Earl R. Martin - Carson-Newman College

Phone Number
865-397-8743
Email Address
emartin@cn.edu
Earl R. Martin
Visiting Senior Professor of Religion
Office Location
Residence - 285 Battlefield Drive, Dandridge, TN 37725
Education Degrees
Ph.D. University of Nairobi, Kenya 1975
Th.M Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC 1966
B.D. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX 1953
B.A. Maryville College, Maryville, TN 1949
Additional Study
University of Tennessee - Systematic Linguistics 1975
Institut de Touraine, France 1975
Toronto Institute of Linguistics 1979
Academic Areas
World Religions
Missiology
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Professor of Religion
1995 - present
Missionary in Residence - Carson-Newman College 1994 - 1995
Teaching Director, Institute for Mission & Evangelism,
European Baptist Federation 1987-1994
Professor of Mission, Evangelism & World Religions,
International Baptist Theological Seminary, Ruschlikon, Switzerland 1987-1992
Professor of Missions and World Religions,
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 1982-1987
Professor of Bible and Islam,
Kenyatta University College, Nairobi, Kenya, 1976-1977
Founding Professor,
International Baptist Theological Seminary, Arusha, Tanzania 1961-1974
Visiting Professor of Missions, Golden Gate Baptist Theological
Seminary, Mill Valley, CA 1969-1970
Visiting Professor of World Religions, Gardner-Webb Divinity School,
Boiling Springs, NC Spring, 1997

Lectures and Speaking Engagements
St Petersburg Evangelical Theological Academy, Russia 1998, 2000,
2003, 2004
Gypsy Smith School of Evangelism, Bucharest, Romania October, 2003
Scholar Lecture Series, Gardner-Webb University April, 1997
Baptist Pastors' School, Irkutsk, Siberia November, 1996
Inauguration Address, The Center for International Education and
Missions, Carson-Newman College September, 1996
Commencement Address, Carson-Newman College December, 1994
Missions Bible Study, Foreign Missions Week,
Glorietta Assembly Summer, 1986
Missionary Experience
Member of founding missionary team, Baptist Mission of East Africa 1957-1977
Missionary, Baptist Commission to Rwanda, Kigali 1977- 1982
Missionary to European Baptist Federation, Ruschlikon, Switzerland 1987-1994
Publications
"The Priesthood of the Will of God," Carson-Newman Studies Fall, 2007
"Roadblock to Peace in the Middle East: The Role of Christian Zionists,"
Carson-Newman Studies Fall, 2004
"Reflections on Christianity in the Twenty-First Century,"
Carson-Newman Studies Fall, 2003
"Contemporary Crisis in the Middle East: Interreligious Dilemma,"
Carson-Newman Studies Fall, 2001
"The Application of Jihad in Resurgent Islam,"
Carson-Newman Studies Fall, 1998
"Reincarnation: Fantasy or Predicament?"
Carson-Newman Studies Fall, 1996
"Yes, There Is Life After Graduation!"
Carson-Newman Studies Fall, 1995
"Why Some Missionaries Won't Sign a Creed,"
in Stand With Christ, Ed. Robert O'Brien, Smyth & Helwys 2002
"What Happens When Missionaries Sign?"
in Stand With Christ, Ed. Robert O'Brien, Smyth & Helwys 2002
"Mission for the Twenty-First Century," a series of six articles
in Baptists Today as follows: "A Biblical Imperative for Mission,"
"The Meaning of Missions," "Vocation in Missions,"
"Contemporary Realities Impacting Mission," "Diverse Approaches
to Doing Mission," and "Priorities for Mission" 1996
"Europe 1992: Frontiers Vanishing and New," The Commission December, 1991
Passport to Servanthood:The Life and Missionary Influence of
T. B. Maston, Broadman Press 1988
Mukoma of Lion Country: A Children's Mission Study
Convention Press 1964

Church Ministry
Co Pastor: Kigali Baptist Church, Kigali Rwanda 1978 - 1982
Minister: to international students -- BSU University of Tennessee, 1974 - 1975
Pastor: Shauri Moyo Baptist Church, Nairobi, Kenya 1958 - 1960
Founding-Pastor: Temple Hills Baptist Church, Temple Hills, Maryland 1953 - 1956
Student pastor: Emet, Ashland & Lovelady Baptist churches, Oklahoma 1950 - 1953
Interests
Hiking, Reading, Pet Dog, Travel
Life Philosophy
In serving Christ I have sought to be faithful as an innovator. As a missionary I have tried to
emulate John the Baptist who said, "He must become greater, I must become less." John 3:30
NIV. As a teacher I espouse the words of A. N. Whitehead, "A professor is an ignorant man
thinking."
John Baille, Christianity and Culture
Fracis M. DuBose, Classics of Christian Mission
Edward Connery Lathem, Ed. The Poetry of Robert Frost
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Lesslie Newbigin, The Open Secret
Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son
Huston Smith, The Religions of Man