Curriculum Vitae

Rev. Roger D. Duke, D. Min.

2458 Stratfield Dr.
Germantown, TN 38139
Phone: 901-752-4580, email: rogerdduke@aol.com

Education

Doctor of Ministry (D. M.), May 2003

The University of the South‟s (Sewanee) School of Theology; Sewanee, Tennessee
Dissertation:
“A Rhetorical Taxonomy of the Jubilee 2000 Papal Apology of John Paul II”
Ph. D. (Studies), 1997-2000 Studied with John Angus Campbell
The University of Memphis, College of Communication w/Graduate Seminars in:
Classical Rhetoric, Contemporary Rhetoric, Rhetorical Theory, Rhetorical Criticism, The
Rhetorical Tradition, Political Rhetoric, Rhetoriography, Movie & Media Criticism,
Communication Theory, Teaching Communication in College, and Organizational
Communication with an Emphasis in Feminist Issues
Research Specialties & Interests:
*The Relationship(s) between Homiletics, Rhetoric, and Communication‟s Theory; &
*Christian Thought, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Southern
Baptist Convention; &
*Grief & Suffering as Spiritual Formation.
Sustaining Pastoral Excellence: Fall 2004-Spring 2007. This was a three-year research &
colleague grant program project funded by the The (Eli) Lily Endowment. The
program grant was administered through Memphis Theological Seminary.
Through monthly ecumenical worship, colleague meetings, academic research,
prayer retreats, personally introspection, et al we studied what it meant to practice
excellence in ministry and how these applied to scholarship, piety, and justice.
Master of Arts in Religion (M. A. R.), May 1996
Harding University Graduate School of Religion, Memphis, Tennessee
Major Concentration: Christian Thought/History of Christian Thought
Master of Divinity (M. Div.), With Languages, May 1995
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
Major Concentration: Higher Education Track
Professional Ministerial Studies, 1995 Memphis Theological Seminary, Memphis,
Tennessee
Bachelor of Science, (B. Sc.), Cum Laude, May 1987
Crichton College, Memphis, Tennessee
Major: Humanities; Minor: Bible/History
Diploma of Theology (Associate of Divinity, A. Div.), May 1985
Mid America Baptist Theological Seminary, Memphis, Tennessee
Majors: Theology & Pastoral Ministries

Books

Duke, R. co-editor with David S. Dockery. John Albert Broadus: A Living Legacy Broadman &
Holman. This is a volume of scholarly essays on the contributions made by John A.
Broadus to the Southern Baptist Convention and the broader Evangelical world.
Duke, R., Michael A.G. Haykin & A. James Fuller. “Soldiers of Christ”: The Piety of Basil
Manly, Sr. and Basil Manly, Jr. Cape Corral, FL: Founders Press.
Duke, R. co-editor with Robert R. Agee. Reason for the Season: Ministerial Reflections on
Personal Grief, Suffering, and Loss. This volume was submitted to Founders
Press and is slated for release in the Spring of 2010.

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 Duke, R, co-writer with Phil Newton. Venturing all on God: Piety in the Writings of John
Bunyan. This volume is one of the Profiles in Reformed Spirituality series of
Reformation Heritage Press. It was submitted to them in Dec. 2009 and is slated
for publication sometime in late 2010.

Business

Co-founder with Brian Mooney, JD; BorderStone Press, LLC. Christian Book Publishers,
Summer 2009. BorderStone will concentrate on Christian worldview literature that is
scholarly, devotional, educational, and familial. It‟s focus will be from a “high view of
Scripture” based on the historic “Reformational, Evangelical, and Conservative” point(s)
of view—to the Glory of God.

