J. Terry Young

About the Author

J. Terry Young is Professor Emeritus at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where he taught theology for 27 years (1971-1998). Prior to that he served for eight years (1963-1971) as editor of The California Southern Baptist, then a weekly news magazine published by the Southern Baptist Convention of California. While he was a seminary professor, enrollment in his classes was more than 10,000 students who went on to serve primarily as pastors, missionaries, church staff members, and a few as university and seminary professors and presidents.

Young served three churches as pastor. He was pastor of Algoa Baptist Mission at Algoa, Texas. He led this mission congregation to become a church, Algoa First Baptist Church in 1953. He was pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Chula Vista, California, 1957-1961 and then served as pastor of Village Baptist Church in San Lorenzo, California, 1961-1963.

Though the major portion of his ministry was spent as a professor and writer, Young remained a pastor at heart. He served 23 churches as interim pastor while he was a professor and he was guest preacher/Bible teacher in hundreds of churches. His books and other writings reflected a pastor’s heart.

Young was author of four books:

Renewing Your Church: A Biblical Basis for Church Revitalization, Kindle edition 2016

Compelled By the Cross, Broadman Press, 1980

The Church--Alive and Growing, Broadman Press, 1978

The Spirit Within You, Broadman Press, 1977

In addition, Young also contributed to six other volumes:

Contributed to The Disciple’s Study Bible, Holman Bible Publishers, 1988

Contributed to The Holman Bible Dictionary, Holman Bible Publishers, 1991

Contributed to The Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists

“The Priesthood of the Believer,” in Professors Can Preach, ed. Joe Trull, Insight Press, 1988

“The Holy Spirit and the Birth of Churches,” in The Birth of Churches, ed. Talmadge Amberson, Broadman Press, 1979

“The Relationship Between Biblical Inerrancy and Biblical Authority,” in The Proceedings of the Conference on Biblical Inerrancy, Broadman Press, 1987

Weekly editorials in The California Southern Baptist, 1963-1971

Born in Houston, Texas, Young earned the B. A. degree from Baylor University and held two degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, including the Th.D. degree in theology.

Young was honored by the Mayor of the City of New Orleans in 1977 with a Certificate of Merit for his contribution to the community in a time of civil unrest through his teaching future community leaders.

J. Terry Young has been a pastor, preacher, seminary professor, Bible teacher and author for more than 60 years. He is now retired, living in Phoenix, Arizona, where he remains active as a Bible teacher and preacher.

Contact information

J. Terry Young, Professor Emeritus, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

14839 No. 22nd Lane

Phoenix, AZ 85023

Tel: 602-863-3182

E-Mail: jterryyoung@msn.com