Ministers & Staff

A native of Blairsville, Ga., Dr. Jeff Robinson holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from The University of Georgia, a Master of Divinity in biblical and theological studies and a Ph.D. in historical theology with an emphasis on Baptist history from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, where he was mentored and supervised by noted Baptist historian Tom Nettles.

At Southern Seminary, he also served as public relations officer for 10 years under R. Albert Mohler Jr. and also served as adjunct professor of church history at Boyce College. Jeff also spent 11 years as an editor and writer with The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood in Louisville. Prior to entering ministry, he spent nearly 20 years as a newspaper journalist in Georgia, North Carolina and Kentucky, covering everything from politics to Major League Baseball and SEC football.

Jeff and his wife Lisa have been married for 18 years and have four children: Jeffrey, 10, Hannah, 8, Lydia, 6, and Jacob, 5. A prolific writer, Jeff is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on theology, culture, gender issues, fatherhood/parenting, baseball history and church history and is co-author with Michael Haykin of the upcoming book The Great Commission Vision of John Calvin from Crossway.  He is a contributing writer and book reviewer for the Gospel Coalition and regularly writes for the online church history journal, Credo. He serves as senior fellow for the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist History and Tradition at Southern Seminary and continues to teach a journalism class each year at his alma mater. He also teaches history at the Excelsior Homeschool Co-op. 

Jeff is a passionate and lifelong fan of the Cincinnati Reds and Georgia Bulldogs and can often be found in the spring and summer with his boys at a baseball field or ballpark somewhere in America, participating in or following the National Pastime.