M. David Sills, D.Miss., Ph.D.
 Professor of Christian Missions and Cultural Anthropology, SBTS
Director of the Doctor of Missiology program, SBTS
Director of the International Church Planting program, SBTS
Director of Great Commission Ministries, SBTS
Personal:
David and Mary have been married for over thirty years and have two grown children.
Their daughter Molly, son Christopher and his wife Carol have all studied at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Education:
B.A., Belhaven College, 1988
M.Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1991
D.Miss., Reformed Theological Seminary, 1997
Ph.D., Reformed Theological Seminary, 2001
Academic Experience/Ministry Experience/Employment:
David joined Southern Seminary after serving as a missionary in Ecuador. While with the International Mission Board, he served as church planter and general evangelist among the Highland Quichua people in the Andes and as a seminary professor at the Ecuadorian Baptist Theological Seminary. He also served as Rector and professor of the Baptist seminary as a missionary with Global Outreach International. In addition to leadership training and seminary ministry that has taken him throughout Latin America and as far away as Nepal, David has started and pastored churches in both the United States and Ecuador.
Publications:
Quichuas De La Sierra. Abya-Yala: Quito, Ecuador, 2001.
Capacitacion Pastoral En La Cultura Quichua. Abya-Yala: Quito, Ecuador, 2001
Comparative Analysis of the Three Major Religious Movements of the Highland
Quichuas from Inca Conquest to Present. (D.Miss Dissertation)
Highland Quichuas: Discovering A Culturally Appropriate Pastoral Training Model.
(Ph.D. Dissertation)
The Missionary Call: Find Your Place in God’s Plan for the World. Moody Publishers:
Chicago, IL, 2008.
Reaching and Teaching: A Call to Great Commission Obedience. Moody Publishers; Chicago, IL, 2010.
Memberships:
American Anthropological Association
Association of Professors of Mission
American Society of Missiology
Evangelical Missiological Society
For more information about Dr. Sills' ministry, visit his ministry website, Reaching and Teaching.
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