For Immediate Release
GALLATIN, TN—Dr. Matthew Barrett, Professor of Christian Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, will deliver a series of guest lectures during the 2023 Leroy Forlines Lectures at Welch College, according to President Matt Pinson. The presentations are scheduled for November 9–10, 10:00 to 12:00, in Celorio Auditorium on the Welch campus. Barrett’s topic will be “The Reformation as Renewal.”
The Leroy Forlines Lectures began in 1993 at Welch College as a means of bringing well known speakers to campus who could address challenging issues of the day related to theology, philosophy, worldview, world mission, and other topics. They are named for long-time Welch professor and dean F. Leroy Forlines. The lectureship, which has not been held in the past few years, was reinstated by means of a generous endowment by Professor Forlines’s wife Dr. Fay Forlines.
“What a privilege it is to host Dr. Barrett on our campus to deliver the Forlines Lectures,” President Pinson said. “He is one of the most distinguished young scholars in the conservative Protestant movement, and it will be a distinct honor having him on our campus and learning from him.”
Founder and editor of Credo Magazine and host of the Credo podcast, Barrett has published widely, including books such as Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit (Baker); None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God (Baker); God’s Word Alone: The Authority of Scripture (Zondervan); Canon, Covenant, and Christology: Rethinking Jesus and the Scriptures of Israel (IVP); 40 Questions about Salvation (Kregel), and most recently The Reformation as Renewal (Zondervan). Currently, he is devoting the next several years to writing The Doctrine of God (Baker).
Originally from California, Barrett holds the B.A. from Biola University and the M.Div. and Ph.D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife Elizabeth have four children.
The Forlines Lectures are open and free of charge to the public. Gifts to help make the Forlines Lectures possible may be made to Welch College by sending a check marked “Forlines Lectures” to Welch College, 1045 Bison Trail, Gallatin, TN 37066, or by giving online at Welch.edu/give with designation to the lecture series.