Professional Teaching Experience

Adjunct Professor in Spiritual Formation, Memphis Theological Seminary, Spring 2009 & Fall
2009.
Adjunct Professor in Christian Ethics, Master of Christian Studies Program, Union University,
Stephen Olford Center for Expository Preaching, Germantown (Memphis Campus), TN.,
Fall 2007.
Adjunct Professor in (Bio &) Medical Ethics, Union University, Germantown, TN., BSOL—
LAUNCH Program, Summer, 2007
Adjunct Professor in Communication, Union University, Germantown, TN., BSOL Program,
Spring, 2007
Adjunct Instructor in Religion, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA., Spring 2007
Professor/Faculty Member (Mentor/Project Director), Columbia Evangelical Seminary,
Buckley, Washington, Spring 2004-present.
Research Consultant & Advisor to the Christian Coalition of America‟s National Pastoral Liaison
& United States House of Representatives Chief Lobbyist, Revd. Mike Brown.
Assistant Professor of Religion and Communication, Baptist College of Health Sciences,
Memphis, TN, 1999-present.
Instructor of Religion and Communication, Baptist College of Health Sciences, 1998-99.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Memphis, College of
Communication, 1997-98.
Adjunct Professor at Crichton College in New Testament, Memphis, Tennessee, Spring
1994.
Substitute Teacher at Crichton College in Biblical Studies, Memphis, Tennessee, Fall
1992.
Adjunct Contract Instructor for State Technical Institute at Memphis; Business, Industry,
and Government Program; Summer 1991.

Courses Taught

*Communication 112 (Speech). Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership (BSOL

Program), Union University. Fall 2009.
*Formation for (Christian) Ministry, (FM 10108 & 20108). Memphis Theological Seminary.
Spiritual Formation for ministry and the integration of theological education with family
life, church, and the larger community are essential for development as Christian
servants. (2008-2009 Catalog course description).
*Introduction to Christian Ethics, (MCS 537, Master of Christian Studies Program). Union
University, Germantown, TN. This course was taught at the Stephen Olford Center for
Expository Preaching of Union University, Memphis, TN. This was an introduction to
Christian Ethics which focused on ethical methodology and applications of Christian
ethical principles to key issues in church and society.
*(Bio &) Medical Ethics (BSOL 325/LAUNCH Program). Union University, Germantown, TN.

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 This course provided a study of the theories, principles, and relevant case studies in the
field of medical ethics. The course provided tools and methods of case analysis and
models of medical ethics committees. The class employed a work-shop model &
methods with a high level of student involvement.
*Church History Survey (CHHI 302). Liberty University. This was a survey of the second half of
the Church History from the Reformation to the Modern Era covering: prominent
persons, events, movements, denominational beginnings with a focus on the origins of
the Baptists, Baptist‟s Founder‟s, and Theological Beginnings. This course was taught
online via the Blackboard Delivery System.
*Management of Communication (BSOL 418, i.e., Business Communication/LAUNCH Program).
Union University, Germantown, TN. This was a contemporary course in Business
Communication dealing with all aspects of different segments of the business world
including memos, netiquette, business proposals, and all other aspects of up-to-date
business related communication jargon.
*World Religions (Rel 301). Baptist College of Health Sciences. This was a survey of the
World‟s seven major religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism,
Christianity, Islam. Huston Smith‟s The World’s Religions is the primary textbook. I
have developed curricula for the Blackboard delivery system and have taught the course
on-line.
*Spiritual Aspects of Care (Rel 211). Baptist College of Health Sciences. This is a course
that investigates the intersection of faith and medicine. It discusses the patient‟s faith
system, whatever their backgrounds, in times of physical stress, death and dying, Kubler-
Ross‟ Stages of Grief, new research in the area, and how one can draw on their own faith
system to engender healing and acceptance of their own health circumstance.
*Literature of the Bible (Rel 201). Baptist College of Health Sciences. This is a Biblical
interpretive course that teaches interpretive methods based on the various genres of the
Scripture. Fee and Stuart‟s How to Read the Bible for all It’s Worth serves as the primary
textbook. I have also developed a Service Learning component for the course in which
the student must prepare and deliver two Bible lessons during the trimester.
*Speech Fundamentals (Com 211). Baptist College of Health Sciences. This was the basic
introductory course for public address. The student had to give three speeches;
demonstrational, informational, and persuasive. Exercises in Outlining, backgrounds, and
research methods were required.
*Communications Skills (Com 201). Baptist College of Health Sciences. This was a hybrid
course concerning Interpersonal Communications and Public Address. The course dealt
with all manner of communications with the primary foci on family, intimate, friendship,
conflict management/resolution, and public speaking.
*Public Address (Comm 2381). The University of Memphis, College of Communication. This
Was the basic introductory course where the student has to the choose, outline, and
deliver different types of speeches. Attention was given to Rhetorical Analysis of
Audiences, Public Speaking Ethics, and the place of Public Address in the Democratic
System of Government.
*New Testament General Epistles. Crichton College. This is a survey course of the
General Epistles of James, I & II Peter, I & II & III John, and Jude focused on the
historical, linguistic, and critical questions. There was also a verse-by-verse exegesis of
the texts.
*New Testament Survey. Crichton College. This was a survey of the New Testament books
of the New Testament dealing with introductions, origins, canonicity, authorship, and
critical issues.

