Chancellor
Vernon Carl Grounds was born and educated in New Jersey. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate, he received a
B.A. from Rutgers University. His B.D. was granted by Faith
Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Drew University.
Wheaton College awarded him an honorary D.D. and
Gordon College an L.H.D. in recognition of his long service as a Christian
educator and leader.
For 10 years he pastored the Gospel Tabernacle in Paterson, New Jersey,
during which time he taught at the American Seminary of the Bible, the Hawthorne Evening Bible
School, and King’s
College. From 1945 to 1951, he was dean and professor of theology at Baptist
Bible Seminary in Johnson City,
New York. He joined Denver
Conservative Baptist Seminary in 1951 as dean, becoming president five years
later. Retiring from that position in 1979, he continued to teach at the
Seminary in areas of ethics and counseling and is now the Cauwels Professor
Emeritus of Pastoral Care and Christian Ethics. In January 1993, he was
officially named chancellor of the Seminary. For many years he also carried on
a ministry at the Grounds
Counseling Center.
Dr. Grounds has traveled extensively, preaching in hundreds
of churches and lecturing at colleges, universities, and seminaries all across
the country as well as Europe and Latin America.
Author of The Reason
for Our Hope, Evangelicalism and Social Responsibility, Revolution and the
Christian Faith, Emotional Problems and the Gospel, and Radical Commitment (republished under the title YBH—Yes, But How?), Dr. Grounds coauthored
Is God Dead? and has contributed to a
number of symposia and encyclopedias. His articles appear frequently in
Christian periodicals and he regularly contributes devotionals to Our Daily Bread.
Books Currently in Print
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Revolution and the Christian Faith: An Evangelical Perspective, WIPF & Stock, 2007.
ISBN:
1556353758
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YBH - Yes, But How?: Getting Serious About Your Faith, Discovery House, 1998.
ISBN:
0929239504
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