Background
Ferris,, Paul Wayne was born on March 25, 1944 in Sycamore, Illinois, United States. Son of Paul Wayne Senior and Isabel Sarah Ferris.
Ferris,, Paul Wayne was born on March 25, 1944 in Sycamore, Illinois, United States. Son of Paul Wayne Senior and Isabel Sarah Ferris.
Master of Arts, Trinity Evangel. Division School, 1969. Master of Divinity, Trinity Evangel.
Division School, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Dropsie College Hebrew/Cognate, 1985.
Professor Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 1968-1971. Pastor Emmanuel Baptist Church, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, 1971-1975. Professor Columbia (South Carolina) Biblical Seminary, 1975-1992.
President Prairie Bible College, Three Hills, Alberta, Canada, 1992-1998, Prairie Graduate School, Calgary, 1992-1998. Professor Bethel Theological Seminary, St. Paul, since 1998. Visiting professor Trinity Evangel.
Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, 1971, Jerusalem University College, 1986-1991. Director Church Advancement Resources, Columbia, 1985-1992, Jerusalem University College, 1976-1992, 97-2000. Associate chaplain Lexington County Hospital, West Columbia, South Carolina, 1976-1992.
Baptists should be faithful ambassadors of reconciliation in their personal relationships and local communities as they demonstrate the power of the Gospel to reconcile all persons in Christ.
Christians with differing approaches should be engaged with each other to discuss how the Bible should be applied to issues in our contemporary world.
Fellow Institute for Biblical Research. Member Society Biblical Literature, National Association Professors of Hebrew, Evangel. Theological Society, Evangelical Mississippi Society.
Married Lois Anne Fransen, June 19, 1965. Children: Paul Wayne III, Heide Lynne, Jeremy Tyler Fransen.