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, 1988-1999.
Associate teaching pastor, executive administrator Severns Valley Church, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 1998—2004. Senior pastor FBC, Cabot, Arkansas, 2004—2006. Guest lecturer SBTC, Louisville, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee, Wissenschaften Baptist College, Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, Peoples University, Beijing University of Technology, M. Transportation University, University Foreign Language, China, 2006.
Board director Cabot Chamber of Commerce, Arkansas. Vice president Global Horizons, Inc., since 1994. Lecturer in field.
Member strategy council AD2000: Mission Twin Cities, 1994-1998. Chairman resolutions committee Kentucky Baptist Convention, 2000-2001. Board directors Youth Connection, Inc., 1997-1999.
Vice president Hardin County Ministerial Association, 2002, president 2002-2003. Board directors, Helping Hand of the Heartland, 2002-2004, chairman board, 2004. Little Rock Air Force Base Community Council, 2005-2006.
Board directors, Cabot Chamber of Commerce, since 2006. Member Institute Biblical Research, Religious Speech Communications Association, Academy Homiletics, American Association Religion, Society Biblical Literature, Association Practical Theology, American Academy Ministry (charter), National Storytelling Association, Evangelical Homiletics Society (charter), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Alumni Association (president Kentucky chapter 1999-2000), NOBTS Alumni Associate (president Arkansas chapter 2005-2006, director Church-Min. and Alumni Relations, professor of prehg Juris Doctor Grey chair, since 2006).
Married Robbin Jean Loewer, May 27, 1979. Children: Kristen Lane, David Loewer.