Board of Directors
The Board of Directors oversees all ministry of the CBR, including mission, vision, and long-range planning.
Matthew Y. Emerson
Matthew Y. Emerson (Ph.D., Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Co-Provost and Dean of Theology, Arts, & Humanities at Oklahoma Baptist University. His books include “He Descended to the Dead” (IVP Academic, 2019) and The Story of Scripture (B&H Academic, 2017), along with a number of essays and articles. Matthew is also the co-editor of the Journal of Baptist Studies, and, along with R. Lucas Stamps and Christopher Morgan, the co-editor of Baptists and the Christian Tradition (B&H Academic, 2020). His research interests include biblical theology, early Christian interpretation, and Baptist catholicity. Matt is married to Alicia and has five beautiful daughters.
R. Lucas Stamps
R. Lucas Stamps (Ph.D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Professor of Christian Theology at Anderson University (South Carolina). He has published several articles and essays in the area of systematic theology. Along with Matthew Emerson and Christopher Morgan, he is the co-editor of Baptists and the Christian Tradition (B&H Academic, 2020) and is also co-editor of Thomas F. Torrance and Evangelical Theology (Lexham, 2023) with Myk Habets. Luke lives with his wife and five children in South Carolina.
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Brandon D. Smith
Brandon D. Smith (Ph.D., Ridley College, Melbourne) is Chair of the Hobbs School of Theology & Ministry and Associate Professor of Theology & Early Christianity at Oklahoma Baptist University. He also hosts the Church Grammar podcast and is the author of The Trinity in the Book of Revelation (IVP Academic, 2022), The Biblical Trinity (Lexham, 2023), and Taught By God (B&H Academic, 2024). He was also an editor for the CSB Ancient Faith Study Bible (Holman, 2019). His research interests include the Trinity, canonical and theological interpretation, and patristic theology. Brandon is married to Christa and has four children.
Winston Hottman
Winston Hottman is an associate pastor at Lake Highlands Baptist Church in Dallas, TX and is pursuing a Ph.D. in historical theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, focusing on early Christianity. Winston is married to Bryn and has five children.
Support Staff
The Support Staff assists the Board of Directors in carrying out the ministry of the CBR.
Cody Glen Barnhart
Cody Glen Barnhart serves as Director of Music and Media at First Baptist Church of Alcoa, TN and is a Ph.D. student in early Christianity at the University of Aberdeen.
