Dr. Mike Stallard is the Dean of Baptist Bible Seminary in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania. He also serves as Director of Ph.D. Studies and Professor of Systematic Theology. His main areas of teaching are dispensational premillennialism, ecclesiology, Baptist distinctives, and theological method. He is the founder and moderator of the Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics. He has authored several articles for publications such as The Journal of Ministry and Theology, The Baptist Bulletin, The Conservative Theological Journal/Journal of Dispensational Theology, Bibliotheca Sacra, and The Dictionary of Premillennial Theology. He has authored two books - The Early Twentieth Century Dispensationalism of Arno C. Gaebelein (Edwin Mellen Press) and The Books of First and Second Thessalonians: Looking for Christ's Return (AMG Publishers). Dr. Stallard is a frequent speaker at the Conservative Theological Society, The Evangelical Society, and the Pre-Trib Study Group. He has several years of experience as a lead pastor, including inner-city church planting. He is the founder and director of Mission Scranton and the founding pastor of New Life Baptist Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania.