Dr. Voddie Baucham Jr.

Voddie Baucham wears many hats. He is a husband, father, grandfather, former pastor, best-selling author, professor, conference speaker, and church planter. He is also a founding faculty member of the Institute of Public Theology and Founders Seminary. He was also Founding Dean of the School of Divinity at African Christian University in Lusaka, Zambia.

Voddie makes the Bible clear and demonstrates the relevance of God’s Word to everyday life. However, he does so without compromising the centrality of Christ and the gospel. Those who hear him preach find themselves both challenged and encouraged.

Voddie’s area of emphasis is cultural apologetics. Whether teaching on classical apologetic issues like the validity and historicity of the Bible, the resurrection of Christ, or teaching on biblical manhood/womanhood or marriage and family, he helps ordinary people understand the significance of thinking and living biblically in every area of life.

It is impossible to understand Voddie’s approach to the Bible without first understanding the path he has walked. Raised in a non-Christian, single-parent home, Voddie did not hear the gospel until he was in college. His journey to faith was a very unusual and intellectual one. Consequently, he understands what it means to be a skeptic and knows what it’s like to try to figure out the Christian life without relying on the traditions of men. As a result, he speaks to “outsiders” in ways few Bible teachers can.

Dr. Baucham holds degrees from Houston Baptist University (BA in Christianity/BA in Sociology), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv), Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (DMin), an honorary degree from Southern California Seminary (DD), and additional postgraduate study at the University of Oxford, England (Regent’s Park College).

Voddie and his wife, Bridget, have been married since 1989. They have nine children: Jasmine, Trey (Voddie, III), Elijah, Asher, Judah, Micah, Safya, Amos, and Simeon. The Bauchams are committed home educators.

Latest Articles by Dr. Voddie Baucham Jr.

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  Life’s Toughest Questions

  July 24, 2011 from Answers Magazine

  A number of Christians, along with their worldly counterparts, seem more than happy to live with cognitive dissonance.

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