Dr. Jesse Owens

Jesse F. Owens, his wife Tiffany, and their two sons reside in Gallatin, Tennessee, where Jesse serves as pastor of Immanuel Church and Assistant Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Welch College. Jesse holds a Ph.D. in historical theology from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Before moving to Gallatin, Jesse and Tiffany lived in Nashville where Jesse operated a family-owned landscaping business and ministered at Sylvan Park Church. He also pastored a church in Louisville, Kentucky, before moving back to the Nashville area. He serves as a Fellow of the London Lyceum and The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies.

Education

• Ph.D. in Historical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (2021)
  Dissertation: “The Salters’ Hall Controversy of 1719”
• M.Div. in Ministry, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (2013)
• B.A. in Pastoral Ministry, Welch College (2010)

Areas of Interest

• Church History
• Baptist History
• Historical Theology
• Systematic Theology

Select Publications

• “There Is a Wideness in God’s Mercy: Picirilli’s Theology of the Intent and Extent of the Atonement” in Teacher, Leader, Scholar: Essays in Honor of Robert E. Picirilli (Randall House Academic)
• “The Salters Hall Controversy: Heresy, Subscription or Both?” in In Essence One, In Persons Three: The Doctrine of the Trinity In Particular Baptist Life & Thought, 1640s–1840s (H&E Academic)
• “Salters’ Hall and the English General Baptists: A Reappraisal” in Trinity, Creed and Confusion: The Salters’ Hall Debates of 1719 (Centre for Baptist Studies)

Select Courses

• Seminar in Baptist Ecclesiology
• Systematic Theology I: Prolegomena
• Systematic Theology III: Christ, Salvation, and the Church