MTS Faculty
![Jody Hill, D.Min.](https://memphisseminary.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/jody-hill.png)
Jody Hill, D.Min.
President
![Carmichael D. Crutchfield, D.Min., Ph.D.](https://memphisseminary.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/carmichael-crutchfield.png)
Carmichael D. Crutchfield, D.Min., Ph.D.
Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs & Academic Dean, Clara Scott Chair of Church and Ministry, and Professor of Christian Education, Spiritual Formation, and Youth Ministry
![Patricia R. Vesely, Ph.D.](https://memphisseminary.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/tricia-vesely.png)
Patricia R. Vesely, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Christian Ethics
![Janel Kragt Bakker, Ph.D.](https://memphisseminary.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/janelle-bakker.png)
Janel Kragt Bakker, Ph.D.
Professor of Mission and Culture
![Jonathan L. Jeffords, D.Min.](https://memphisseminary.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/faculty-jjeffords.png)
Jonathan L. Jeffords, D.Min.
Director of the Center for Pastoral Wholeness and Chaplaincy Studies and Director of the Methodist House of Studies
![Christy S. Woodbury-Moore, D.Min.](https://memphisseminary.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/christy-woodburymoore.png)
Christy S. Woodbury-Moore, D.Min.
Associate Dean of Doctoral Studies, Assistant Professor of Spiritual Formation, and Director of Supervised Ministry
![Rev. Farris Blount, III](https://memphisseminary.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/faculty-fblount.png)
Rev. Farris Blount, III
Tyrone Adam Burroughs Assistant Professor of Theology
![Mitzi L. Minor, Ph.D.](https://memphisseminary.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mitzi-minor.png)
Mitzi L. Minor, Ph.D.
Mary Magdalene Professor of New Testament
Faculty Emeriti
Paul R. Dekar
Professor Emeritus of Evangelism and Mission
Dr. Jay Earheart-Brown
Professor Emeritus of Theology
Dr. Barbara A. Holmes
Professor Emeritus of Ethics and African American Studies
Dr. Mary Lin Hudson
Professor Emeritus of Homiletics and Liturgics
Dr. Waldo E. Knickerbocker
Professor Emeritus of Church History
Dr. Matt Mathews
Professor Emeritus of Theology
Dr. V. Steven Parrish
Professor Emeritus of Old Testament
Dr. G. Lee Ramsey
Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Theology and Homiletics
Dr. Robert Stanley Wood
Professor Emeritus of Church and Ministry