James R. Sibley
CONTACT INFORMATION
James (Jim) R. Sibley
Office: 214-818-1313
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2006–present Associate Professor, Criswell College
2007–present Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Mishkan (an international journal relating to the Jewish people and the gospel)
2006–present Associate Professor of Jewish Ministry, Criswell College
2005–present Director, Pasche Institute of Jewish Studies (a ministry of Criswell College), Dallas, Texas
1996–2006 Coordinator of Jewish Ministries, North American Mission Board (SBC)
1995–2005 Adjunct Professor, teaching courses related to Jewish ministry
Baptist College of Florida, Graceland, FL
Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary, Cochrane, Alberta
Criswell College, Dallas, TX
Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, Mills Valley, CA
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Germantown, TN
Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, (NE Branch) Schenectady, NY
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, TX
1982–1996 Church Planter & General Evangelist, Foreign Mission Board (SBC), Israel
1975–1982 Pastor, Palma Sola Bay Baptist Church, Bradenton, Florida
1972–1974 Pastoral Intern, Plymouth Park Baptist Church, Irving, Texas
1970–1972 Associate Pastor, George W. Truett Chapel, First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas
EDUCATION
2006–present Ph.D (candidate) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Fort Worth, Texas
1987–1988 S.T.M. (Th.M equivalent) Dallas Theological Seminary; Dallas, Texas
1984–1986 Additional Study: Institute of the Holy Land Studies and Hebrew University
1970–1974 M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Fort Worth, Texas
1968–1970 B.A. (Religion), Baylor University; Waco, Texas
1966–1968 Howard Payne University; Brownwood, Texas
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Licensed to the Gospel Ministry by First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, October 6, 1971
Ordained to the Gospel Ministry by First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, March 5, 1975
SCHOLARSHIP
“‘For Zion’s Sake’: The Palestine Mission of Parsons and Fisk.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, Boston, Massachusetts, 2008
“Judah Monis: The ‘First’ Jewish Believer” Faith & Mission 20:2 (2003): 60–73.
“‘On the Record’: Official Statements of Southern Baptists Regarding the Jewish People.” Mishkan 36 (2002): 55–60.
“Christianity Vis-à-Vis Judaism.” Southwest Journal of Theology 44:2 (2002): 24–43.
“Success and Failure in Ministry: What I Have Learned From Both” and “Material and Methods in Jewish Evangelism.” LCJE (Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism) Bulletin 67 (2002): 3–5, 10–11.
“Finding a Congregational Home: Messianic Jews May Join Bible-believing Churches.” In The Future of Messianic Judaism, ed. Dan Cohn-Sherbok, 55–62. Baltimore: Messianic Jewish Publishers, 2001.
“Lottie Moon and Jewish Evangelism.” SBC Life, August 1999.
“The Blindness of the Jewish People.” Paper presented to the Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship Training Conference, Simpsonwood Conference Center, Atlanta, GA, July 1998.
“The Future of Jewish Evangelism in the Southern Baptist Convention.” Paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship, New Orleans, LA, June 10, 1996.
“Update of Trends in Israeli Society toward Messianic Jews.” Paper presented to the Fifth International Conference of the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism (LCJE), Jerusalem, Israel, June 1995.
“The Birthplace of Jewish Evangelism.” Paper presented for the Fifth International Conference of the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, Jerusalem, Israel, June 1995.
“Christian Zionism and Israeli Congregations.” Paper presented to the European chapter of LCJE, Adelboden, Switzerland, September 1992. [Also presented at the North America chapter meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March, 1993.]
“The Great Conviction Behind the Great Commission: ‘To the Jew First.’” Paper presented to the Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship, August 3, 1992, Dallas, TX.
Review article: Our Father Abraham (Marvin Wilson). Criswell Theological Review 5:1 (1990).
Review article: Our Father Abraham (Marvin Wilson). Mishkan 11 (1989).
“Trends in Jewish Evangelism in Israel.” Mishkan 10 (1989).
SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES OF SERVICE
Current:
North American Coordinator, Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, 2007–present
Board of Directors, the Church’s Ministry among Jewish People, United States Chapter (CMJ-USA), 2007–present
Adult Bible Teacher, First Baptist Church of Dallas, 1998–present
USA (1995–2007):
Board of Directors, The Friends of Alexander College (Jerusalem), 2005–2007
Vice President, Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship, 2004–2006
Executive Committee, Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship, 2001–2004
Member, Ordination and Licensing Ministry Team, First Baptist, Dallas
Board of Directors, First Baptist Academy of First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, 1999-2005 (including participation on the Search Committee for a new headmaster)
Israel (1983–1995):
Chairman, Jewish Evangelism Team, Baptist Convention in Israel
Planning and Strategy Team, Baptist Convention in Israel
Board of Directors, Baptist Village Camp and Conference Center, Petah Tiqvah
Board of Directors, Dugith (a Baptist-owned, but locally-operated ministry), Tel Aviv
Board of Directors, Jerusalem House (a Baptist center), Jerusalem
Board of Directors, Nazareth Baptist School, Nazareth
Administrator (interim), Baptist Convention of Israel, Spring, 1995
Conducted Outdoor Seminar, “The Birthplace of Jewish Evangelism” (examining the remains of the Second Temple structures under, and around, the Temple Mount that relate to the beginnings of Christianity), for the 5th International Conference of the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism, June, 1995, Jerusalem
Member, International Coordinating Committee, Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism,
1991–1995
Editorial Committee, Mishkan, 1989–1993
Florida (1975–1982):
President, Pastors’ Fellowship, Manatee Baptist Association (MBA)
Chairman, Associational Study Committee, MBA
Chairman, Search Committee (for new Director of Missions), MBA
Associational Discipleship Director, MBA
TEACHING
The History and Geography of Jerusalem on site in Jerusalem, January 2009
Introduction to Jewish Studies
Theology of Israel
Jewish Intercultural Communication
Rabbinic Literature
History of the Jewish People
History and Geography of Israel
Jewish Life and Culture
AWARDS
Missionary Guest Professor, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1995
Lottie Moon Missionary Citation, First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, 1987
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Evangelical Missiological Society
Evangelical Theological Society
Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism
Mission America
Southern Baptist Messianic Fellowship
Evangelical Press Association