Our Faculty

Dr. W. Glenn Jonas, Jr.

Chairman of the Department of Religion and Philosophy and Charles Howard Professor of Religion

• B.A.. Mars Hill College
• M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Ph.D., Baylor University

Dr. Jonas has served in both academic and ministerial capacities for a number of years.   He has contributed articles to a variety of journals and periodicals and is the author of  A Critical Evaluation of Albert Henry Newman, Church Historian, (1992), and co-author of A Journey of Faith: Introduction to Christianity (2002).  He also edited The Baptist River: Essays on Many Tributaries of a Diverse Tradition (2006).
Dr. Jonas has served as interim pastor of numerous churches in eastern North Carolina. 

Curriculum Vitae

Email: jonas@campbell.edu

Dr. Donald N. Penny

Professor of Religion

• B.A., Campbell University
• M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Ph.D., Emory University

Donald N. Penny is a graduate of Campbell (B. A., 1970), Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (M. Div., 1974) and Emory University (Ph. D. in New Testament Studies, 1979). Since joining Campbell’s Department of Religion and Philosophy in 1980, he has taught primarily in the areas of New Testament and Greek. He is a contributor to theMercer Dictionary of the Bible and co-author of A Journey of Faith. Dr. Penny and his wife Joanne make their home in Buies Creek, are members of Buies Creek First Baptist Church, and have three adult children and one grandson.

• Email: penny@campbell.edu
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Dr. Kathryn M. Lopez

Associate Professor of Religion

• B.A., University of Richmond
• M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Ph.D., Emory University
• Email: lopezk@campbell.edu

Adam English

Associate Professor of Christian Theology and Philosophy

• B.A., Hardin-Simmons University
• M.A., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Ph.D., Baylor University

 Dr. English came to Campbell in 2003.  Dr. English’s research interests include the history of theological ideas and constructive theology. He is becoming more and more interested in the early patristic theologians and writers of the first five centuries of Christian history.

• Phone: (910) 893-1679
• Email: englisha@campbell.edu
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Dr. Ken Vandergriff

Instructor of Religion

• B.S., Florida State University
• M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Dr. Vandergriff has taught in the Religion Department at Campbell since 1996, starting at the RTP and Pope AFB campuses. He began teaching on main campus in 1999, while continuing at both extended sites. His wife is Dr. Beth Vandergriff, a primary-care physician in Cary. They have two children and three grandchildren. Dr. Vandergriff graduated from Florida State University in 1976 with a BS in English Education, then earned the Master of Divinity and Ph.D. degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, in 1981 and 1988. He was a teaching fellow at Southwestern for three years while completing the Ph.D., and then taught at Wayland Baptist University in San Antonio, Texas, where he also served as minister of education at Northwest Hills Baptist Church. In August 2005 he presented a paper, "When Tolerance and Intolerance Collide: The Limits of Tolerance in a Liberal Democracy," at an Oxford Round Table Conference on Religion, Education and the Role of Government at Oxford University. Since 2007 Dr. Vandergriff has co-coached the Campbell Ethics Bowl team. At his church, Woodhaven Baptist in Apex, he is a Bible study teacher, serves on several committees, and has served as a deacon.

Email: vandergriffk@campbell.edu

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Rev. Faithe Beam

Adjunct Instructor of Religion and Campus Minister

• B.M.E., Appalachian State University
• M.Div., Campbell University Divinity School

Prior to coming to Campbell University, Faithe served on staff as minister of music and education for nine years at Zion Baptist Church in Shelby, North Carolina. In addition, Faithe served as director of Student Services at Campbell Divinity School for nearly five years.  Faithe began as campus minister of Campbell University in February 2007. Faithe’s husband, Tom, is Associate Pastor for Youth and Families at Forest Hills Baptist Church in Raleigh.  They have one son, Patrick.

• Email: beam@campbell.edu

Dr. M. Dwaine Greene

Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

• B.A., Campbell University
• M.A., Wake Forest University
• Ph.D., University of Virginia

Dr. M. Dwaine Greene, a 1979 Magna Cum Laude graduate of Campbell University, is vice president for Academic Affairs and Provost. Greene, who began duties at his alma mater on June 1, 2001, came from Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina, where he was chair of the Division of Humanities and associate professor of Religion. He began at Lees-McRae College in 1990 as an assistant professor of Religion.Greene, who was a religion major at Campbell, received his master’s degree from Wake Forest University and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in New Testament and Early Christianity. He also taught at Chowan College in Murfreesboro, NC (1986-1990), where he also served as chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy.

He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the National Association of Baptist Professors in Religion, the North Carolina Religious Studies Association, and has served on several Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ (SACS) Reaffirmation Teams. He also served as a North Carolina Flood Relief volunteer in October 1999 and March 2000, was a member of the Watauga County School Organization Task Force, and served on the Green Valley Elementary School Advisory Council. Greene and his wife, Carolyn, have two daughters, Patricia and Meredith.

Professor Emeritus: Dr. Keyser (Deceased)

Administrative Assistant: Mrs. Phebie Smith