Presentations

_______. (Fall, 2009). “Perspicuity in the Preaching and Pietistic Thought of Basil Manly, Jr.”
Presented at the Andrew Fuller Center Conference on Baptist Spirituality, The Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
_______. (Spring 2009). “Student Learning Outcomes Assessment for Classes: Commnication
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 Skills & Spiritual Aspects of Care.” Workshop Presentation, General Studies Division,
Baptist College of Health Sciences.
_______. (Spring 2009). Building a Scholarship of Assessment by Trudy W. Banta & Associates.
Symposium Paper Presentation, Baptist College of Health Science, General Studies
Division, April 23, 2009.
_______. (Spring 2008). “John A. Broadus.” Conference Presentation, Evangelical
Theological Society, Regional Meeting at Mid America Baptist Theological Seminary,
Memphis, TN.
_______. (Summer, 2002). “John Bunyan as a Baptist: His Place in Spiritual Theology.”
Seminar conducted for Course Th. 21, Readings in Spiritual Theology, D. Min. Seminar.
The University of the South‟s School of Theology.
_______. (2003). “Is There Hegemonic Masculinity is Southern Baptist Churches?”
Conference paper presented at the 2003 Tennessee Communication‟s Association.
Middle Tennessee State University. Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
_______. (2002). “A Critical Commentary on Deconstruction from the Perspective of
Human Dialogue and the Polis.” Conference paper presented at the 2002 Tennessee
Communication‟s Association. Middle Tennessee State University. Murfreesboro,
Tennessee.
_______. (1998). “A Rhetorical Analysis of Resolution No. 1: On Racial Reconciliation
of the 150th Anniversary of the Southern Baptist Convention at the June 1995
Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.” Student paper presented at the Tennessee
Communication‟s Association. Union University. Jackson, Tennessee

