Background
Hopkins, Jerry Berl was born on November 18, 1945 in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States. Son of Berl V. and Anna Ruth (Stanley) Hopkins.
Hopkins, Jerry Berl was born on November 18, 1945 in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States. Son of Berl V. and Anna Ruth (Stanley) Hopkins.
Bachelor, Eastern Kentucky University, 1968. Master of Arts, Eastern Kentucky University, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, University Kentucky, 1986.
Postgraduate, Southwestern Baptist Seminary, Fort Worth, 1972. Postgraduate, Oxford University. Postgraduate, Texas Christian University.
Pastor, Center Baptist Church, Italy, Texas, l970-72; pastor, Temple Southern Baptist Church, Little Stukeley, England, l972-74; pastor, Mount Freedom Baptist Church, Wilmore, Kentucky, l975-8l; pastor, Reidland Baptist Church, Paducah, Kentucky, 1982-1992; campus minister Baptist Student Union,, Murray (Kentucky) State University, l98l-82. Graduate assistant Eastern Kentucky U., Richmond, 1968-1969, Southwestern Baptist Seminary, 1969-1972, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1975-1978, instructor history, 1978-1981. Professor Midcontinent Baptist College, Mayfield, Kentucky, 1981-1992, Panola College, Carthage, Texas, since 1992.
Member Organisation American History Society, East Texas History Society, Conference on Faith and History, Southern History Society, Kentucky Baptist History Society, Southern Baptist History Society, Pi Tau Chi, Phi Alpha Theta.
Married Lucyann Mitchell Hopkins, December 27, l968. Children: Joseph David, Sarah Elizabeth, Hannah Marie.