Dr. Carmichael D. Crutchfield
B.S.B.A., University of Tennessee Martin
M.S. Mgt. University of Arkansas
M.Div., Memphis Theological Seminary
D.Min., Memphis Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
vice president of academic affairs & academic Dean _____________ clara scott chair of church and ministry _____________ Professor of Christian Education, Spiritual Formation, and Youth Ministry
Dr. Carmichael Crutchfield joined the faculty of Memphis Theological Seminary in Fall 2012. His research interests include Human Development, the Human Brain, Teaching and Learning issues, the Formation and Nurture of Christians, Contemplative Pedagogy, African American Adolescent Males, Discipleship, and Critical Pedagogy.
As General Secretary of the Department of Christian Education and Formation of the Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church, a position he has been elected six times to four-year terms by the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; Dr. Crutchfield has written and published numerous curricula, including the first published Vacation Bible School material for the CME Church. Other highlighted curricula developed are The Enlightened Males Manual: A Rites of Passage for African American MalesIt is All About Discipleship.
He has preached, taught, and presented workshops across the United States, in the Caribbean and Africa. His work has allowed him to travel to six continents. He is a member of the Committee Uniform Series executive committee. He is a member of the Religious Education Association and the American Academy of Religion. Dr. Crutchfield has presented workshops at both Academic guilds. Because of his work, he has been recognized with numerous awards from a variety of organizations, including being recognized as one of Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary’s forty-five outstanding African American Alumni and receiving the Seminary’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in May 2017. He is a lifetime member of the NAACP and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. where he serves his graduate chapter, Theta Iota, as the chair of the Fatherhood Initiative.
Prior to devoting himself to ministry in the church and seminary, Crutchfield worked in Corporate America for two Fortune 500 companies. His areas of work included Material Planning, Procurement, Cost Analyst, and management.
Dr. Crutchfield was recently married to the Reverend Freda Hall Crutchfield. He and Reverend Crutchfield’s blended family includes five adult children and six grandchildren.
Learn more about Dr. Crutchfield’s research, teaching, and ministry.
FACULTY
Scholarship, Piety, Justice