List of Columbia Theological Seminary people

Alumni and faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary include prominent religious leaders and theologians. Columbia Theological Seminary is a Presbyterian seminary in Decatur, Georgia. It is one of ten theological institutions affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Alumni

Alumni, 1925-present (Decatur, GA campus)

• C. Hassell Bullock, B.D. 1964
• Charles Cousar, B.D. 1958
• D. James Kennedy, graduate
• John C. Knapp, graduate, author, speaker, college president
• John H. Leith, graduate
• Peter Marshall, 1931 graduate, twice Chaplain of the United States Senate
• Ben Mathes, graduate, Missionary, founder of Rivers of the World
• J. Vernon McGee, graduate (1933), founder of Thru The Bible Radio Network
• Ian Punnett, graduate, radio talk show host
• James M. Robinson, 1946 graduate, New Testament scholar, son of William Childs Robinson (1897-1982), who taught church history and apologetics at Columbia Theological Seminary

Alumni, 1828-1925 (Columbia, SC campus)

• William Alderman Linton, missionary, founder of Hannam University in Korea
• Benjamin Morgan Palmer, graduate (1841); Professor of Church History and Polity (1854-1856), first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States.
• John Leighton Wilson, 1833 graduate; first missionaries to West Africa by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

Faculty

Current faculty

• William P. Brown, William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament, writer
• Kathy Dawson, Associate Professor of Christian Education; Director of MAPT program
• Mark Douglas (Ethicist), Professor of Christian Ethics; Director of M.Div. program
• Anna Carter Florence, Peter Marshall Associate Professor of Preaching
• Israel Galindo, Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning
• Martha L. Moore-Keish, J.B. Green Professor of Theology
• Marcia Y. Riggs, J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, writer
• Love L. Sechrest, Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Jeffery Tribble, Associate Professor of Ministry
• Haruko Nawata Ward, Professor of Church History
• Ralph Watkins, Peachtree Associate Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth
• Christine Roy Yoder, J. McDowell Richards Professor of Biblical Interpretation

Faculty emeriti

• Walter Brueggemann, Old Testament Professor Emeritus, theologian and writer
• Erskine Clarke, Professor Emeritus, religious historian
• Catherine Gunsalus Gonzalez, Professor Emerita, writer
• Elizabeth Johnson (New Testament Scholar), J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament
• Sara Myers, Professor Emerita, theological librarian
• Kathleen M. O'Connor, Old Testament Professor Emerita, writer
• George Stroup, J.B. Green Professor Emeritus of Theology, author
• Brian Wren, Conant Professor of Worship

Past faculty, 1925-present (Decatur, GA campus)

• David L. Bartlett, Professor Emeritus, writer.
• Barbara Brown Taylor, Adjunct Professor of Christian Spirituality, and well-known Episcopal priest and writer.
• G. Thompson Brown, (1921-2014), Professor Emeritus, writer, missionary, Director of the Division of International Mission for the Presbyterian Church (US) (1967–1980), founder of Honam Theological Academy (now Honam Theological University and Seminary).
• Pamela Cooper-White, Ben G and Nancye Clapp Gautier Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care and Counseling. writer.
• Charles Cousar, (1933-2014) Professor Emeritus, New Testament scholar, author.
• Justo Gonzalez, adjunct professor with an international reputation for his contributions to Historical theology.
• Shirley Guthrie, J.B. Green Professor of Systematic Theology.
• Joan Gray, Interim Vice President for Student Services and Dean of Students, former Moderator of the 217th General Assembly.
• Ben Campbell Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Evangelism, former Director of Spirituality, writer.
• Kimberly Bracken Long, Associate Professor of Worship
• Deborah Flemister Mullen, Dean of Faculty/Executive Vice President, Associate Professor of American Christianity and Black Church Studies
• Rodger Nishioka, Benton Family Associate Professor of Christian Education
• Syngman Rhee (Presbyterian minister), (1931-2015), Distinguished Visiting Professor for Global Leadership Development
• Ronald Wallace, (1911–2006), Professor of Biblical Theology and brother-in-law of Thomas F. Torrance, J. B. Torrance, and David W. Torrance

Past faculty, 1828-1925 (Columbia, SC campus)

• Charles Colcock Jones, Sr., professor (1835–38, 1847–50), patriarch of the family chronicled in Children of Pride (1972) and Erskine Clarke's Dwelling Place (2005).
• William Swan Plumer, (1802-1880), Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology (1867-1875) and Professor of Pastoral, Casuistic, and Historical Theology (1875-1880).
• James Henley Thornwell, (1812-1862) professor of theology post-1855; president of South Carolina College, leader in organizing the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States.
• Joseph R. Wilson, father of Woodrow Wilson, faculty member following the Civil War.
• James Woodrow, first Perkins Professor of Natural Science, uncle of President Woodrow Wilson and controversial professor
• John L. Girardeau, Professor of systematic theology.