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Dr. Lloyd A. Harsch

Professor of Church History and Baptist Studies

Director, Institute for Faith and the Public Square

Dr. John T. Westbrook Chair of Church History

Education

  • Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, 1999 Dissertation Title: "The Multicultural Heritage of North Dakota Baptists"
  • M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, 1986
  • B.S. in Psychology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 1983
  • B.A. in Languages (French and German), University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 1983
  • Certified PREPARE/ENRICH Counselor through Life Innovations, 1988
  • Trained Disaster Relief Volunteer, 2011
  • Roman Coin Identification: From Gallienus to Romulus Augustus (AD 476), American Numismatic Association, 2018

Teaching Specializations

  • Baptist Heritage
  • Religious Liberty Issues
  • Ethnic Church Life among Baptists in North America
  • Reformation
  • Modern Christianity
  • Rural church planting

Connect

(504) 816-8201 | lharsch@nobts.edu
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Bio

Lloyd A. Harsch grew up in California, Manitoba and North Dakota. He has written on ethnic Baptist life, Baptist distinctives, and religious liberty. In 2010, he became the founding Director of the Institute for Faith and the Public Square and in 2018 became Chair (now Divisional Associate Dean) of the Theological & Historical Division. Harsch has served churches in North Dakota, Texas, Kansas and Louisiana. He is married with two adult children and resides in New Orleans, LA.
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