How Staff Should Disagree with the Senior Pastor

Danny Akin (PhD, University of Texas at Arlington; MDiv, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and is a Council member of The Gospel Coalition. He is the author of a number of books, including Discovering the Biblical Jesus. He and his wife, Charlotte, have four children.

Ryan Kelly (PhD, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) is the pastor for preaching at Desert Springs Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a Council member of The Gospel Coalition. Among other publications, he contributed to The Ashgate Research Companion on John Owen’s Theology. He and his wife, Sarah, have four children.

Colin Smith (MPhil, London School of Theology) is senior pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church, a multi-site church in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, and a Council member of The Gospel Coalition. He is also committed to mentoring next-generation pastors through The Orchard School of Ministry. Colin and his wife, Karen, have two married sons and five granddaughters.