Administration

Faculty

Staff

Charley Holmes

President

B.A.R., M.Div., Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, 1993, 1994
D.Min., Reformed Theological Seminary, 1998

From the President

Philip Attebery

Dean-Registrar, Professor of Church Ministries

B.A., Southern Arkansas University, 1987
M.Div., Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, 1990
D.Min., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1995

attebery@bmats.edu   

Dr. Attebery served as Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Magnolia, Arkansas and later as Director of the Association of Baptist Students at Tyler Junior College and the University of Texas at Tyler before assuming the position of Dean-Registrar at BMATS.  He has co-authored Galilean Leadership Training and Recreation Guide, BPH, and Male and Female Created He Them, BPH.

James Blaylock began in 1966 as a library assistant at Kellar Library of the BMA Theological Seminary and has served as library director since 1972. He has pastored four churches in Texas and has served the BMA of America as assistant editor of the BMAA Directory and Handbook (1969-1988) and later as editor (1988-1999).

Bertram Cooper

 Acting Dean of Students/Director of Development

B.S., Florida State University, 1975
M.A.R., BMA Theological Seminary, 2004
bcooper@bmats.edu 

Carol Shine

Business Manager

cshine@bmats.edu

Philip R. Bryan

Professor of Biblical and Theological-Historical Studies, President Emeritus

A.A., Jacksonville College, 1956
B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1958
Graduate Work, Syracuse University, 1958-'59
B.D., Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, 1962
M.A., Ph.D., Baylor University, 1966, 1973

Ronnie Jeff Johnson

Professor of Christian Education and Director of Student Services

B.S., Southern Arkansas University, 1979
M.Div., Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, 1983
M.S., Ph.D., Texas A & M--Commerce, 1985, 1994

Visit his personal website at:  http://www.RonnieJohnson.info
rjohnson@bmats.edu 

Elton B. McCann

Professor of Christian Education

A.A., Central Baptist College, 1960
B.S.E., University of Central Arkansas, 1962
M.A., Ouachita University, 1965
M.S.E., Arkansas State University, 1970
M.R.E., Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, 1979
D.Min., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1985

semdoc@juno.com 

Dr. Parsons has pastored several churches in Texas and has served full-time on the faculty at BMATS since 1986. He is a noted scholar on the book of Job and his condensed commentary can be found in the study notes of  The Nelson Study Bible: New King James Version. He has also contributed numerous articles to scholarly journals such as Bibliotheca Sacra.

James D. Shine

Professor of Biblical Studies

B.A., Central Baptist College, 1971
M.Div., Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, 1978
M.A., Stephen F. Austin State University, 1981
Ph.D. studies, Baylor University, 1986-1989
D.D., Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, 2006

jshine@bmats.edu  

Jim Shine has pastored churches in Arkansas and Texas and is currently pastor of Enterprise Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Texas. He was Director of the Association of Baptist Students at the University of Arkansas from 1971 to 1974.

Staff

Keith Brown

Administrative Assistant

to the President

B.A., Central Baptist College, 
M.Div., Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary, 

kbrown@bmats.edu

Janice Bryan

Assistant to the President

B.B.A., University of Texas Tyler, 1982
M.B.A., University of Texas Tyler, 1988
Further graduate studies, University of North Texas

idajb@bmats.edu

David Emprimo

Library Staff

demprimo@bmats.edu 
 

Jeannette Gaston

Library Staff, Technical Services Supervisor

jgaston@bmats.edu 

Alicia Johnson

Library Staff, Public Services Supervisor

alicia@bmats.edu

Mickie Robertson

Secretary to the Dean

bmatsem@bmats.ed

Karen Harrelson 

kharrelson@bmats.edu