Dr. Brian Kelly

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Dr. Kelly’s over 25 years of work as an equipping evangelist, church planter/consultant and his teaching career at Southeastern show his life’s ambition “to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the whole Body of Christ may be built up … and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ” (Eph. 4:11-13).

Dr. Kelly teaches the following undergraduate courses: Practical Theology of Evangelism, Pastoral Theology, Homiletics, Evangelizing & Discipling Youth, Biblical Hermeneutics, Church Business Administration and Effective Missional Practices. He provides oversight for the Missional Ministries major and Evangelism minor for the College of Christian Ministries and Religion at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida. In addition, Dr. Kelly teaches several classes in the graduate program, including The Shape of Practical Theology, Strategic Missional Leadership, Leadership Development, Managing Change and Conflict, and Methods of Biblical Preaching. His research interests include not only the relationship between conversion experiences and evangelism practices but also anything related to church health factors and/or the missional purpose of the academy, with a focus on empirically-based research that will help future missionaries, pastors, and lay-leaders do a better job in leading the church into the 21st century.

Brief Highlights:

  • Published “A Practical Theology and Evangelism” in the Journal for the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education, vol. 14, (1998-1999), 20-32.
  • Published his dissertation: Toward a Practical Theology of Evangelism: Spiritual Pilgrimage as an Essential Paradigm for the Christian Conversion Process and Its Implications for Evangelism Methodologies. Ann Arbor: UMI Diss. Services, 2000.
  • Published Biblical Tools for Reaching a Post-Modern World: Proven Approaches for Mobilizing a Faithful Witness. Scotts Valley, CA: Barnabas Missions Unlimited, 2002.
  • Created Sharing our Spiritual Journey with Others: Principles for Personal Outreach: Seminar Series in DVD/VHS. Scotts Valley, CA: Barnabas Missions Unlimited, 2002.
  • Published One Step Closer to Christ: Evangelism as Spiritual Pilgrimage Together. Scotts Valley, CA: Barnabas Missions Unlimited, 2001.
  • Published “The Christian University as Messianic Community in Missional Engagement with the Church and The World” in Transformational Leadership: A Tribute to Dr. Mark Rutland. Lakeland, Fl: Small Dogma Publishing, 2008.
  • Presented “Spirit-led Evangelism: Evaluative Criteria for Outreach Praxis in a Pentecostal Context,” to Society of Pentecostal Studies, Practical Theology Interest Group in Minneapolis, MN, March 2010.