| Diagnosing Your Spiritual
Health
Do you thirst for God? Are you governed
increasingly by God's Word? Are you more
loving? This is based upon Don Whitney's book,
Ten Questions to Diagnose Your
Spiritual Health. This conference will
be a good "spiritual checkup" for men.
Since
2005, Don Whitney has been Associate Professor of
Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Louisville,
Kentucky,
where he also serves as Senior Associate Dean.
Before that, he held a similar position (the first
such position in the six Southern Baptist
seminaries) at Midwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Kansas City,
Missouri,
for ten years. He is the founder and president of
The Center for Biblical Spirituality.
Don grew up
in Osceola, Arkansas, where he came to believe in
Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. After graduating
from Arkansas State
University,
Don planned to finish law school and pursue a career
in sportscasting. While at the
University
of
Arkansas School
of Law, he sensed God's call to preach the Gospel of
Jesus Christ. He then enrolled at Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth,
Texas,
graduating with a Master of Divinity degree in 1979.
In 1987, Don completed a Doctor of Ministry degree
at
Trinity Evangelical
Divinity
School
in Deerfield,
Illinois.
Currently, he is completing his Doctor of Theology
with Specialization in Christian Spirituality at the
University
of
South Africa.
Prior to his ministry as a seminary professor, Don
was pastor of
Glenfield
Baptist
Church
in
Glen Ellyn,
Illinois (a
suburb of
Chicago),
for almost fifteen years. Altogether, he has served
local churches in pastoral ministry for twenty-four
years.
Don lives
with his wife Caffy in their home near
Louisville.
The Whitneys are parents of a daughter, Laurelen
Christiana.
Don's
website address is
www.BiblicalSpirituality.org.
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