Dr. Christopher Talbot

Christopher Talbot serves as the Youth and Family Ministry Program Coordinator and Campus Pastor at Welch College. He also serves as the Pastor of Youth and Family at Sylvan Park Free Will Baptist Church. Chris has spoken and written widely on youth and family ministry and apologetics. He serves as Assistant Managing Editor for the D6 Family Ministry Journal and the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Youth Ministry. He is the author of Remodeling Youth Ministry (Welch College Press, 2017) and co-editor of Christians in Culture (Welch College Press, 2023). Chris and his wife Rebekah live with their three sons in Gallatin, Tennessee.

Education

• Ph.D. in Apologetics and Culture, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (2025)
  Dissertation: “Defending a ‘One Schaeffer’ Thesis: The Centrality of Scripture in the Work and Life of Francis A. Schaeffer”
• M.A. in Ministerial Studies, Grace College (2014)
• B.S. in Theological Studies and Pastoral Ministry, Welch College (2012)

Areas of Interest

• Apologetics
• Youth and Family Ministry
• Cultural Engagement

Select Publications

• Christians in Culture: Cultivating a Christian Worldview for All of Life, edited by Christopher Talbot and Matthew Steven Bracey (Welch College Press)
• “‘The Sun Came Out and the Song Came’: Francis Schaeffer and Deconstructionist Spirituality” (Westminster Theological Journal)
• “Practicing Theology in Youth Ministry: A Critical Examination of Current Trends” (Journal of Youth and Theology)

Select Courses

• Theology and Culture
• Introduction to Apologetics
• Philosophy of Youth and Family Ministry