Other Writings and Miscellaneous

______. (Jan. 2010). “Forward to the Reprint.” Prince Among Preachers: A Life of Charles
Spurgeon. (Memphis: BorderStone Press). This volume is due out sometime in 2010.
This is a reprint of Russell H. Conwell‟s Life of Charles Haddon Spurgeon: The World’s
Great Preacher, first released in 1892 by Edgewood Publishing Company.
______. (Fall, 2009). “John A. Broadus, Rhetoric, and A Treatise on the Preparation and
Delivery of Sermons.” This is a chapter excerpt from David Dockery and Roger D.
Duke‟s John A. Broadus: A Living Legacy, Broadman & Hohman Academic, Fall 2008.
Posted on the Baptist History Home Page,
http://www.geocities.com/baptist_documents/a-recent.documents.html.
______. (Fall, 2009). “Perspicuity in the Preaching and Pietistic Thought of Basil Manly, Jr.”
posted in manuscript form at the http://www.geocities.com/baptist_documents/ web
page.
_______. (Fall, 2009). “Perspicuity in the Preaching and Pietistic Thought of Basil Manly, Jr.”
Audio of address posted on the Andrew Fuller Center for Biblical Spirituality of The
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Posted at
http://www.andrewfullercenter.org/index.php/conference/baptist-spirituality-historical-
perspectives-august-24-25-2009. Conference presentation also posted at
http://sbcvoices.com/baptist-spirituality-conference-audio/
_______. (Summer, 2009). “Perspicuity in the Preaching and Pietistic Thought of Basil Manly,
Jr.” Founders Journal 77, Can also be accessed at Founders.org.
_______. (May, 2009). “Whatever Happened to „The Fall?‟” Gospel Witness, Publication of the
Jarvis Street Baptist Church, Toronto, Canada.
_______. (Fall, 2008). Book Review of Doctrine that Dances by Robert Smith, Professor of
Homiletics, Beeson Divinity School, in Sharper Iron, http://sharperiron.org/book-
review-doctrine-dances
_______. (Fall 2008). “„Compel Them to Come In‟: Posture and Persuasion in the Preaching of
Charles Haddon Spurgeon.” Founders Journal 74. Can be accessed at
http://www.founders.org/journal/fj74/article1.html.
_______. (Summer, 2008). “Studies in Philippians,” Bible Conference Presentation, Choteau
Baptist Church, Choteau, Montana.
_______. (Fall, 2006). Book Review: Theory and Practice in Old Testament Ethics. By
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 John Rogerson. New York: T & T Clark International, 2004. Submitted to Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society for the Fall 2006 publication.
. (Fall, 2004). “Some Thoughts on Theodicy.” Published on-line 12-1-04
at Columbia Evangelical Seminary Coffee Talks #96. Available:
http://www.ces.edu.
_______. (Spring, 2004). “A Southern Baptist Looks at the Theology of James Cone:
Or “Can a Southern Baptist Talk to a Liberation Theologian?” Published on-line 4-14-04
at Reformed Writings Journal. Available: http://reformedwritings. home.comcast.net/.
_______. (2003) Book review: The Revenge of Conscience: Politics and The Fall of
Man. By J. Budziszewski. Dallas TX: Spence Publishing Co., 1999. Submitted to
Perspectives in Religious Studies Journal on Jan. 1st, 2004 for publication in the Spring
quarterly.
_______. (2003) Book review: Liberty and Justice for All: Racial Reform and the Social
Gospel (1877-1925), The Rauschenbusch Lectures, New Series, II. By Ronald C.
White, Jr. Louisville KY: Westminster John Knox, 2002. Submitted to Perspectives in
Religious Studies Journal on Jan. 1st, 2004 for publication in the Spring quarterly.
_______. (2003). “John Bunyan‟s Place in Spiritual Theology.” Published on-line 1-2-04
at Reformed Writings Journal. Available: http://reformedwritings.home.comcast.net/.
_______. (2003). “A Rhetorical Taxonomy of the Jubilee 2000 Papal Apology of John
Paul II.” Dissertation presented to The University of the South‟s (Sewanee) School of
Theology. May, 2003.
_______. (2003). “A Rhetorical Analysis of Resolution No. 1: On Racial Reconciliation
of the 150th Anniversary of the Southern Baptist Convention at the June 1995
Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.” Published on-line 12-1-03 at Reformed Writings Journal.
Available: http://reformedwritings.home.comcast.net/.
_______. (Summer, 2001). “The Theology of James Cone.” Seminar paper. Course P.T.
30, D. Min. Ministry Seminar. The University of the South‟s School of Theology.
_______. (Fall, 1999). “A Short Contrast Between the Foundational Hermeneutic of
Rabbinic Judaism and Evangelical Christianity.” Seminar paper. Contemporary Rhetoric,
Ph. D. Seminar. The University of Memphis.
_______. (Fall, 1997). “Lee Atwater: Machiavellian or Gamemaker.” Seminar paper.
Political Communication, Course 8013, Ph. D. Seminar. The University of Memphis.
_______. (Spring, 1997). “Is Euthanasia Always Wrong?” Seminar paper. Theory of
Practical Reason, Course 7360, Ph. D. Seminar. The University of Memphis.

Missions & Travels

“Retrace the Reformation” Tour. This was an extensive tour of the key cites of the Lutheran
Reformation in E. Germany and the Reformed Reformation in Switzerland. Hosted
by Dr. David Dockery, Union University; with Dr. Timothy George, Beeson Divinity
School‟s Founding Dean, Guest Lecturer. Summer 2007.
Mission Trip to Hungry Horse, Montana in the Summer of 2003
Taught The New Testament Book of James to the Montana Southern Baptist Convention
“Family Camp” for Pastors and Laity
Preached for the West Kootenai Baptist Mission in Rexford, Montana.
Visiting Instructor, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary; Ethnic Leadership
Development; Kirov, Russia, April, 1996. Traveled there under the auspices of
International Church Planters.
Mission Trip/Revival to Malta, Montana, Summer, 1991
Mission Trips to Honduras with the Honduras Baptist Medical and Dental
Mission, 1987 & 1988.

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Societies and Certifications: Present or Recently Past

Society of Christian Ethics

Tennessee Communication Association

Evangelical Theological Society

Licensed, August 9, 1981, by order of the Temple Baptist Church, Old Hickory,
Tennessee.

Ordained, December 27, 1981 by order of the Temple Baptist Church, Old Hickory,
Tennessee.

Commissioned, November 24, 2002 by order of Germantown Baptist Church,

Germantown, Tennessee, for Corporate Chaplaincy.

Chaplain, Germantown (TN) Fire Dept., Appointed Fall of 2009. Appointment

endorsed by the North American Mission Board of The Southern Baptist Convention.