James R. Sibley

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• James R. Sibley

Associate Professor of Jewish Ministry

Contact Information

Office:  214.818.1309
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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 (a.b.d.) 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 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

• "W.A. Criswell: Friend of Israel" Paper presented at the Criswell Lecture Series, Criswell College, Dallas, TX 1/21/2010.
• "Churchhill, LCJE, and King David" LCJE (Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism) Bulletin 97 (2009): 4-5.
• "Jerusalem's Peace" LCJE Bulletin 98 (2009): 3-4.
• "'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 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, 1998-2010

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), 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